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without stipules. Closely allied in essential cliarader to^ hjii 

 differing in habit frora^ the following Order. — Many of the 

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Flowers polygamous-monoecious, tribracteated. — Barren fl. 

 Perianth single, deeply 3 — 5-partite. Stam. 3 — 5, distinct: 

 anthei^s 2-celled.— i^e?'??/^ fl. Perianth single, deeply 3—5. 

 partite. Styles 3 or 2. Utricle with 1 vertical seed^ burstin 

 all round transversely. — Named from «, ?2o/, j-tapaivu)^ to fade 

 or, flowers which do not fade ; they are commonly called 

 " Everlastins: Flowers." 



• 1. A. '^Blitum L. (idld ^.); flowers 3-cleft and triandrous lu 

 small axillary clusters the segments very obtuse, leaves lono-, 

 stalked obovate obtuse attenuate at the base, perianth as loner 

 as the bracteas and half the length of the utricle which is 

 2 — 3-toothed and wrinkled at the apex, stem erector ascendin 

 angled and farrowed. E, B. t. 2212. 



Low -waste grounds and near dunghills, appearing occasionally 

 about Cambridge, London, and in Huntingdonshire. ©. 8. — An 

 extremely misunderstood species, of which we have seen no British 

 specimen : several otlier half-naturalized plants are probably often 

 collected for it. 



(^A. refrqflexus L. has been found near Hertford, and Sawbridge- 

 worth, but has no title to a place in the flora of this countrv : it is 

 scarcely a European plant, but rather an American one,) 





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" Sometimes monoecious or polygamous. Perianth free, gene- 

 rally deeply cleft nnd without bracteas at its base. Stamens 

 mostly 5 (in Salsola 2 or 1). Stamens from the base of the 

 perianth, and opposite to the segments : anthers 2-celled. Ovanj 



1, 1-celled, with a single ovide. 



Style divided, rarely simple. 



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Fruit indehiscent (usually a idricle^ sometimes a berry). 

 1, at the base of the cell. Embrtjo spiral and without alhimen^ 

 or curved round a farinaceous albumen, — Herbs, rarely shrubs ; 

 withoid stipides. Flowers small, inelegant. — In this Order are 

 many potherbs, some are tonic, and antispasmodic. The seeds 

 of Chenopodiuin are employed in the preparation of Shagreen; 

 C. Quinao is a most extensively used article of food in Peru; 

 C. ambrpsioides and C. Botrys contain an essential oil ; C. an- 

 thelminticnm yields Wormseed oil, a powerful vermifuge, as its 

 name implies; and C. oiidum exhales pure Ammonia. "^ Atriplex 

 hortensis is the Garden Orache ; Spinachia, the Spinach ; Beta, 



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