302 65. CHENOPODIACB^. 



Tribe III. Salicorniece. 

 5. Saiicoe'nia Linn} Glasswort. 



1. 8. herhdcea (L.); herbaceous, joints of st. compressed 

 rather thickened upwards emarginate, branches all flowering, 

 spikes cj'lindrical tapering' stalked, fl. 3 on each side middle fl. 

 much exceeding the others. — E. B. 415. — St. usually erect, 

 branched, 3 — 12 in. high. Stam. 1 or 2. — /3. iS. prosumbens 

 (Sm.) ; St. procumbent, branches divaricate. £. B, 2475. — 

 Muddy sea-shores. A. VHI. IX. E. S. I. 



2. S. radicans (Sm.) ; st. woody creeping, st.-joints subterete 

 deeply notched scarcely thickened with ascending herbaceous 

 branches some barren, spikes oblong blunt nearly sessile, middle 

 fl. scarcely exceeding the others. — Sy. E. B. 118-3. — St. pro- 

 cumbent, rooting. — Muddy sea-shores. P. VIII. IX. E. 



Tribe IV. Atriplicece. 



6. A'iKiPLEX Linn.^ Orache. 



A. Fertile Jl. of 2 Jcinds; sep. of fern. fi. distinct, seed vertical; 

 perfect Jl. 3 — 5-parted, seed horizontal. 



\_A. nifens (Eebent.), 1. shining above silvery-glaucous be- 

 neath ; and A. hortensis (L.), 1. opaque on both sides ; are 

 occasionally found.] 



B. Moncedous ; sep. of fern. fl. united below. 

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



1. A. littordlis (L.) ; st. erect, I. linear or oblong-lanceolate 

 entire or toothed, fr.-perianth rhomboidal or triangular toothed 

 tubercled on the bacli. — a. vera ; 1. nearly or quite entire, fr.- 

 perianth with patent points. — Sy. E. B. 1200. — ^. A. marina 

 (L.) ; I. broader usually toothed, fr.-perianth shorter with ad- 

 pressed points. E. B. 708. — Salt marshes. A. VII. — IX. 



E. S. I. 



tt Lower leaves with lateral spreading or ascending lobes. 



2. A. angustifdlia (Sm. !) ; st. erect or prostrate, 1. lanceolate 

 entire from an acutely wedgeshaped base, lower 1. with 2 

 ascending lobes, fr.-perianth rhomboidal acute entire with p'o- 



' See a paper on this genus by Mr. Woods in Proo. Linn. Soo. ii. 111. 

 ^ See Woods in Fhyiol. iii. 585, and in Tourist's Flora, 315. 



