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the calyx of the fruit ovate, triangular, acute, entire, rugose but very rarely luberculate'l 

 on the back, rather longer than the fruit. Seed smooth, shining, blact, about half the 

 size of that of A. patula. " W. et K. Plant. Hung. Rar. t. 250 ; Reich. 578 ; Bab. FL 

 Bath. Suppl. 88 ; Sadl. Fl. Pest. 475. A. ruderalis, Wallr. Sched. 115 ; Bluff et Fin. 

 yerh. 445." 



"On waste ground near Bath. Wouldham in Kent, Mr. C. A. Ste- 

 vens. Annual. July to September." 



8. Atriplex deltoidea, Bab. Root fibrous. Stem erect, quadrangular, striated, 

 branched ; branches ascending, one or two feet high, often tinged with red. Leaves 

 mostly opposite, all triangular-hastate, truncate at the base, lobes descending, irregu- 

 larly dentate or sinuate-dentate, sometimes nearly entire, apex acute-angled, dull 

 green above, mealy beneath ; uppermost leaves or bracteas usually of the same form as 

 the lower ones, only longer in proportion to their breadth, rarely entire, with a tenden- 

 cy to a wedge-shaped base. Spikes numerous, branched, densely flowered, forming a 

 large tenniual panicle, each lateral branch also terminates in a branched spike. Clus- 

 ters of flowers small, round, close together. Calyx of the fruit small, ovate-triangular, 

 sometimes almost cordate below, acute, truncate, strongly muricated, slightly stalked, 

 but little longer than the fruit, thickly covered with a fine mealy coat. Seed black, 

 smooth, shining, about half as large as that of A. patula, reddish when immature. 

 Upper part of the plant covered with a minute crystalline aftei-wards mealy coat. — 

 " Bab. Prim. Fl. Sam. 83 ; Leight. Fl. Shrop. ! 501." 



" On cultivated and waste land near London, in Kent, Leicester- 

 shire, and near Maidenhead. Annual. July to October." 



" Having now studied this plant during three successive autumns, I am confirmed 

 in my opinion, that it is a distinct and unnoticed species. It is now found to be ra- 

 ther a common native of England." — p. 13. 



9. Atriplex rosea, Liun. Stems diS'use, procumbent or ascending, usually slender, 

 square, striated, sometimes much thickened and fleshy, clothed with whitish meal in 

 common with all parts of the plant, often beautifully tinged with red or purple, with 

 spreading branches. Leaves ovate-triangular, with two large, prominent, horizontal 

 lobes at the base, irregularly sinuato-dentate, very white and mealy beneath ; upper 

 leaves similar in general character, but with the lobes smaller in proportion and the 

 leaf lanceolate : in the more fleshy plants the leaves are more triangular and less lobed, 

 the upper ones being more lanceolate and nearly entire ; in a straggling much branch- 

 ed form occurring on muddy shores, all the leaves are lanceolate and nearly entire, a 

 few only having small basal lobes. Clusters few-flowered, small, distinct, either col- 

 lected towards the end of the stem and branches into a somewhat spicate form, each 

 being subtended by a small lanceolate bractea ; or a few of the uppermost clusters only 

 are bracteated, the rest being axillary ; or else the clusters are all axillary, except the 

 two or three last, and all so much scattered that the spicate appearance is quite lost. 

 Calyx of the fruit large, rhomboidal, acute, toothed in the upper part, with a double 

 series of tubercles on the back, sometimes nearly smooth, varying in outline even on 

 the same plant. Seed large, tubercularly nigose, opaque, tinged with red. *' Linn. Sp. 

 PL 1493 ; Koch, 611 ; Bluff et Fingerh. 443 ; DC. Bot. Gall. 398 ; Fl. Alt. 314 ; Bab. 

 Prim. 84 ; Sadl, Pest. 476. A. alba, Reich. ! A. patula, /3, Smith, Fl Br. iii. 1093 ! 



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