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longed lateral angle) lonofer than the fr. and collected into nearly 

 simple interrupted spikes the larger leaflike and not tuhercled, 

 seeds black and polished. — E. B. 1774. A. patula Wahl., St. 

 79. 6. — Spikes wandlike with distant clusters of fl., valves of 

 the fr. -perianth netted. — Common. A. VII. — X. E. S. I. 



3. A. erec'ta (Huds.) ; primary st. mostly erect, lower I. ovate- 

 oblong- with 2 ascending lobes from a bluntly wedgeshaped base 

 irregularly sinuate-dentate, upper 1. lanceolate, fr.-perianth 

 rhomhoidal denticulate acute more or less muricate on the back 

 scarcely exceeding the fr. and collected in branclied dense many- 

 flowered spikes, seeds black and polished. — E. B. 2223 ! Koch 



in St. 79. 6. — Lower branches procumbent or ascending. Upper 

 1. mostly entire. — Common upon cultivated land. A. VII. — X. 



E. S. I. 



4. A. deltdidea (Bab.) ; st. mostly erect, I. mostly opposite 

 nearly all hastate-triangular vMh spreading lobes, fr.-perianth 

 ovate-triangular muricate on the back scarcely exceeding the fr. 

 united only at the h&ae,fr. panicled in dense spikes, seeds thick 

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

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

 toothed, fr.-perianth toothed muricate on back, spikes dense. 

 E. B. S. 2860. — ^. salina ; st. and branches prostrate, 1. 

 often alternate, uppermost 1. lanceolate entire, fr.-perianth 

 slightly toothed or entire. — Cultivated and waste ground. 3. 

 Sea-coast. A. VI.— X. E. I. 



5. A. hastdta (L.) ; st. mostly erect, lower I. hastate-triangular 

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

 triangular-rhomboidal slightly muricate on the back exceeding 

 the ir.jfr. in nearly simple interrupted spikes, larger seeds dark 

 brown rough compressed, smaller seeds black and shining. — A. 

 patula Sm. E. B. 936. A. latifolia St. 79. 7.— Cultivated and 

 waste ground. A. VI. — X. E. S. I. 



6. A. Babingtdnii (Woods) ; st. spreading procumbent or as- 

 cending with spreading branches, /. nearly ovate-triangular some- 

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

 tate and often 3-lobed at the hase, fr.-perianth rhomboidal acute 

 toothed tuhercled on the back, clusters axillary and terminal few- 

 flowered, seeds minutely tubercular. — A. rosea Bab., E. B. S. 

 2880, not L. — ^A very variable plant. Fr.-perianth large, typi- 

 cally forming a diagonal square a little rounded at the lateral 

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



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

 hard and thick. 



7. A. farindsa (Dum.) ; st. spreading procumbent with spread- 



