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566. C. xnnrale, L. 



Blitum, Morisoyio Atriplex proc. fol. sinuat. ^-c dictum, B. 8yn. iii. (Hill). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 317 ; iii. 497. Curt. F. L. f. 6 (drawn from a London 



specimen). 

 Eoadsides and -waste ground ; rather rare. A. July — September. 

 II. Feltham, 1867. 

 III. In some plenty bet. Hounslow and Lampton. By palings of a wood- 

 yard opp. Post Office, Whitton. 



V. [Near Acton, but scarce; Newb.l 



VII. Frequent about London ; Hill, 125. Plentifully on most of the great 

 roads leading from the metropolis ; Edgware Koad, abundant ; Curt. 

 F. L. Regent's Park, 1817 ; Herb. G. c|- B. Kensington; Pamplin 

 (v.s.). Willshire's Garden, Kentish Town, 1846; back of Camden 

 Koad Villas, 1847 ; Herb. Hardw. N.E. side of Kensington Grardens, 

 1868; Kilburn Park Estate ! ; Warren. Opposite Veitch's Nursery, 

 Chelsea, towards the river. 

 First record: Hill, 1760. 



B67. C. bybridum, L. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 318 ; iii. 497. Curt. F. L. f. 4. 

 Cultivated ground ; very rare. A. August, September. 

 III. A single plant in waste ground by the river near Twickenham Church, 



in 1867. 

 VII. About London, Dr. Watson ; Hill, 125. Not very scarce about Chelsea ; 

 Irv. H. B. P. 386. Parson's G-reen ; Chelsea College, 1864 ; Britten. 

 First record : Petiver, 1713. Petiver's figure, H. B. Cat. viii. fig. 7, is cha- 

 racteristic, and is marked as occurring in the London district. 

 Curtis's figure was drawn from a Battersea specimen, where the plant 

 still grows. 



568. C. rubruza, L. Goosefoot. 



Atriplex sylvestris latifolia sive Pes anserinus* (Johns., Merr.). Sharp 



Pointed Blite (Pet.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 316 ; iii. 496. Curt. F. L. f. 6. 

 Dungheaps and rich soil ; common ?, A. July — September. 

 II. Bet. W. Drayton and Yewsley ! ; Ncwb. Staines Moor Farm. 



III. Harrow; Melv. 64. 



IV. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Eric. Field bet. Sudbury Ry. Station and 



Apperton. 

 V. Twyford ! ; Newb. Near Lampton. Wyke Green. 



VI. Edmonton. 



VII. About London ; Merrett, 12, Pet. H. B. Cat. Bet. Kensal Green and 

 Notting Hill, 1862 ; Britten. [Among the new buildings near Bedford 

 Square, 1789, confirmed by Curtis himself to be C. rubrum ; Herb. 



. • Buddie, following Dale, who clearly distinguished the two species, makes this a syn- 

 onym of 563, C. intermedium. 



