208 DICOTYLEDONS. CHEXOPODE^. 



5. Ch. urlicum, leaves triangular toothed, racemes long erect 

 approaching the stem subsimple nearly leafless, p. 84. Waste, 

 places. 



6. Ch. rulrum, leaves rhomboido-triangular deeply toothed and 

 sinuated, racemes erect compound leafy, p. 84. Dunghills, 

 &c. 



7.,Ch. mnrale, leaves ovate approaching to rhomboid acute 

 toothed shining, racemes much branched subcymose leafless. 

 p. 84. Under walls > &tc. 



S. Ch. hylridum. leaves cordate angulato-dentate acuminate, 

 clusters very much branched subcymose divaricated leafless* 

 p. 84. Waste places. 



9. Ch. album, leaves ovate inclining to rhomboid entire at the 

 base, upper ones oblong perfectly entire, racemes branched 

 somewhat leafy, fruit smooth, p. 84. Waste places. 



2. ATRIPLEX. 



Flowers polygamous. Perfect fl. Perianth single, 5 - partite. 

 Stant. 5. Style 2- partite. Fruit depressed, covered by the 

 . calyx. Female fl. Perianth 2-partite. Stam. 0. 



1 . A. portulacoides, stem shrubby, leaves obovato-lanceolate en- 

 tire silvery white, p. 291. Muddy places. 



2. A. lactniata, stem herbaceous diffuse, leaves ovato-deltoid 

 dentato -sinuate very mealy beneath, p. 291. Sea~shores. 



,'3. A. patula, stem herbaceous spreading, leaves triangular has- 

 tate glabrous above, irregularly toothed the upper ones entire, 

 perianth of the fruit more or less tuberculated at the sides. 

 p. 29 1. Waste places. 



4. A. angustifolia, " stem herbaceous spreading, leaves lan- 

 ceolate entire the lower ones somewhat hastate, cal, of the fruit 

 hastate slightly tuberculated at the sides/' S?n.p. 291. Waste 

 places and dunghills. 



5. A. lit tor a Us, stem herbaceous erect, leaves all linear entire or 

 toothed, perianth of the fruit sinuated and muricated on the 



- back. p. 291. Sea-shore. 



3. BETA. 



Flowers perfect. Perianth half-adherent, 5-partite. Slam. 5. 

 Styles 2. Acheninm subreniform, imbedded in the fleshy en- 

 larged base of the perianth. 



1. Pj.maritima, sterns procumbent at the base, flowers solitary 

 or in pairs, segments of the perianth entire, p. 84. Sea- 

 shore. 



4. SALSOLA. 



Flower perfect. Perianth 5-cleft, persistent, enveloping the 

 fruit with its base, and crowning it with its enlarged scariose 

 limb. Stam. 5. Styles 2. Emlryo spiral. 



