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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
7- 'jagged Sea-Orach, Atripkx marilhna laciniala. 
The plant is fmall, and the leaves are hoary. 
8. Bafil-leaved Sea-Orach, Atrij-lcx maritima ocymi 
miiioris fdio. The leaves fmall, and roundilli. 
J. Broad-cup'd Sea-Orach, Atr:fkx maritima fe- 
mine Into. It is a fmall upright plant. 
10. Orach, called Sea-Piirflain, /'Jripkx fruticofa 
hdimm dina. A Ihrubby plant, with grey, 
oblong leaves. 
11. Narrow, clufter-leavcd Sea Orach, ^Itripicx 
mm-iti-iim fcoj'ari.ir jctio. 'i he leaves vefy 
fmall and narrow. 
12. Long, narrow-leaved Sea-Orach, Jtrivkx 
maritima longijjiuio graminis fslio. 
13. Narrow, obtufe-leaved Orach, Airipkx tna- 
ritima folio angullo obtufo. The leaves are 
of a bkiifli areen. 
GENUS XIX. 
ELITE. 
B L I r U M. 
THE flower has no petals. It confifts of a five-leaved cup, with its filaments, and the rudiment 
of the fruit : the leaves of it are oval, and edged with a thin, membranaceous fubftancc. 1 he 
feed is fingle ; and the cup clofes about it, ferving as a capfule, and being marked with five ridges. 
Linnreus feparates this from the atriplex, placing it among the fntmidria, the filaments in the 
fiower being five. 
I. Elite, called Common Orach. 
[Blillim atri^ kx fyh'cjtris diflttm. 
The root is fibrous. 
The Italic is a yard high, branched, and of a 
pale green. 
The leaves are oblong, and deeply finuated ; 
and they are alfo of a pale green. 
The Bowers are fmall, and of a greenifh white. 
It is common on dry foils, flowering in Au- 
gufl:. 
C. Bauhine calls it Atripkx fyhejiris folio finuato 
cat:dicante. Others, Atriplex jyhejlrls vulgaris. 
2. Stinking Orach. 
Blitum fajlidum. 
The root is fibrous. 
The fl:alks arc a foot long, weak, branched, 
and of a grcyifli colour. 
The leaves have long footftalks ; and they are 
of a roundilh, but foniewhat angulated form. 
The flowers are fmall and greenifh. 
The whole plant is covered with n kind of 
greyifli powder, and is of an extremely difagree- ' 
able fmell. 
It is common on drv banks, and flowers in 
Juiy- 
C. Bauhine calls It Jinpfex fyheftns ficttda. 
Ociiers, Bhtum jccUdum^ and Atnplcx oUda. 
A conferve of its frefh tops is good againll: 
hyfterick complaiiits. 'I he other iiinds have Jitde 
virtue. 
3. Upright Blitc, called AHfeed. 
hlitum ereStum jjoh/permn. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalk is redifh, upright, and a foot and 
half high. 
The leaves have lender footftalks ; and they 
are oblong, obtufe, and of a duflcy green. 
The flowers are fmall, greenifl], and very nu- 
mtrrous. 
!c is common in wade gr^-unds, and flowers in 
Augufl:. 
C. Bauhine calls it Bhtmn plyf^^e) mum. 
4. Englifh Mercury. 
B.'iium mercwif.ls .-hgllca diclum. 
The root is fibrous. 
The flalk is ribbed, of a pale green, branched, 
and a foot and half high. 
The leaves have long footftalks ; ant) they are 
of a yellowifli green, and oi an arrow-headed 
fhape. 
The flowers arc fmall and greenifh. 
The whole plant is covered with greyifh, fatty 
duft. 
!t is common in paftures, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it La-paihum untJuf.Jum. 
It is eaten boiled, and is very wholeibme. 
Bcfide thefe four, which are the fpecies of 
hlHe moft; diftinil/there are fifteen others, natives 
of England; and thefe we fliall enumerate as 
under the preceding kinds, diflinguilhing them 
by their proper characters. 
1. Goofe foot, Blit'.mi -pes mtfcrbms dirium. This 
is robufi:, full of branches, and with large, 
broad, finuated leaves. 
2. Narrow-leaved Goofe- foot, Blitum pes anferi- 
mis di£fum acutiore folio. The leaves deeper 
cut, and fharp-pointed. 
3. Long-fpiked Goofe-foot, Blitum finiiatum fpi. 
catim. The fpikes of flowers very long, and 
the leaves pale. 
4. Pointed-leaved Goofe-foot, Blitum fol-'o in 
loyigiffimum mumnein p7-ocurrente. The leaves 
very beautiful. 
5. Procumbent Bllte, with thick, finuated leaves, 
Blitum procumtens folio finuato lucldo irajjo. 
6. Small, narrow-leaved, jagged Bhte, BLtum 
minus angujtifolium laciniatutn. The feed 
fmail. 
7. Serrated leaved Bllte, Blitum chryfanthmi folio. 
The leaves bluifh, and deeply Icrrated. 
8. Fig-leaved Biite, Blitum feus fcl o The leaves 
very deeply divided into three parts in a 
fingered manner. 
9. Round-leaved Elite, Blitum fsHo fulrotundo. 
The leaves broad, obtufe, and rounded. 
10. Triangular, fcrraced leaved Elite, Blitum 
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