140 60. CHENOPODIACE^E. 



sessile. Spikes compound, erect, leafless. Stigma long. Seed 

 vertical, not covered by the peri. , smooth and shining. 



Not common. " In the lanes near the village of Cathcart," Hopk. Still found 

 in the hedges of the village. "In Bothwell Churchyard and Mugdock Castle," 

 Hopk. (B)P. 5 8. 



2. A 'TRIPLEX. Orache. 



1. A. PORTULACOIDES, L. Shrubby-Orache, Sea-Purslane. Stem 

 straggling, much branched, shrubby. Le. obovato-lanceolate, 

 entire, attenuated below, covered with a silvery scaliness ; upper 

 le. linear. Spikes short, interrupted. Fl. small, yellowish. 

 Fruiting peri, united nearly to the lop, more or less toothed. Seeds 

 acute. 



Very rare. "Near Helensburgh on the shore," Hopk. (E) P. 3 10. 



2. A. LACINIATA, Sm. Frosted Sea-0rac7ie. Stem prostrate, 

 herbaceous, buff-coloured. Le. broadly triangular or rhomboidal, 

 sinuato-dentate, mealy beneath. Spike of sterile fl. dense, leafless. 

 Fertile fl. clustered in the axils of the le. Peri, of the fruit often 

 broader than long, 3-ribbed or tubercled on the back. Seeds 

 rough. 



Frequent. On the sandy sea beaches of the Firth. Lamlash, Dr. Syme. (L) 

 A. 79. 



3. A. BABINGTONI, Woods. Spreading- Fruited Orache. Stem 

 herbaceous, spreading, procumbent, with resinous reddish stripes. 

 Le. ovato-triangular, somewhat 3-lobed or unequally sinuato-den- 

 tate ; upper ones lanceolate, dentate, often 3-lobed. Peri, of the 

 fruit acute, toothed, thick and coriaceous, tubercled on the back. 

 Spikes terminal and axillary, few-flowered. Seeds compressed, 

 minutely tubercular. Plant covered ivith mealy scales. 



Frequent. On the sandy sea beaches of Cumbrae; Bute and Arran. (B) A. 

 79. 



4. A. PATULA, L. Spreading Halberd- Leaved Orache. Stem 

 erect or prostrate, herbaceous, striate. Lower le. hastate - 

 triangular, with spreading lobes, coarsely toothed; upper ones 

 nearly entire. Fl. clustered in axillary interrupted spikes, nearly 

 simple. Peri, of fruit triangular-rhomboidal, tubercled on the 

 back, toothed or entire on the margin, united only at the base. 

 Seeds compressed and wrinkled. 



Very common. Cultivated and waste ground. (B) A. 10. 



5. A. ANGUSTIFOLIA, Sm. Spreading Narrow-leaved Orache. 

 Stem herbaceous, erect or prostrate. Le. mostly lanceolate, 

 upper ones linear, entire. Peri, of the fruit entire, with ascending 

 lateral angles, smooth on the back. Seeds smooth, black and 

 polished. 



Common. In cultivated and waste ground. (B) A. 710. 



