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CLASS XXIII. 

 POLYGAMIA. 



" Juvat integros accedere fontes 



Atque haurire, juvatque novos decerpere flores." 



LUCRETIUS. 



I. MONGECIA. 



285. ATRIPLEX. UNITED FLOWER calyx inferior, in 5 deep 

 segments ; corolla none ; stamens 5 ; style deeply cloven ; 

 seed 1, depressed. FERTILE FLOWER calyx inferior, in 2 

 deep segments ; corolla none ; style deeply cloven ; seed 1, 

 compressed. 



I. MONGECIA. 

 286. ATRIPLEX. 



1. A. paMa, stem herbaceous, spreading ; leaves triangular- 

 lanceolate, somewhat halbert-shaped ; calyx of the fruit tuber - 

 culated at the sides ; seeds finely dotted. Spreading Orache. 



Hob. Waste and cultivated grounds, and on the sandy 

 sea-shore, very common. July, Aug. Q 



