630 ' POLYGAMIA MONOECiA. 



ladnktai. ATRIPLEX caule hcrbaceo, foliis deltoidibus 

 deniatis, fubtus argcnteis, Sp. pi, 1494. {Ger. 

 em. 325./. 4. Pet. herb. t. j, f. 3. Moris, hiji. f. 

 ■' ' '■ 5. /. 32./. 17. melior.J 



" /' Fro fled or Leprous Sea Orache. Jnglis. 



Upon the fea fliores not uncommon. O. VIII. 



■ , ^ r The whole plant is of a grey hoary colour, the 



' . " ^ branches proftrate, or at leaft reclining. The 



leaves grow alternate, and arc covered with a 



kind of filvery i'cales. They are not ftridly 



deltoid or triangular, becaufe the bafe, where 



' the footflalk is inferted, is extended downwards. 



TJie edges have a few wide or didant dents. 



The hermaphrodite flowers grow at the fummits 



of the ftalks, in leflile clufters, intermixed with 



leaves. The females are axillary ; the leaves 



of the calyx very large, nearly triangular, com- 



' monly with five dents on the edges, and generally 



■ " befet with prominent tubercles on th\ fides near 



their bafe. 



l-yyf'^f^ n ATRIPLEX caule herbaceo, valvulis femineis 

 magnis deltoidibus finuatis. Sf fl 1494. {Moris. 

 hiJi p. 607./. 5. /. 32./. 14. Pet. herb. /. 7./. 1. 



..''.- V Delt Orach. AiigUs. 



• '^ .;;' In wafte places about towns and villages, cfpecially 



near the fea fhores. O. VIII. IX. 



'lie ftalk is crec^ and angular. The leaves del- 



toi i, or ualbcrt-fftap'd, with a few dents on the 



, ' edges. 



