POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. 6^^ 



edges, covered with a hoary powder, efpecially 

 on the under fide, but not To white and filvery 

 as the preceding. The flowers grow in fhorc 

 eredl clufters at the top of the ftalks. The fe- 

 male valves are triangular, whitifh, a little rough 

 on the fides, but not fo large as ia the foregoing. 



patuJa 4. ATRIPLEX caule herbaceo patulo, foliis fubdel- 

 toideo-lanccolatis, calycibus feminum difco den- 

 tatis. Sp.pl. 1494. (Ger. em. 026./. 7. Moris, 

 hift. p. toy. f. 5. /. 32./. 15. Pet. herb. t. 7. /. 



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Spreading Spear Orach. AngUs. 



In cultivated grounds, and wade pkccs frequent. 

 O. VliLIX. 



The ftalk is furrow'd, the branches long, and 

 widely divaricated, almoft at right angles with 

 the ftalk, and often deprefled to the ground. 

 The leaves arc fucculent, green, flightly fprinkled 

 •with a mealy powder underneath ; the lower 

 ones haftate, but one of the auricles often want- 

 ing ; the upper ones entire and linear-lanceolate. 

 The flowers grow in erecl, flender fpikes ; the 

 males are generally quadrifid, and have only four 

 fiamina ; the valves of the females arc dented, 

 and have their fides commonly a little rough 



and tuberculous. 



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ATRIPLEX caule herbaceo erc6to, foliis lineari- 

 bus ferratis. Lin, Mantifs. p. 300. A. /errata. 



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