278 65. CHENOPODIACE.E. 



rather thickened upwards notched, spikes cylindrical tapering 

 stalked, fl. 3 on each side middle fl. placed highest, seed oval or 

 oblong. E. B. 415. St. usually erect, branched, 3 12 in. high. 

 Fl. placed in triangles. Stam. 1 or 2. )3. S. procumbens 

 (Sm.) ; st. procumbent. E. B. 24/5. Muddy sea-shores. A. 

 VIII. IX. 



2. S. radicans (Sm.) ; joints of st. compressed deeply notched 

 scarcely thickened, spikes oblong obtuse nearly sessile, middle 

 fl. scarcely higher than the others, seed nearly globular. E. B. 

 1691. S.fruticosa Sm. (not L.), E. B. 2467. St. procumbent 

 or ascending, rooting. Muddy sea-shores. P. VIII. IX. E.I. 



Tribe IV. Atriplicea. 



6. ATRIPLEX Linn. 1 Orache. 



A. Polygamous j sep. of fern. fl. distinct, seed vertical ; perfect 

 fl. 3~5-parted, seed horizontal. 



[*1. J.m'e?is(Rebent.); st. erect, 1. triangular-cordate-hastate 

 sinuate- dent ate shining above glaucous beneath, upper 1. elongate- 

 triangular, fr.-perigone ovate- acuminate entire separate to the 

 base. A large coarse plant introduced by accident. Sea-shore 

 near Ryde, Isle of Wight. A. VIII. IX.] 



B. Monoecious ; sepals of fern. fl. united below. 

 * Stem with resinous stripes. f Leaves not lobed. 



2. A. littoralis (L.) ; st. erect, I. linear-lanceolate entire or 

 rarely toothed, fr.-perigone ovate-rhomboid acute toothed tu- 

 bercled on the back with spreading points. E.B. 708. St. 79. 12. 

 Distinguished by the form of its open-pointed perigone, and 

 1. usually entire. Salt marshes. A. VII. IX. 



3. A. marina (L.) ; st. erect, /. oblong -lanceolate irregularly 

 toothed or rarely entire, fr.-perigone obcor date- triangular obtuse 

 toothed tubercled on the back with adpressed points. ^St. 80. 1 . 

 Distinguished by its toothed 1. and form of perigone. Salt 

 marshes. A. VII. IX. 



ft Lower leaves with lateral spreading or ascending lobes. 



4. A. angustifolia (Sm. !); st. erect or prostrate, 1. lanceolate 

 entire from a wedgeshaped base, the lower 1. with 2 ascending 

 lobes, fr.-perigone rhomboidal acute entire with prolonged lateral 



1 See Woods in Phytol. iii. 587, and Tourist's Flora, 315. 



