148 PENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 



145. ATRTPLEX. Gen. pi. 1577. (Atriplices.) 



•Flowers polygamous. — Calix 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla none. Style bifid. Feminine flower; 

 calix ^-parted, compressed. Seed vertical. 



patnfe. i. A. stem herbaceous, erect, leaves triangular- 

 hastate. B. 

 A. hastata, Curtis. 



Spreading, or Halbert-leaved Orache. 



An ugly weed, found growing sparingly in wastes and among 

 rubbish, in the Northern Liberties, and in some of the neg- 

 lected public squares of the city. Also on the banks of the 

 Delaware, Jersey side, nearly opposite Gloucester point. Not 

 common. Introduced, but now naturalized in the vicinity of 

 habitations. Annual. August. 



146. CHENOPODIUM. Gen. pi. 435. (Atriplices.) 



Calix 5-parted, with 5 angles. Corolla none. 

 Style bifid, (rarely trifid.) Seed 1, lenticu- 

 lar, horizontal, covered by the closing 

 calix. — Nutt. 



aihimu. l, C. leaves rhomboid-ovate, erose, entire at the 

 base, the upper oblong, entire ; seeds smooth.— 

 Smith* 

 C. lanceolatum, Willd. 

 Icon. Eng. Bot. 722. 



Lambs' -quarter. 



This weed in its young state is eaten at our tables. It at- 

 tains the height of five or six feet. In wastes, on dunghills, 

 near rubbish, and in gardens, every where very common. An- 

 nual. All summer. 



Qviride. This variety grows with the preceding, and is distinguished 



by the shape of its leaves, and their darker-green colour. 

 When the plant is oldj it looks more like album. Annual. Also 

 all summer. 



