280 42. Spinachia. 16. CHENOPQDEiE. PL ex.- mon. 
1 . Spinachia spinosa. Prickly spinage. 
Leaves sagittate ; fruit horned, sessile. 
Spinachia, Ger. em. 330 ; Park. 496. 
Spinachia oleracea, Lin. S. P. 1456. 
Spinachia spinosa, Be Cand. FI. Gall. 
Spinachia sessili-fiora spinosa, Stokes Bot. Mai. Med . 4,537, 
Winter spinage. 
Cultivated; biennial; April to June. 
Leaves used as a potherb, laxative. 
2 . Spinachia inermis . Smooth spinage. 
Leaves oblong, ovate; fruit spineless, sessile. 
Spinachia oleraGea jS, Lin. S. P. 1456. 
Spinachia glabra. Miller Diet. 
Spinachia sessiliflora inermis, Stokes B. M. M. 4,537. 
Spinachia inermis, De Cand. FI. Gall. 2243. 
Round-leaved spinage . 
Cultivated ; annual ; April to June, 
Leaves used as a potherb? laxative, 
IV. 43. ATRIPLEX. Pliny. Orache. 
Flowers polygamous. — Hermaphrodite. Perigonium 
5-parted ; stamens 5 ; styles 2, rarely perfect ; utriculus de- 
pressed. — Female. Perigonium 2-cut; style 2-cut; utri- 
culus compressed by the enlarging persistent perigonium ; 
seed upright ; spermodermis dppble, the outer crustaceous ; 
corculum annular; radicle above.— Leaves alternate; rarely 
opposite; stem rarely shrubby ; flowers glomerate, panicled. 
Leaves opposite; stem shrubby. Halimus. 
1 . Atriplex portulacoides. Purslane orache. 
Stem shrubby, diffused ; leaves opposite, obovate, lanceo- 
late, not cut, powdery, glaucous. 
Atriplex maritima fruticosa, Halimus et Portulaca marina dicta, an- 
gustifolia, Raii Syn. 153, 11. 
Halimus vulgaris, sive portulaca marina, Ger. em. 523, 
Portulaca marina nostras, Park. 724. 
Atriplex portulacoides, Lin. S. P. 1493. 
Common sea-purslane. 
Sea-shore; shrubby; July and August. 
Root woody; stem 18 in. high, 4-sided ; flowers yellowish, 
monoiepus, female deltoid. 
Leaves alternate ; stem herbaceous . Atriplex. 
2 . Atriplex laciniata. Jagged orache. 
Stem herbaceous, diffused, spreading, pubescent at top ; 
leaves deltoid, sinuate, toothed, silvery underneath. 
