288 65. CHENOPODIACE^. 



strafe, 1. triangular-ovate narrowed into a petiole, spiked lonp: 

 simple leafy, bracts lanceolate exceedinif the 2 — 3-flowered 

 clusters, segments of the perianth with entire Iteels, stig. 

 lanceolate. — ^Root thick, jieshy; St. C> — 12 in. long prostrate 

 below, sprpading in a circle, the ends ascending. — Sea-shores. 

 P. VII.— IX. Sea Beet. , E.S.I. 



[B. milf/aris (L.), st. solitary erect, stig. ovate, is the culti-i 

 vated plant.]. 



' I Tribe III. Salicorniem. 



5. Saliooe'nia Linn.^ Glasswort. 



1. S. herhdcea (L.) ; herbaceous, joints of st. compressed 

 rather thickened upwards notched, spikes cylindrical tapering 

 stalked, fl. 3 on each side middle fi. placed highest, seed oval or 

 oblong — St. usually erect; branched; 3 — 12 in. high. Fl. placed 

 in triangles. Stam. 1 or 2. — /3. S. prooumhens (Sm.) ; st. pro- 

 cumbent. ^. J?. 2475.— Muddy sea-shores. A. VIH. IX. 



E. S. I. 



2. S. radicans (Sm.) ; joints of st. compressed deeply notched 

 scarcely thickened, spikes oblong blunt nearly' sessile, middle 

 fl. scarcely higher than the others^ seed nearly globular. — S. 

 fruticosa Sm. (not L.), E. B. 2467. — St. procumbent or ascend- 

 ing, rooting. — Muddy sea-shores. P. Vlll. IX. E. 



Tribe IV. Atriplicece. 



6. A'triplbx Linn? Orache. 



A. Fertile Jl. of 2 kinds; sep. of fern. fl. distinct, seed vertical; 

 perfect fl. 3 — 5-pai-ted, seed horizontal. 



l_A. nitens (Rebent.), 1. shining above silvery-glaucous be- 

 neath; and A. Tiortemis (L.), 1, opaque on 'both, sides; are occa- 

 sionally found.] 



B. Moncecious'; sep. of fern. fl. united 'below, 

 * Stem with resinous reddish stripes. — t Leaves not lobed. 



1. A. littordlis (L.) ; st. erect, I. linear-lanceolate entire or 

 rarely toothed, fr.-perianth ovate-rhomboid acute toothed tu- 

 bercled on the back with spreading points. — St. 79. 12. — Distin- 

 guished by the form of its open-pointed perianth, and 1. usually 

 entire.— Salt Marshes. ' A. Vll.— IX. ■ E. S. I". 



2. A. marina (L.) ; st. erect, I. oblong-lanceolate irregularly 

 toothed or rarely e-atvee, fr.-perianth mibcordate-triangvlar blunt 

 toothed tubercled on the .back vrith adiiressed points. — St. 80. 1. 



} See,a paper on this genu.s hj Mr. Woods in Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. 111. 

 ''See Woods in Phi/tol. iii, 585, and in Tourisf s Flora, 315. 



