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1302 ATRIPLEX. [CLASS XXIII. ORDER T, 
8. A. littora'lis, Linn. (Fig. 1563.) G@rass-leaved Orache. Stem 
erect, branched; leaves all linear, lanceolate, entire, or rarely toothed ; 
perianth of the fruit ovate, rhomboidal, acute, toothed, warty at the 
back, spreading. 
English Botany, t. 708.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 260.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4, vol. 1. p. 379.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 217. 
B. marina. Leaves toothed, perianth of the fruit closed. 
A. marina, Liun. Babington’s Manual of British Botany, p. 
252 
Stem erect, from one to two feet high, angular, striated, smooth, 
with numerous erect branches. Leaves alternate and opposite, smooth, 
dark green, somewhat powdery beneath, of a leathery texture, petio- 
lated, linear, or linear lanceolate, quite entire, occasionally slightly 
toothed. Inflorescence terminal and axillary, interrupted, obtuse, 
spikes leafy, formed of dense clusters of small flowers. Perianth of 
the fruit enlarged, powdery, rhomboidal, ovate, acute, toothed on the 
margin, and more or less tuberculated at the back, spreading. Seed 
roundish, acute, compressed. 
Habitat.—Muddy salt marshes, not unfrequent, especially on the 
east coast. 
Annual; flowering in July and August. 
Lhis species is known by its open perianth, and the leaves being 
narrow, linear, and almost always entire. The leaves become almost 
black with drying, and abound in alkaline salt ; but it has not, that 
we are aware, been applied to any particular use. 
9. A. angustifo'lia, Smith. (Fig. 1564.) Spreading narrow-leaved 
Orache. Stem erect, or prostrate, striated, branched, and spreading ; 
leaves lanceolate, entire, the lower ones with two ascending lobes, 
from a wedge-shaped base; perianth of the fruit rhomboidal, acute, 
entire, with an acute ascending lobe on each side, smooth, reticulated 
at the back, longer than the smooth shining seeds; spikes inter- 
rupted. 
English Botany, t. 1774-—English Flora, vol. 4. p. 258.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 379.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 217. 
Stem erect, or yrostrate, more or less branched and spreading, 
round, striated, smooth. Leaves opposite and alternate, petiolate, of 
a leathery texture, dark green, lanceolate, entire, or slightly toothed, 
the lower ones occasionally with an entire ascending lobe on each 
side, from the wedge-shaped base. Inflorescence interrupted spikes of 
crowded flowers. Perianth of the fruit becoming much enlarged, of 
a rhomboidal acute form, entire, with an acute ascending lobe on 
each side, smooth, but often with prominent reticulations at the back. 
Seeds small, smooth, and shining. 
Habitat.—Waste and cultivated places ; frequent, 
Annual; flowering from June to August. 
