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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



the lower half an inch long, the floral ones shorter. 

 Flowers of the shape of those of C. marjtimum, 

 three together, attached to the petiole above its 

 base, not bracteated. The sepals that attend the 

 fruit are equal and convex at the back. (Bieb.) A 

 sub-evergreen shrub, frequent in plains of Eastern 

 Caucasus, towards the Caspian Sea, and near the 

 salt river Gorkaja, where it is believed to be dele- 

 terious to horses. Height 3 ft. Introduced in 1825, 

 but very seldom found in collections. 



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1318. 0. parvifdlium. 



Genus II. 



^'TRIPLEX L. The Orache. Liii. Si/st. Polygamia Monoecia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 745. ; Eng. Flor., 4. p. 2.55. 

 Synonymes. Arroche, Fr. ; Melde, Ger. ; Atriplice, Hal. 



Deripation. From ater, black ; according to some by antiphrasis, in reference to the whitish, or 

 mealy, hue of the plants. 



Gen. Char., ^c. Floivers some bisexual, some female; those of both kinds I 

 upon one plant. Bisexual floiuer with the calyx inferior, and 5 sepals. Stamens \ 

 5, hypogynous. Anthers with round lobes. Feinale flower with the ca!)'x j 

 inferior, deeply divided into two large, flat, equal or nearly equal, lobes, i 

 Ovary compressed. Fruit a utricle, invested by the calyx, which is now ; 

 enlarged. {G. Don.) \ 



Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, stipulate, sub-evergreen ; undivided \ 

 or jagged, bearing a meal-like scurf. Flowers in axillary or terminal spikes, ' 

 numerous, small, greenish, Shrubs, subevergreen, natives of Europe, with \ 

 imperfectly woody branches, and succulent leaves, white or glaucous from i 

 being covered with a mealy powder ; of easy culture and propagation in ! 

 any common garden soil. - 



a^ * 1. ^. //a'limus L. The Halimus Orache, or Tree ' 



Purslane. 



Identification. Lin. Hort. Cliff., 469. ; Mill. Diet., No. 2. 



Synoiiymes. HkMmus, latifi)lius sive fruticbsus Bauh. Pin. 120.; //uliiniis i.j 

 Clus. Hist. 1. p. .53. ; the broad-leaved Sea Purslane Tree; Arroche, fc; , 

 strauchartige Melde, Ger. | 



Engravings. Park. Theatr., 7^4. t. 2. ; Ger. Emac, p. 522. f. 1.; and oiirj 

 Jig. 1319. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem shrubby. Leaves 

 alternate or opposite, their figure 

 partaking of an oblong and a rhomb, 

 entire. ( JVilld.) A loose, rambling, 

 sub-evergreen, glaucous shrub. Spain, 

 Portugal, Virginia, and Siberia. 

 Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 

 1640. Flowers small, purplish ; July 

 and August. 



The young branches are covered 

 with a smooth white bark, which be- 

 comes grey, and peels off lengthwise, 

 as the tree gets old. The branches are very brittle, 

 and have but little pith. The leaves are soft, white, 

 and silvery. It seldom flowers in Britain. 



J~ 2. A. poRTULACdi^DES L. The Purslane-like, or 

 shrubby, Orache, or Sea Purslane. 

 Identification. Lin. Fl. Suec, 828. 919. : Eng. Flor., 4. p. 266. 



\7,\9. A. Wiliir.UB. 



13?0. /I. portlilarBWfS. 



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