198 PENTAKDRIA. DIGYXIA. 



"Scsirly s^y\ed to .^. pvrtiilacoidt's. Hab, On the der.i;- , 

 dated saline hills of the Missouri; commencing about 15 

 miles below the confluence of White river, and continu- 

 ing- to the mountains. Flowering^ in May. 



2. hortensLs. 3. patula. Both of these introduced, now 

 naturalized. 4. laciniata. 



5. * argentea. Stem herbaceou.s, erect; leaves deltoid, 

 siibcordate, somewhat obtuse, entire, on both sides ca* 

 nescently furfuraceous and shining; fruit subpedunculate^ 

 oval, corripressed, and obluse, margin acutely toothed. 

 Obs. About a foot high and considerably branched. 

 Leaves a little attenuated on the petiole, uppermost sub- 

 sessile. Fruit axillary, nearly naked on the back. Allied 

 to A. sibirica? Hab. On sterile and saline places near the 

 Missouri. O 



6. * arenuria. Stem herbaceous, spreading; leaves very 

 entire, oblong-ovate, subsessile, on the under side argen- 

 teous, upper ones acute or acuminate; flowers axillary, 

 glomerate; fruiting calixmuricate, dentate, retuse. — Obs. 

 Stem reddish, angular, about a foot high, much branched 

 and spreading, annual. Lowermost leaves often cuneate- 

 oval and very obtuse; uppermost ovale-lanceolate, acutely 

 acuminate, whitish and furfuraceous on both sides, but 

 jnore particularly on the under; about 10 or 12 lines long, 

 and 5 wide. Male flowers mostly running out into a short 



- glomerate spike at the ends of the branches; female 

 flowers crowded, axillary- Fruiting* calix cuneate, or 

 letuse, with a 3 or 4-toothed double margin, disk, or back 

 of the fruit, on either side furnished with 2 short dentated. 

 crests or angles not more than half its length. Hab. Oit 

 the sandy sea-coast of New Jersey. Flowering in .August, 

 This plant has long been known to my friend Z. Collinfc;^ 

 Esq. as a distinct species. 



Chiefly an European genus, the above excepted, witli 

 1 species at the Cape of Good Hope, 1 in Barbary, 1 in 

 Liberia, 2 in Tartary, from whence A. hortensis is said 

 to have originated, and 1 in Bengal. 



S84. CHENOPODIUM. L. (Goosefoot.) 



Calix 5-parted, with 5 angles. Corolla none. 

 ShjhhiM, (rarely trifid.) Seed 1, lenticular, 

 liorizontal, covered by the closing calix. 



Leaves alternate, often angular in tlje outline. Flowers 

 glomerate, paniculate. 



