Filices.] CUYPTOGAMIA — FILTCES. 379 



3. A.pdtula. L. (^spreading Hcdherd-leaved Orache); stem her- 

 baceous spreading, leaves triangular-hastate glabrous above ir- 

 regularly toothed, the upper ones entire, perianth of the fruit 

 more or less tuberculated at the sides. E. Bot. t. 936. 



Cultivated and waste grounrl, and in salt-marshes. Fl. July. ©. — 

 Stems straggling; 6?-«ncAes long, striated. Flowers in small clusters, on 

 long, interrupted, axillary spikes. 



4. A. a7igustiJ6lia, Sm. (^spreading narroiv-leaved Orache^; 

 " stem herbaceous spreading, leaves lanceolate entire the lower 

 ones partly 3-lobed, calyx of the fruit halberd -shaped slightly 

 warty at the sides." Sm. E. Bot. t. 1774. 



Cultivated and waste ground. Fl. July. © . — This seems to be but 

 a narrow-leaved var. of the preceding. 



5. A.erecta, Hu^s. (^upright SjJear-leaved Orache); " stem her- 

 baceous erect, leaves ovato-lanceolate lower ones sinuated, calyx 

 of the fruit all over armed with sharp tubercles." Sm. E. Bot. 

 t. 2223. 



Waste ground, very rare. Near Battersea fields, {Sm.) Fl. Aug. 

 0. — Messrs il/z7/ and CoZe, who find this plant in the same station, 

 observe that it is covered with crystalline glands, rather than with pow- 

 der or scales, and that the ca/y.r of the fruit is beset with sharp herbaceous 

 l)oints. 



6. A. littordlis, L. {Grass-leaved SeaOrache); stem herbaceous 

 erect, leaves all linear entire or toothed, perianth of the fruit 

 sinuated and muricated at the back. E. Bot. t. 708. 



Muddy salt-marshes, chiefly on the east coast. Fl. July. ©. — The 

 nnder side of the leaves and \.\\q fluivers are mealy. The latter are in 

 rather crowded, axillary and terminal spikes. 



7. A. pedunculdta, L. (stalked Sea Orache); stem herbaceous 

 zigzag with spreading branches, leaves obovato-lanceolate, seed- 

 bearing flowers cuneate 2-horned on long stalks. E. Bot. t. 232. 



On tiie east and south coast of England, in muddy salt-marshes. Cun- 

 namara, Ireland. FL Aug. Sept. ©.— Whole 7j/««^ covered with scaly 

 mealiness ; well distinguished from all the other species by its long pe- 

 duncles and the peculiar shape of the seed-bearing perianth, especially 

 when ihe fruit is ripe. 



END OF THE PH^NOGAMOUS OR FLOWERING PLANTS. 



CLASS XXIV. CRYVTOGKUIK {part of). Stam- 

 ens and pistils not visible. 

 ORD. I. FILICES. Ferns. 

 Fructification only of one kind upou tlie same species. Cap- 

 sules generally collected into clusters of various shapes {son) 

 mostly upon the back or margin of the/rowc/, rarely spiked or 

 racemed, naked or covered with an involucie ; with or without 



