A'triplexJ] Lxx, CHENoroDiACE^ : ateiplicejs. 



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Tribe II. ATaiPLiCEiE. Flowers mpeifect. Stem contiimous. 



(Gen. 3.) 



3. 



A'triplex Linn. Oraclie. 



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Flowei's monccclous or dioecious. — Sterile Ji. Perianth 3 — 5- 

 partite, without bracteas. Stam. 5. Style 0. — Fertile fl. some- 

 times of two kinds. 1 . Perianth 5-partite, without bracteas. Stam, 

 usually 0. Style bipartite. Ovary free from the perianth. Seed 

 horizontallj compressed. 2. Perianth single, of 2 valves (or 

 with 2 bracteas, Moq.). Stam, 0. Utricle covered by the per- 

 sistent enlarged /)erm?/^A. Seed vertically compressed. — jSTamed 

 from cf, not^ and rpefAip to nourish. (The second kind of fertile- 

 flowers Is always present; the first kind occurs in very few 

 species.) 



* Fertile flowers, all very dissimilar from the sterile ones \ their perianth 

 of 2 valves, united to the apex, more or less toothed. Seed acute. 

 Radicle superior, Oblone. 



1. A. portulacoides L. (shruhhy O., or Sea Purslane); stem 

 shrubby, leaves obovate-lanceolate entire silvery-white, pei^ianth 

 of the irult very shortly stalked inversely triangular rounded 

 below 3-toothed at the apex. E. B. t. 261. Halimus Wallr. 



Obione. Moq, 



Muddy sea-shores, England arid Ireland. Mull of Galloway, and 

 near Helensburgh, Scotland. Ij,. 8— 10. ~ Stem 1—2 ft. and more 

 high, with small, yellowish ^ozi;er5 In axillary spikes. 



2. A,pedunculdtaJj, (stalked Sea O.)] stem herbaceous zio*- 

 zag with spreading branches, leaves obovate-lanceolate upper' 

 ones narrower, perianth of the fruit cuneate on long stalks 3- 

 lobed at the apex, the lateral lobes recurved larger than the 

 middle ones. E. £. t. 232. Halimus Wallr, Obione Moq. 



On the east and south coast of England, in muddy salt-marshes, 

 Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincoln, and Cambrld^esh. 



Ireland. 



Cunnamara, 



^, , , 0- 7, S. — Whole pla7it covered with scaly mealiness. 

 Ihis is well distinguished from all the other species by its lon*^ 

 peduncles and the peculiar shape of the seed-bearing joenaw^A, espe^ 

 cially when the fruit is ripe. 



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Fertile flowers all very dissimilar from the sterile ones; 

 perianth of 2 valves nearly distinct, or united to the middle, 

 lenticular. Radicle inferior or lateral Atriplex. 



their 

 Seed 



f Stem uniformly (huff-) coloured. 



, 3. A. lacinidta S, (frosted Sea O.) ; stem herbaceous spread- 

 ing procumbent, leaves triangular rhomboidal dentate-sinuate 

 very mealy beneath, spike of sterile flowers dense leafless, fertile ' 

 -lowers axdlary, perianth of the fruit rhomboidal 3-ribbed and 



