290 65. OHENOPODIACE^. 66. POLTGONACE^. 



tate and often S-lobed at the \iss&,fr.-periantk rhomhoidal-aade 

 toothed tuberoled on the back united on both sides, clusters axil- 

 lary and terminal few-flowered, seeds minutely tubercular. — A. 

 rosea Bah., E. B. S. 2880, not L. A. crassifolia Fries, probably 

 not of Mey. — ^A very variable plant. Fr. -perianth large, typi- 

 cally forming a diagonal square a little rounded at the lareral 

 angles. — Sea-shore, common. A. VII. — IX. E. S. I. 



** Stem buif-coloured, nearly without stripes. Perianth of fr. 

 hard aiid thick. 



S.A. arendria (Woods) ; st. spreading procumbent with spread- 

 ing branches, I. triangular-rhomhoidal sinuate mealy beneath, 

 spike of male fi. dense naked, fertile fl. axillary, fr.-perianths 

 rhomhoidaH-lohed with the lateral .lobes \ truncate the back S- 

 ribbed the two lateral ribs often terminatitig in tubercles, seeds 

 rough opaque. — A. laciniata Sm. (L. in part.) — Plant hoary 

 throughout. Fr.-perianths large,, very broad. — Sandy sea-shores. 

 A. VII.— IX. E. S. I. 



7. Obi'ohe ©aert. Sea Purslane. 



1. O. pedimculdta (Moc[.) ; st. herbaceous wavy branched, 1. 

 obovate entire attenuate below, upper 1. narrower, /r.-pej-iajrf/j 

 long-stalked wedgeshaped 2-lobed' with a small intermediate 

 tooth.— ^/Si. 80. 5. Atriplex Sm. — Muddy salt marshes near the 

 East and ■ South coasts of England ; very rare. A. VIII. IX. 



E. 



2. O. portulacdides (Moq.) ; st. woody, 1. , obovate-lanceolate 

 entire attenuate below, fr. -perianth inversely triangular rbimded 

 below sM6sessi7e with 3 equal lobes above and muricate oh the 

 back. — St. 80. 4. Atriplex Sm. — Common on the sea-shore. 

 P. VIII.— X. ' E.S.I. 



Order LXVI. POLYGON ACE^. 



Perianth 8 — 6-parted, imbricate. Stam. deflnite,fi'om the base 

 of the perianth. Ovary 1,'free, with 1 erect ovule. Styles and 

 stigmas several. Fr. not biu-sting, a, nut, naked or covered by 

 the enlarged perianth. Embryo inverted, usually on one side 

 of farinaceous albumen ; radicle remote from the hile. — Stipules 

 usually cohering in the shape of ocrese. — For figures of the 

 gjenera see G. F. G. Monochl. 



1. Rttmex. Perianth Q-parted; 3 inner segments (pet.) large 

 with fr., connivent. Stam. 6, disposed m pairs. Styles 3. 

 Stigmas niultifid. Nut triquetrous, covered by the enlarged 

 inner segmentsi of perianth ; embryo lateral. 



