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— Kstinguished. bv its toGthed Land form of perianth. — Salt 

 marshes. A. VII.— IX. t ^ E. S. ? I. 



tt Lower leaves with lateral spreading lyr ascending Idbes. 



3. A- angiiMifdlia (Sm. l),; st.' erqct or prostrate, 1. lanceolate 

 entire from a wedgesnaped base, lower 1. with 2 ascending lobes, 

 fr.-perianth r/wmboidal acula entire tcith prolonged lateral ang/es 

 longer than the fr.aud ooUfiQted into nearly simph iiit^rrtipted 

 spikes the lai'ger leafiike and not tiibercled, seeds black and 

 polished. — A. patida Wahl., iSi!. 79. 5. — Spikes wandlike with 

 distant cltister^ of fl., valves of the fr.-perian1;h netted.^^Coni- 

 mon. A. VII.— X. E. S. I. 



4. A. erec'ta (Huds;) ; priniary st. mostly erect, lower 1. ovate- 

 oblong with 2 ascendiag lobes fromi a Vedgeshaped base irregu- 

 larly sinuate-dentate, upper! laneeolate,/r.-;jCT'«a«<A rhomhoidal 

 detitimdaie acute more or less muricate on the back scarcely ex- 

 ceeding the fr. and collected in branched dense many-Jlowered 

 spikes, seeds black and polished. — E. B. :222.3 ! Koch in St. 79. 6. 

 — Branches ascending or prostrate. ^Upper 1. mostly eutu'e. — 

 Common upon cultivated land. A. VII. — X. E. S. I. 



5. A. deltcridea (Bab.) ; st.; mostly erect, I. mostly opposite 

 nearly aU hastate-triangular with spreading lobes, fr.-perianth 

 ovate-triangular -muricate on the back scarcely exceeding the fr. 

 united Oifly at the base,_/r. panicled in dense spikes, seeds thick 

 black and polished or a few dark brown and larger and with 

 large perianths. — a. A. deltoide(;i(Jish.) ; 1. 9,11 hastate-triangular 

 toothed, fr.-perianth toothed' muricate on bact, spikes dense. 

 E. B. S. 28G0.— [0. A. mierosperma (\V. & K.) ; 1. often alter- 

 nate, upper 1. subulate-hastate entire, fr.-perianth entire its back 

 rough. VI. Sung. rar. t. 250. J — y. A. triangularis (Wifld.) ; 

 st. andwanches prostrate, 1. often alternate, uppermost 1.' lanceo- 

 late entire, fr.-perianth slightly toothed or entire. A. jn-ostrata 

 Bab. — Cultivated and wastje ground, y. Sea-coast, A. VI. — X. 



E.I. 



6. A. haddta (L.) ; st. mostly erect,, lower,?, hastate-triangular 

 iiflith spreading lobes, uppermost 1. lanceolate, en tire, /;'.-joc)'i*(?i?/;. 

 t)-iangular-rhoniboidal shghtlj muricate on' -the back exceedihg 

 the fr. united only at base, fr. in nearly simple interrupted spikes, 

 larger seeds dark brown rough compressed, smaller seeds black and 

 shining. — A. pattda Sm. A. latifolia St. 79. 7. — Cultivated and 

 waste gToxmd. A. VI. — X. E. S. I. 



7. A. Babingtonii (Woods) ; st. spreading procumbent or as- 

 cending with spreading brajiches, I. mealy ovate-trianguiar some- 

 what 8-lobed unequally simiate-dentate, upper 1. lanceolate den- 



