676 ARBORETUM EY FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
the lower half an inch long, the floral ones shorter. 
Flowers of the shape of those of C. maritimum, 
three together, attached to the petiole above its 
base, not bracteated. The sepals that attend the 
fruit are equal and convex at the back. (Bieb.) A 4 
sub-evergreen shrub, frequent in plains of Eastern “ 
Caucasus, towards the Caspian Sea, and near the 
salt river Gorkaja, where it is believed to be dele- 
terious to horses. Height 3 ft. Introduced in 1825, 
but very seldom found in collections. 1318. C. parvifdlium. 
Genus II. 
Ria 
A’TRIPLEX DL. Tue Oracue. Lin. Syst. Polygamia Monecia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., 745.3 Eng. Flor., 4. p. 255. 
Synonymes, Arroche, Fr. ; Melde, Ger. ; Atriplice, Ital. 
Derivation. From ater, black ; according to some by antiphrasis, in reference to the whitish, or 
mealy, hue of the plants. 
Gen. Char., §&c. Flowers some bisexual, some female; those of both kinds 
upon one plant.— Bisexual flower with the calyx inferior, and 5 sepals. Stamens 
5, hypogynous. Anthers with round lobes. — Female flower with the calyx 
inferior, deeply divided into two large, flat, equal or nearly equal, lobes. 
Ovary compressed. Fruit a utricle, invested by the calyx, which is now 
enlarged. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, stipulate, sub- -evergreen ; undivided 
or jagged, bearing a meal-like scurf. Flowers in axillary or terminal spikes, 
numerous, small, ‘greenish. — Shrubs, subevergreen, natives of Europe, with 
imperfectly woody branches, and succulent leaves, white or glaucous from 
being covered with a mealy powder ; of easy culture and propagation in 
any common garden soil. 
: % a 1, 4. Ha’trmus L. The Halimus Orache, or Tree 
Purslane. 
Identification. Lin. Hort. Cliff, 469.; Mill. Dict., No. 2. 
Synonymes. Hélimus latifdlius sive fruticdsus Bawh. Pin. 120.; Halimus i. 
Clus. Hist. 1. p. 58.; the broad-leaved Sea Purslane Tree; ‘Arroche, Fr. 
oT strauchartige Melde, Ger. 
Py a Nt Park. Theatr., 724. t.2.; Ger. Emac., p. 522. f.1.; and our 
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Spec. Char., §e. Stem shrubby. Leaves 
alternate or opposite, their figure 
partaking of an oblong and a rhomb, 
entire. (Willd.) A loose, rambling, 
sub-evergreen, glaucousshrub. Spain, 
Portugal, Virginia, and Siberia. 
Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 
1640. Flowers small, purplish ; July 
and August. 
The young ‘branches are covered 
1319. A. Halimus. With a smooth white bark, which be- 
comes grey, and peels off lengthwise, 
as the tree gets old. The branches are very brittle, 
and have but little pith. The leaves are soft, white, 
and silvery. It seldom flowers in Britain. 
% 2, A. PortTuLAcOI'DES L. The Purslane-like, or 
shrubby, Orache, or Sea Purslane. 
Identification. Win. Fl. Suec., 828. 919. ; Eng. Flor., 4. p. 256, 1320, A. portulactides. 
