POLYGAMIA— MONOECIA. Atriplex. 257 



2, A. laciniata. Frosted Sea Orache. 



Stem herbaceous, spreading. Leaves trowel-shaped, an- 

 gular and toothed ; scaly beneath. 



A. laciniata. Linn. Sp. PL 1494. Willd. v. 4. 963. Fl. Br. 1090. 



Engl. Bot. V. 3. t. 165. Dkks. H. Skc.fasc. 4. 15. H. Dan. 



i. 1284. 

 A. maritima. Rail Syn. 152. Baulu Hist. v. 2. 974./. 

 A. marina. Ger. Em. 325. f. Matth. Falgr.v. 1. 421./. Camer. 



Epit. 244./. Dalecli. Hist. 537./ 

 A. marina repens. Lob. Ic. 255. f. 

 Frosty Sea Orrach. Petiv. H. Brit. t. 7./ 3. 



/3. Atriplex maritima nostras procerior, foliis angulosis incanis, 

 admodum sinuatis. Pluk. Almag. 60. Dill, in Raii Sijn. 152. 



On the sandy sea coast, but not common. 



In Essex. Ray. At Harwich. Mr. Francis Smith. On the shore 

 at Leith, and New Haven, near Edinburgh. 



Annual. July. 



Root tapering. Herb clothed, more or less, with silvery scales. 

 Stems usually several, spreading, or recumbent, alternately 

 branched, roundish, leafy, often tinged with red. Leaves alter- 

 nate, stalked, deltoid, or somewhat rhomboid, obscurely three- 

 lobed, coarsely toothed, or jagged; the base entire. United 

 Jlowers in dense, terminal, \ohed spikes; their gerinens for the 

 most part abortive. Fertile ones axillary, stalked, several 

 together ; their calyx gradually very much enlarged, triangular, 

 toothed, or lobed, powdery, ribbed, and veiny. Seed com- 

 pressed, smooth, brownish. 



/3 is a doubtful plant, which has never fallen in my way. 



3. A. patula. Spreading Halberd-leaved Orache. 



Stem herbaceous, spreading. Leaves triangular-lanceo- 

 late, somewhat halberd-shaped. Calyx of the fruit tu- 

 berculated at the sides. 



A. patula. Linn. Sp. PL 1494. Willd. v. 4. 964. FL Br. 1091. 



Engl.BoLv. 13.<.93G. Hook. ScoL29\. 

 A. hastata. Huds. 443. Light/. 636. CurLLond.fasc.2.t.66. 

 A. n. 1617. HalLHisLv. 2. 289. 



A. sylvestris, folio hastato seu deltoide. Raii Syn. ed. 2. 62. 

 • ed. 3. 151. 

 A. sylvestris annua, folio deltoide triangulari sinuato et mucro- 



nato, hastae cuspidi simili. Moris, v. 2. 607. sect. 5. t. 32. f. \4. 

 A. sylvestris vulgaris. Ger. Em. 326. f. 

 A. sylvestris secunda. Matth. Falgr.v. 1. 419. f. Camer. Epit. 242. f. 



Dalech. Hist. 536./. 

 A. sylvestris sinuata. Lob. Ic. 254./. 



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