278 65. CHENOPODIACE^. 



rather thickened upwards notched, spikes cyUndrical tapering 

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

 oblong.— £. B. 415.— St. usually erect, branched, .3—12 in. high. 

 Fl. placed in triangles. Stam. 1 or 2.-0. S. procumbens 

 (Sm.) ; St. procumbent. E. B. 2476.— Muddy sea-shores. A. 

 VIII. IX 



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

 scarcely thickened, spikes oblong obtuse nearly sessile, middle 

 fl. scarcely higher than the others, seed nearly globular. — E. B. 

 1691. S.fmticosa Sm. (not L.), E. B. 2467.— St. procumbent 

 or ascending, rooting. — Muddy sea-shores. P. VIII. IX. E. I. 



Tribe IV. Atriplicea. 



6. Atriplex Linn} Orache. 



A. Polygamous J sep. of fern. fl. distinct, seed vertical j perfect 

 fl. 3 — b-parted, seed horizontal. 



[*1. J. nitens (Rehent.); st. erect, 1. triangular-cordate-hastate 

 sinuate-dentate sliining above glaucous beneath, upper 1. elongate- 

 triangular, fr.-perigone ovate- acuminate entire separate to the 

 base. — A large coarse plant introduced by accident. Sea-shore 

 near Ryde, Isle of Wight. A. VIII. IX.] 



B. Monoicious ; sepals of fern. fl. united below. 

 * Stem with resinous stripes. — f Leaves not lobed. 



2. A. littoralis (L.) ; st. erect, I. linear-lanceolate entire or 

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

 bereled on the back with spreading points. — E.B.JOS. St. 79. 12. 

 — Distinguished by the form of its open-pointed perigone, and 

 1. usually entire. — Salt marshes. A. VII. — IX. 



3. A. marina {1j.) ; st. erect, Z. oblong-lanceolate irregularly 

 toothed or rarely entire, fr.-perigone obcordate- triangular obtuse 

 toothed tubercled on the back with adpressed points. — St. 80. 1 . 

 — Distinguished by its toothed 1. and form of perigone. — Salt 

 marshes. A. VII.— IX. 



ft Lower leaves with lateral spreading or ascending lobes. 



4. A. angustifolia (Sm. !) ; st. erect or prostrate, 1. lanceolate 

 entire from a wedgeshaped base, the lower 1. with 2 ascending 

 lobes,/r.-^en^o«e rhomboidal acute entire with prolonged lateral 



' See Woods in Phi/lol. iii. 587, and Tourist's Flora, 315. 



