POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. 635 



rium, but not the females. The hermaphro- 

 dites feem to be only Tpurious, as their fi ami n a 

 are imperfeft. 



It has a watery, nitrous, diuretic quality. Three 

 ounces of the juice, taken internally, or an ex- 

 ternal fomentation, have been found very fer- 

 viceable in the ftranguary. 



The plant laid upon heaps of corn infelled with 

 weevils, is faid to drive away thofe de(lru(ftive 

 infedls. 



ATRIPLEX, Get7,pl. 1153. 



HERMAPHROD. Cai 5-phyllus. Cor, o. Stam. 



5. Stylus 2-partitus. Sevi. i. 

 deprefTum, 

 FEM. C^/. 2-phylIus. Cor. o. Sfavt- o. S:ylus 2- 



partitus. Sent, i, comprefllim, 

 ATRIPLEX caule fruticofo, foliis obovatis. Sp. 

 ■pi. 1493. (Ger. em. S'^'i- f' 3- ^^^' i'^b.t. 1. f. j) 

 Sea Purflane. Jngiis. 

 Upon the fea-fliores near high water mark, but not 



common. Sibbald. ^. VIU. 

 This is a low (hrub, varying in height from fix 

 inches to a yard. The branches generally re- 

 cline, are angular, and of a whitifh green. The 

 leaves are glaucous, oppofite, generally ellipti- 

 cal, fome obtufe, others lanceolate, fupported 

 on footftalks, and entire on the edges. The 

 flowers are yellow, and terminate the branches. 

 in cluftered fpike?. 



ATRIPLEX: 



