POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. 6-s 



rmm, but not the females. The hermaphro- 

 dites feem co be only fpurious, as i\\dr fiamin a 

 are imperfcd:. 



It has a watery, nitrous, diuretic qi:a]itv. Three 

 ounces of the juice, taken internally, or an ex- 

 ternal fomentation, h?ve been found v^vy fcr- 

 viceable in the ftranguary. 



The plant laid upon heaps of corn infefred witii 

 weevils, is faid to drive away thofe deftru(?iivc 

 in feds. 



ATRIPLEX, Gen. -pi. 115^. 

 HERMAPIiROD. CaL 5-phyllus. Cor. o. Siam, 

 5. Stylus 2-partitus. Sem, i. 

 depreffum. 

 FEM, Cal. 2-phyllu§. Cor. o. Stam- o. Stylus 2* 



partitus. Sem. i, comprefTum. 

 ATRIPLEX caule fruticofo, foliis obovatis. Sp. 

 pi. 1493. {Ger. em. s^Z^ f- 3- -P^^" ^-'^^^- ^- 7-/ 7) 

 Sea Purflane. Angiis. 

 Upon the fea-Ihores near high wat:er mark, but not 



common. Sibhald. h. Vlli. 

 This is a low Ihrub, varying in height from fix 

 inches to a yard. The branches generally re- 

 cline, are angular, and of a whitlih green. The 

 leaves are glaucous, oppofire, generally ellipti- 

 cal, fome obtufe, others lanceolate, fupported 

 on footftalks, and entire on the edges. The 

 flowers are yellow, and terminate the branches 

 in cluftercd fpikes. 



ATRIPLEX. 



