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4. A. deltoidea (Deltoid-leaved Orache). — Another allied form 

 with all the leaves hastate ; dense spikes of flowers in panicles ; 

 and almost all the seeds small, black, and polished. — Similar 

 situations ; frequent. — Fl. June — October. Annual. 



5. A. Babingtonii (Rose-coloured Orache). — A variable species, 

 usually pale and very mealy, but sometimes greener ; stem striped 



Atriplex hastata {Halberd-leaved Orache). 



with red, spreading, with ascending branches ; leaves mostly oppo- . 

 site, ovate-triangular, somewhat 3-lobed at the base ; flowers in 

 simple, lax, leafy, terminal and axillary spikes ; periantMeaves in 

 the fruiting stage large, united so as to form a diagonal square a 

 little rounded at its lateral angles. — Sea-shores ; common. — Fl. 

 July — September. Annual. 



6. A. lacinidta (Frosted Sea Orache). — A very distinct plant, 



