ATEIPLEX. 
entire or toothed, fr.-perianth rhoinboidid or triangular toothed 
tubercled on the back.— a. geiiiu'na (Syme) ; 1. nearly or quite 
entire, fr.-perianth with patent points. — Si/. E. B. 1200. — /i. 
serrata (Gray) ; 1. broader usually toothed, fr.-perianth shorter 
Avith adpressed points. E. B. 708.— Salt mar.shes. A. VII.— 
IX. E.S.I. 
tt Lover leaves tvith lateral si^ireadituj or ascemlinij lobe.t. 
-1. A. pat'vla (L. em., Bab.) ' ; st. erect or prostrate, 1. lanceo- 
late entire from an acutely wedgeshaped base, lower 1. with 2 
ascending lohes, fr.-perianth rhomhoidal acute entire xuitli pro- 
lowjedlateral angles longer than the fr. and collected into nearly 
simple inter rujited spikes the lai^ger leaflike and not tubercled, 
seeds black and polished. — St. 79. 5. A. angustifolia E. B. 1774. 
— Spikes wandlike with distant clusters of fl., valves of the 
fr.-perianth netted. — Common. — A. VII. — X. £. S. I. 
3. A.erec'ta{Qah. not Huds.) primary st. mostly erect,lower 
1. ovate-oblong with 2 ascending lobes from a bluntly wedge- 
shaped base irregularly sinuate-dentate, upper 1. lanceolate, 
fr.-perianth rhomhoidal denticnlafe acute more or less muricate 
on the back scarcely exceeding the fr. and collected iii branched 
dense mani/-jlou'ered spikes, seeds black and polished. — E. B. 
2223 ! Koch in St. 79. 6. — Lower branches procumljent or 
ascending. Upper 1. mostly entire. — Common upon cultivated 
land. A. VII.— X. ' E. S. I. 
4. A. deltdidea (Bab.); st. mostly erect, /. mostly opposite 
nearly all hastate-triangular with spreading lobes, fr.-perianth 
ovate-triangular muricate on the back scarcely exceeding the fr. 
united only at the ha,se, fr. panicled in dense .spikes, seeds thick 
black and polished or a few dark brown and larger and with 
large perianths. — a ; l.allhastate-triangulartoothed,fr. -perianth 
toothed muricate on back, spikes dense. E. B. S. 2860. — ^. 
salina ; st. and branches prostrate, 1. often alternate, uppermost 
1. lanceolate entire, fr.-perianth slightly toothed or entire. — 
Cult, and waste ground, fi. Sea-coast. A. VI. — X. E. I. 
5. A. hastdta (L. em. Bab.) ; st. mostly erect, lower /. hastate- 
triangular with spreading lobes, uppermost 1. lanceolate entire, 
fr.-perianth triangular-rhomboidal slightly muricate on the 
back exceeding the fr.,yV. iit nearly simple interrupted spikes, 
larger seeds dark brown rough compressed, smaller seeds black 
and shining. — A. patula{iim.). E. 7». 936. A.lati/olia St. 79. 
7.— Cultivated and waste ground. A. VL — X. . E. S. I. 
1 Sp. 2 ct 3 are now usually included under A. patula (L.) — H. & .J. G. 
