354 
(55. CHENOPODIACE.*. 
simple leafy, bracts lanceolate exceeding the 2 — 3-flowered 
clusters, segments of the perianth with entire keels, sfig. lanceo- 
late.— E. B. 285.— Root thick, fleshy. 8t. 6—12 'in. long 
l^rostrate below, spreading in a circle, the ends ascending. — 
Sea-shores. P. VII.— IX. Sea-Beet. E.S.I. 
[i). vulgaris (L.), st. solitary erect, stig. ovate, is the culti- 
vated plant.] 
Tribe III. SaJicoroiierc. 
5. Salicok'nia Linn.^ Glasswort. 
1. »S'. herhdcea (L.) ; herbaceous, joints of st. compressed 
rather thickened upwards emarginate, branches all flowering, 
spikes cylindrical tapering stalked, fl. 3 on each side middle H. 
much exceeding the others. — E. 11. 415. — St. usually erect, 
branched, 3 — 12 in. high. Staui. 1 or 2. — ,5. S. prostrata (Pall.), 
S. jn'ocumbens ed. viii. ; st. procumbent, branches divaricate. 
E. B. 2475. [An extreme state is S. appre.-'sa (Dum.)] Muddy Sea- 
shores. A. VIII.— IX. E. S. I. 
2. S.2'>eren'uis (ilill.) ; st. woody creeping, st.-joints subterete 
deeply notched scarcely thickened with ascending herbaceous 
branches some barren, spikes oblong blunt nearly sessile, middle 
tl. scarcely exceeding the others. — S. 7'adicans (Sra.). Sy. E. B. 
1183. — St. procumbent, rooting. S. JtsmosaC Woods); St. tirmeruuc 
or but little rooting. ]— Muddy ^ea-shores. P. VIII. IX. 
Tribe IV. Atrqjlicea'. 
6. A'triplex Liim.^ Orache. 
A. Fertile Ji. of 2 kiiuls ; sep. of fern. JL distinct, seed vertical ; 
perfect fl. Z—f)-2^arted, seed horizontal. 
[A. sagittdta (Borkh.), A. nitens (Schkuhr), 1. shining abovo 
silvery-glaucous beneath ; also A. ohlongifolia (W. & K.) and 
A. hortensis (L.), 1. opaque on both sides ; are occasionally 
found.] 
B. Jlonoeciovs ; sep. of fern. ^li. united beloir. 
* Stem with resinous reddish stripes. — t I-iearcx not lobed. 
1. A. l/tf(»-i'ilis (L.) ; st. erect, /. linear or oblong-lanceolate 
' See Aj>)pendix. 
