108 MONOCHLAMYDE2E. 



black, partially covered by the 5-cleft calyx. 0. acutifolium (E. 

 B. t. 1481), witli upright stem, and ovate, pointed leaves, is pro- 

 nounced both by Hooker and Arnott, and Babington, to be un- 

 distinguishable from this. Waste places near Teignmouth. (E. 

 B. t. 1480.) A. vin. ix. 



3. C. murale (nettle-leaved G.) Beneath walls, by roadsides, 

 and in waste rubbishy places. Plant sometimes erect, sometimes 

 decumbent, a foot or more high ; leaves ovate, acute, and sharply 

 serrate ; flowers in compound clusters from the sides and sum- 

 mit of the stem ; calyx almost closing over the seed. Yery fre- 

 quent. Marychurch. Teignmouth, etc. (E. B. t. 1722.) A. 

 Tin. ix. 



4. C. album (white G.) In waste places and about dung- 

 heaps. The most common of the genus. Stem branched, an- 

 gular, from 1 to 2 feet high ; leaves ovate, slightly angular, irre- 

 gularly jagged ; uppermost leaves oblong and entire. Flowers 

 clustered in short axillary spikes, with a terminal spike crowning 

 .the stem ; calyx quite investing the seed. Yery common. (E. 

 B. 1. 1723.) A. vn.-ix. 



5. C. rubmm (red G.) On dunghills and under walls. 

 Stems 1 to 2 feet high, upright, branched, furrowed ; leaves al- 

 ternate, of a triangular form, irregularly toothed. Clusters of 

 flowers in upright axillary spikes. Paignton. Teignmouth, etc. 

 (E. B. 1. 1721.) A. vin. ix. 



6. C. Bonus-Henricus (Mercury G., or Good-King-Henry.) 

 Stem about 1 foot high, slightly branched ; leaves large, 

 broadly triangular, resembling spinach-leaves, alternate and 

 stalked. Flowers hi lateral and terminal, clustered and leafless 

 spikes, green. The young plants are frequently eaten instead of 

 spinach. Paignton. Kingskerswell. Chudleigh. (E.B.t. 1033.) 

 P. V.-VIII. 



TRIBE II. ATEIPLICEJB. 

 ATRIPLEX. OEACHE. 



1. A. portulacoides (shrubby Oracke, or Sea- Purslane.) 

 On the seashore. A straggling, much branched shrub, from 12 

 to 18 inches or 2 feet high, covered with grey, silvery scaliness ; 

 lower leaves oblong or obovate ; upper leaves lanceolate or linear 

 as they ascend the stem. Flowers in short axillary spikes, and 

 in a terminal panicle, small, dull yellow. Sterile and fertile 

 flowers on the same plant in all this genus. Budleigh Salterton, 

 Miss A. Griffiths. (E. B. t. 261.) P. vm.-x. Obione, Bab. 



2. A. laciniata (frosted sea 0.) On sandy seashores. 

 Plant covered with a white scaly meal j stem procumbent and 



