64. AMAEANTHAOE^. 65. CHBNOPODIACEJii. 297 



stalks, scape terete, spike long, bracts ovate keeled about as 

 long as the cal., sep. with a prominent dorsal rib. — B. B. 1558. 

 a. xvii. 1127. — L. ascending. Anth. purple. Seeds about 8. 

 — P. interTnedia (Lilib.); 1. downy, scapes terete downy arcuate- 

 ascending, is probably distinct. It is not very rare in Eng- 

 land. -B. xvii. 86. — Fields and waste places. P. VI. — VIII. 

 Way-bread. E. S. I. 



[P. arendria (W. & K.), a branching leafy plant, was found 

 abundantly on Burnham Sand-hills, Som.] E. 



2. Littoeel'la Linn. Shore-weed. 



1. i. lacus'tris (L.).—I!. S. 468.— With runners. Fl. white. 

 Fertile il. sessile. Stalks of the male fl. 1 — 2 in. long. L. all 

 radical, linear, fleshy, somewhat channelled, sometimes hairy 

 above. — Margins of lakes, or imder water when it is larger and 

 does not flower. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



Division IV. MONOCHLAMYDEJ]]. 



(Ord. LXIV.— LXXVIII.) 



With only a single perianth ; that is, the cal. and cor. not 

 distinguishable, or wanting. 



[Order LXIV. AMAEANTHACE^.] 



[Perianth 8 — 5-parted, scarious, persistent. Stam. hypo- 

 gynous. Ovary free, 1-celled ; ovule 1 or several, suspended 

 from a free central seed-stalk. Style 1 or 0. Stigma simple or 

 compound. Embryo curved round central farinaceous albumen. 

 — L. without stipules or sheaths. 



[1. Amaeanthus. Fl. monceoious. Perianth S — 5-parted. 

 Stam. S— 5. Stigmas 3. Caps. 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



1. Amaean'ihits lAnn. 



\_A. Blitum (L.) ; fl. 3-fid, 3-androus, clusters small lateral, 

 the upper ones in a small naked spike, st. diffuse glabrous. — 

 E. B. 2212. — Waste places near towns. A. VIII.] E. 



Order LXV. CHENOPODIACEiE. 



Perianth 5-parted, herbaceous, persistent. Stam. perigynous 

 or hypogynous. Ovary free or adhering to the tube of the 



2 



