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entire or toothed, fr .-perianth rhomboidal or triangular toothed 

 tubercled on the back. a. vera ; 1. nearly or quite entire, fr.- 

 perianth with patent points. Sy. E. B. 1200. ft. A. marina 

 (L.) ; 1. broader usually toothed, fr. -perianth shorter with ad- 

 pressed points. E. 5. 706. Salt marshes. A. VII. IX. 



E. S. I. 



tf Lower leaves with lateral spreading or ascending lobes. 



2. A. angustifolia (Sm. I) 1 ; st. erect or prostrate, 1. lanceolate 

 entire from an acutely wedge shaped base, lower 1. with 2 

 ascending lobes, fr. -perianth rhomboidal acute entire with pro- 

 longed lateral angles longer than the fr. and collected into nearly 

 simple interrupted spikes the larger leaflike and not tubercled, 

 seeds black and polished. E. B. 1774. A. patula Wahl., St. 

 79. 5. Spikes wandlike with distant clusters of fL, valves of 

 the fr.-perianth netted. Common. A. VII. X. E. S. I. 



3. A. erecta (Huds.) 1 ; primary st. mostly erect, lower 1. ovate- 

 oblong with 2 ascending lobes from a bluntly wedgeshaped base 

 irregularly sinuate-dentate, upper 1. lanceolate, fr.-perianth 

 rhomboidal denticulate acute more or less muricate on the back 

 scarcely exceeding the Ir. and collected in branched dense many- 



flowered spikes, seeds black and polished. E. E. 2223 ! Koch 

 m St. 79. 6. Lower branches procumbent or ascending. Upper 

 1. mostly entire. Common upon cultivated land. A. VII. X. 



E. S. I. 



4. A. delto'idea (Bab.) ; st. mostly erect, I. mostly opposite 

 nearly all hastate-triangular with spreading lobes, fr.-perianth 

 ovate-triangular muricate on the back scarcely exceeding the fr. 

 united only at the base, fr. pamcled in dense spikes, seeds thick 

 black and polished or a few dark brown arid larger and with 

 large perianths. a ; 1. all hastate-triangular toothed, fr.-perianth 

 toothed muricate on back, spikes dense. E. B. S. 2860. ft. 

 salina ; st. and branches prostrate, 1. often alternate, uppermost 

 1. lanceolate entire, fr.-perianth slightly toothed or entire. 

 Cult, and waste ground. #. Sea-coast. A. VI. X. E. I. 



5. A. hastdta (L.) ; st. mostly erect, lower /. hastate-triangular 

 with spreading lobes, uppermost 1. lanceolate entire, fr.-perianth 

 trianyiilar-rhomboidal slightly muricate on the back exceeding 

 the fr.,/r. in nearly simple interrupted spikes, larger seeds 'dark 

 brown rough compressed, smaller seeds black and shining. A. 

 patula Sm. E. B. 936. A. latifolia St. 79. 7. A. Smithii Sy. 

 Cultivated and waste ground. A. VI. X. E. S. I. 



1 Sp. 2 & 3 are now usually included under A. patula (L.). H. & J. G. 



