(1) 0. AMBEOSIOIDES. (Idnn.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XIII. s. 2. p. 72. — Linn. spec. p. 320. 



Syn. Atriplex ambrosiodes, Orantz inst. I. p. 207. — C. suffru- 

 fcicosum, Willd. — Ambrina ambrosioides, Spach. veg. phcm. V. 



JEngrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1786. 



Spec. Chae. Stem 3 — 4-feet, herbaceous, erect, furrowed, 

 branched : leaves petioled, ascending, oblong, attenuated at both 

 ends, remotely sinuately toothed or nearly entire, glandulosely 

 puberuious beneath, the upper ones linear-lanceolate, entire: 

 racemes glomerato-spicate, compact, leafy : fructiferous calyx 

 closed, not keeled : seeds obtuse on the margin, smooth, shining. 



Waste grounds near Coimbatore, flowering during the raiay 

 and cool season. Bombay. This plant exhales a peculiar 

 aromatic odour. It is called in Prance ' Th^ du Mexique.' 



(2) C. LACiNiATrM. {Boxl.) 



Ident. Dee. 1. c. p. 77. — Eoxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 59. 



Spec. Chae. Stem herbaceous, erect: leaves long-petioled, 

 multifid, farinaceous : racemes panicJed, contracted. 



Near Calcutta. 



(3) C. ALBUM. (Mbq.) 

 Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 70. 



1. var. eommtme. — C. album, Linn. — Roxh. flor. Ind. II. p. 58. 

 —Atriplex alba, Orantz.—B. B. 24. t. 1723. 



Spec. Chae. Stem herbaceous, erect, furrowed, striated: 

 leaves petioled, rhomb-ovate, sinuately toothed, somewhat pow- 

 dery, ashy green above, whitish below : racemes somewhat dense : 

 flowers small, green. 



Bengal, flowering in the cold season. 



2. var. viride. — C. viride, Willd. — Dec. I. c. p. 71. — Soccb. I. c. 



Leaves lanceolate, almost entire, scarcely mealy, green on both 

 sides : racemes loose, concatenate. 



Bengal. There is another variety, of which the angles of the 

 stems and branches are of a fine purple colour, and the leaves 

 and mealy panicles somewhat reddish. 



