282 43.Atriplex. 16. CHENOPODEiE. Pl.ex.mon. 



5. Atriplex erecta. Upright orache. 

 Stem herbaceous, upright ; leaves ovate, lanceolate ; lower 



leaves sinuate; fj-uit deltoid, acute, muricated all over. 



Atriplex angustifolia lacinata, Dillen in Raii Si^n. 152,4. 

 Atriplex erecta, Huds. Fl. Angl. ed. 1,376. 

 Atriplex patula, Huds. Fl. Angl. ed. 2, 444. 



Ruins; annual; August. 



Stem much branched ; leaver rather powdery, pointed ; 

 upper leaves entire ; lower indented ; racemes terminal, 

 nearly leafless ; fruit small. 



6. Atriplex littoralis. Shore orache. 

 Stem herbaceous, upright ; leaves linear ; fruit ovate, 



pointed, muricated, indented. 



Atriplex apgustissimo et longissimo folio, Dillen in Raii Si/n. 153, 12 *. 

 Atriplex maritima angustifolia, obtusiori folio, Dillen in Raii Syn. 

 153, 12 **. 



Atriplex maritima scopariae folio, Dillen in Raii Syn. 153, 12. 

 Atriplex littoralis, Lin. S. P. 1494. 

 Grass sea-orache. 



Muddy sea-shores ; annual ; August and September. 

 Stem much branched ; leaves not cut, powdery under- 

 neath ; spike ovate, cylindrical, nearly leafless. 



p. serrata. Leaves serrated. 



Atriplex angustifolia maritima dentata, Raii Syn. 152,3. 

 Atriplex serrata, Huds. Fl. Angl. 444. 

 Atriplex marina, Pers. S^«. 1,293. 

 Jagged long orache. 



7. Atriplex pedunculata. Footstalked orache. 

 Stem herbaceous, flexuous, diverging; leaves obovate, 



very entire; female fowers peduncled, wedgeshape. 



Atriplex marina semine lato, Raii Syn. 153, 10. 

 Atriplex pedunculata, Lin. S. P. 1495, 

 Heart sea-purslane. 



Muddy sea-shores ; annual ; August and September. 



Herb powdery, woolly; stem 9 in. high, angular; leaves 

 spreading, not cut; flowers terminal, crowded; female 

 flowers deflexed, 3-lobed. 



^. humilis. Stem shorter ; plant more diffused. 



Atriplex maritima nostras, ocymi minoris folio, Raii Syn. 153, 9. 



V. 44. CHENOPODIUM. Pliny. Goosefoot. 



Perigonium 5-parted, persisting, not enlarging after 



flowering; stamens S; styles '2-ciit; stigmata 2 or 4; utri~ 



cula membranaceous, depressed, girt by the perigonium ; 



