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angles longer than the fr. and collected into nearly simple inter- 

 rupted spikes the larger leaflike and not tubercled, seeds black 

 and polished. E. B. 1774. A. patula WahL, Koch, St. 79. 5. 

 Spikes wandlike with distant clusters of fl., valves of the fr. 

 perigone netted. Common. A. VII. X. 



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

 obloug with 2 ascending lobes from a wedgeshaped base irregu- 

 larly sinuate-dentate, upper 1. lanceolate, fr. -perigone rhomboidal 

 denticulate acute more or less muricated on the back scarcely 

 exceeding the fr. and collected in branched dense many-flowered 

 spikes, seeds black and polished. E.B. 2223! Koch in St. 79.6. 

 Branches ascending or prostrate. Upper 1. mostly entire. 

 Common upon cultivated land. A. VII. X. 



6. A. deltoidea (Bab.) ; st. mostly erect, /. mostly opposite 

 nearly all hastate-triangular with spreading lobes, fr -perigone 

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

 united only at the base,/r. panicled in dense spikes, seeds thick 

 black and polished, or a few dark brown and larger and with large 

 perigones. a. A. deltoidea (Bab.) ; 1. all hastate-triangular 

 toothed, fr.-perigone toothed muricated on back, spikes dense. 

 E. B. S. 2860. [/3. A. microsperma (W. and K.) ; 1. often alter- 

 nate, upper 1. subulate -hastate entire, fr.-perigone entire its back 

 rough. PL Hung. rar. t. 250. A. ruderalis St. 79. 8.] y. A. 

 trianguluris (Willd.) ; st. and branches prostrate, 1. often alter- 

 nate, uppermost 1. lanceolate entire, fr.-perigone slightly toothed 

 or entire. A. prostrata Bab. Cultivated and waste ground. 

 y. Sea-coast. A. VI. X. 



7. A. hastata (L.); st. mostly erect, lower I. hastate-triangular 

 with spreading lobes, uppermost 1. lanceolate entire, fr.-perig one 

 triangular-rhomboidal slightly muricated on the back exceed- 

 ing the fr. united only at base, fr. in nearly simple interrupted 

 spikes, larger seeds dark brown shagreened compressed, smaller 

 black and shining. A. patula Sm., E. B. 936. A. latifolia St. 

 79. 7' Cultivated and waste ground. A. VI. X. 



8. A. Babingtonii (Woods) ; st. spreading procumbent or as- 

 cending with spreading branches, /. mealy ovate-triangular some- 

 what 3-lobed unequally sinuate- dentate, upper 1. lanceolate den- 

 tate and often 3-lobed at the base, fr.-perigone rhomboidal-acute 

 toothed tubercled on the back united on both sides, clusters axil- 

 lary and terminal few-flowered, seeds minutely tubercular-rugose. 

 A. rosea Bab., E. B. S. 2880, not L. A. crassifolia Fries, pro- 

 bably not of Mey. A very variable plant. Fr.-perigone large, 

 typically forming a diagonal square a little rounded at the lateral 

 angles. Sea-shore, common. A. VII. IX. 



