280 42. Spinachia. 16. CHENOPODEiE. Pl.ex.mon. 



1. Sp'machia sp'inosa. Prickly spinage. 

 Leaves sagittate ; fruit horned, sessile. 



Spinachia, Ger. em. 330 ; Park. 496. 



Spinachia oleracea, Lin. S. P. 1456. 



Spinachia spinosa, De Cand. Fl, Gall. 



Spinaciiia sessili-tlora spinusa, Stokes Bot. Mat, Med. 4,537, 



Winter spinage. 



Cultivated ; biennial ; April to June. 

 Leaves used as a potherb, laxative. 



2. Spinachia inermis. Smooth spinage. 

 Leaves oblong, ovate; fruit spineless, sessile. 



Spinaciiia oleracea B, Lin. S. P. 1456. 



Spinaciiia glabra, Miller Diet. 



Spinachia sessiliflora inermis, Stokes B. M. M, 4,537. 



Spinachia inermis, De Cand. Fl. GaU.22A3. 



Round-leaved spinage. 



Cultivated ; annual ; April to June. 

 Leaves used as a potherb, laxative, 



IV. 43. ATRIPLEX. Pliny. Orache, 



Flowers polygamous. — Hermaphropite. Perigoniuw, 

 S-parted ; stamens 3 ; styles 2, rarely perfect ; utriculus de- 

 pressed. — Female. Perigonium 2-cut ; style 2-cut ; utri- 

 culus compressed by the enlarging persistent perigonium ; 

 seed upright; spermodermis double, the outer crustaceous; 

 corculura annular; radicle above. — Leaye^ alternate; rarely 

 opposite ; stem rarely %hxvibhy ; flowers glomerate, panicled. 



Leaves opposite; stem shrulhy. Halimus. 



1. Atriplex portulacoides. Purslane oitiche. 

 Stem shrubby, diffused ; leaves opposite, obovate, lanceo- 

 late, not cut, powdery, glaucous. 



Atriplex maritima fruticosa, Halimus et Portulaca marina dicta, an- 

 giistifolia, Raii Sijn. 153, 11. 



Halimus vulgaris, sive portulaca marina, Ger. em. 523, 3. 

 Portulaca marina nostras. Park. 724. 

 Atriplex portulacoides, Lin. S. P. 1493. 

 Common sea-purslane. 



Sea-shore ; shrubby ; July and August. 

 Root woody; stem 18 in. high, 4<-smed ; flowers yellowish, 

 monoicous, female deltoid. 



Leaves alternate; stem herhaceous. Atriplex. 



2. Airiplex laciniatu. Jagged orap/ie. 

 Stem herbaceous^ diffused, spreading, pubescent at top | 



leaves deltoid, sinuate, toothed, silvery underneath. 



