362 LXX. CHENOPODIACEiE : ATRIPLICEjE. [A' triplex. 
erect mealy simple leafless, stigmas short, seed minutely re- 
ticulato-rugose. E. B t. 1-154. 
Waste ground, especially on a sandy soil about London ; also in 
Dorset, Isle of Wight, Durham, Northumberland, and Glamorgan. 
©. 8 Seeda minute. Perianths — 5-partite in some (perhaps only 
the terminal ) flowers with the seed horizontal, as in the E. Bot. 
figure, sometimes 2 — 3-partite, when the seed appears to us to be 
always vertical. “ Siam. 1 — 3 : ” Wilson. 
9. C. rubrum L. ( red G.) ; leaves triangular somewhat rhom- 
boid toothed and serrate, spikes erect compound leafy, flowers 
crowded on the spikes, stigmas short, seeds smooth shining. — 
a. leaves usually rhomboid irregularly toothed, edge of the seeds 
obtuse and slightly keeled, stem erect. E. B. t. 1721. — rf. 
botryodes ; leaves triangular shortly attenuate at the base 
scarcely toothed, edge of the seeds acutely keeled, stems pros- 
trate. C. botryodes Sm. : E. B. t. 2247. 
a. Dunghills and under walls ; also in salt-marshes. Rare (if 
indigenous) in Scotland. — (3 waste ground near the sea; Yarmouth, 
Lowestoft, South Shoebury 0. 8, 9. — Stems frequently reddish. 
Leaves always more or less attenuate at the base, by no means 
truncate. Spikes very compound, thick. The salt (or alkali) con- 
tained in the juice of this plant crystallises upon the surface of the 
stem. Perianth in 2 — 3 deep segments, with vertical seeds, in the 
lateral floweis; the terminal ones are usually 5-partite, with the seed 
horizontal ; others are 4-partite. The seeds are small, smooth, en- 
veloped in the loose thin utricle. 
10. C. Bonus- Henricus L. ( Mercury G., or good King Henry') ; 
leaves hastate-triangular (mostly) entire, spikes compound ter- 
minal and axillary erect leafless, stigmas elongated, fruit longer 
than the perianth, seed dotted with the edge obtuse. E. B. 
t. 1033. 
Waste places and way-sides, frequent. If.. 5 — 8. — Stems 1 ft. 
high, striate. Leaves large, dark green, used instead of spinage. 
Perianth quite campanulate, 5-cleft half-way down. Seed always 
vertical, coated with a true pellicle, besides the capsular integument, 
on removing which the seed is smooth and shining ; Wilson. 
Tribe II. Atriplicea:. Flowers imperfect. Stem continuous. 
(Gen. 3.) 
. 3. A'triplex Linn. Oraclie. 
Flowers monoecious or dioecious. — Sterile fl. Perianth 3 — 5- 
partite, without bracteas. Stam. 5. Style 0. — Fertile fl. some- 
times of two kinds. 1. Perianth 5-partite, without bracteas. Stam. 
usually 0. Style bipartite. Ovary free from the perianth. Seed 
horizontally compressed. 2. Periant h single, of 2 valves (or 0, 
