ATMPLEX. 
B. Moncedous; sep. of fern. ^. united belmv. 
* Stem with resinous reddish stripes. — t leaves not lohed. 
1. A. liftordlis (L.) ; st. erect, /. linear-lanceolate entire or 
rarely toothed, fr.-perianth ovate-rhomboid acute toothed tu- 
bercled ou the hack with spreading points. — E. B. 708. St. 79. 12. 
— Distinguished by tlie form of its open-pointed perianth, and 
1. usually entire.— Salt marshes. A. \ n. — IX. E. S. I. 
2. A. marina (L.) ; st. erect, I. oUong-lanccolate in-egidarly 
toothed or rarely entire, fr.-perianth suhcordate-triangidar hhmt 
toothed tuhercled on the" hack with adpressed points. — St. 80. 1. 
— Distinguished hy its toothed 1. and fonn of perianth. — Salt 
marshes. A. YIL— IX. E. S.?L 
tt Loicer leaves with latei'al spreading or ascending lobes. 
3. A. angvstifolia (Sm. !) ; st. erect or prostrate, 1. lanceolate 
entire from a Wedgeshaped base, lower 1. with 2 ascending lobes, 
fr.-perianth rkoniboidal acute etitire with prolonged lateral angles 
longer than the fr. and collected into nearly simple interriipted 
spikes the larger leafiike and not tubercled, seeds black and 
polished. — K B. 1774. A. patula Wahl., St. 79. 5. — Spikes 
wandlike with distant clusters of il., valves of the fr.-perianth 
netted. — Conunon. A. YII. — X. E. S. I. 
4. A. erec'ta (Huds.) ; primaiy st. mostly erect, lower 1. ovate- 
oblong with 2 ascending lobes from a wedgeshaped base irregu- 
larly sinuate-dentate, upper 1. lanceolate, /r.-pCT'iani/i rhomboidal 
denticulate acute more or less mm-icate on the back scarcely 
exceeding the fr. and collected in branched dense many-Jlowered 
spikes, seeds black and polished. — E.B. 222-3 1 Koch in St. 79. 6. 
—Branches ascending or prostrate. Upper 1. mostly entire. — 
Conmion upon cultivated land. A. VII. — X. E. S. I. 
5. A. deltcridea (Bab.) ; st. ruostly erect, I. mostly opposite 
nearly all hastate-triangidar loith spreading lobes, fr.-perianth 
ovate-triangular muricate ou the back scarcely exceeding the fr. 
united only at the base, //•. puniclcd in dense spikes, seeds thick 
black and polished, or a few dark brown and larger and with large 
perianths.— a. A. delto'idea (Bab.) ; 1. all hastate -ti'iangular 
toothed, fr.-perianth toothed muricate on back, spikes dense. 
E. B. S. 2860.— [|3. A. microsperma (W. & K.) ; 1. often alter- 
nate, upper 1. subulate-hastate entire, fr.-perianth entire its back 
rough. PI. Hang. i-ar. t. 250.] — y. A. triangidaris (WiUd.) ; 
st. and branches prostrate, 1. often alternate, uppermost 1. lanceo- 
late entire, fi-. -perianth slightly toothed or entire. A. j)rostrata 
Bab. — Cultivated and waste ground, y. Sea-coast. A. VI.— X. 
E. I. 
