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angles longer than the ft. and collected into nearly simple inter- 

 rupted spikes the larger leaflike and not tubercled, seeds black 

 and polished.— E. B. 1774. A. patula Wahl., Koch, St. 79. 5. 

 — Spikes wandlike with distant clusters of fl., valves of the fr. 

 perigone netted. — Common. A. VII. — X. 



5. A. erecta (Huds.) ; primary St. mostly erect, lower 1. ovate- 

 oblong with 2 ascending lobes from a wedgeshaped base irregu- 

 larly sinuate-dentate, upper 1. lanceolate, fr. -perigone rhomboidal 

 denticulate acute more or less muricated on the back scarcely 

 exceeding the fr. and collected in branched dense many-flowered 

 spikes, seeds black and polished.— £.5.2223! Koch in St. 79.6. 

 — Branches ascending or prostrate. Upper 1. mostly entire. — 

 Common upon cultivated land. A. VII. — X. 



6. A. deltoidea (Bab.) ; st. mostly erect, I. mostly opposite 

 nearly all hastate-triangular with spreading lobes, fr.-perigone 

 ovate-triangular muricated on the back scai-cely exceeding the fr. 

 united only at the base, fr. panicled in dense spikes, seeds thick 

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

 perigones. — a. A. deltoidea (Bab.) ; 1. all hastate-triangular 

 toothed, fr.-perigone toothed muricated on back, spikes dense. 

 E. B. S. 2860.— [/3. A. microsperma (W. and K.) ; 1. often alter- 

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

 rough. PL Hung. rar. t. 250. A. ruderalis St. 79. 8.—] y. A. 

 triangularis (Willd.) ; st. and branches prostrate, 1. often alter- 

 nate, uppermost 1. lanceolate entire, fr.-perigone sUghtly toothed 

 or entire. A. prostrata Bab. — Cultivated and waste ground. 

 y. Sea-coast. A.VI.— X. 



7. A. hastata (L.); st. mostly erect, lower I. hastate-triangular 

 with spreading lobes, uppermost 1. lanceolate entire, fr.-perigone 

 triangular-rhomboidal slightly muricated on the back exceed- 

 ing the fr. united only at base,/r. in nearly simple interrupted 

 spikes, larger seeds dark brown shagreened compressed, smaller 

 black and shining. — A. patula Sm., E. B. 936. A. latifolia St. 

 79. 7. — Cultivated and waste ground. A. VI. — X. 



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

 cending with spreading branches, I. mealy ovate-triangular some- 

 what 3-lobed unequally sinuate-dentate, upper 1. lanceolate den- 

 tate and often 3-lobed at the base,/r.-penjrome rhomboidal-acute 

 toothed tubercled on the back united on both sides, clusters asdl- 

 lary and terminal few-flowered, seeds minutely tubercular-rugose. 

 — A. rosea Bab., E. B. S.2880, not L. A. crassifolia Fries, pro- 

 bably not of Mey. — A very vaiiable plant. Fr.-perigone large, 

 typically forming a diagonal square a little rounded at the lateral 

 angles. — Sea-shore, common. A. VII. — IX. 



