A' triplex."] LXX. CHENOI'ODIACEyE : ATRIPLICEyE. 363 
with 2 bracteas, Moq.). Siam. 0. Utricle covered by the per- 
sistent enlarged perianth. Seed vertically compressed. — Named 
from a, not, and rpupitv, to nourish. (The second kind of fertile 
flowers is always present ; the first kind occurs in very few 
species.) 
* Fertile flowers, all very dissimilar to the sterile ones; their perianth 
of 2 valves, united to the apex, more or less toothed. Seed acute. 
Radicle superior. Obione. 
1. A. portulacoides L. (shruhhy O., or Sea Purslane)-, stem 
shrubbv, leaves obovato-lanceolate entire silvery-white, perianth 
of the fruit very shortly stalked inversely triangular rounded 
below 3-toothed at the apex. E. B. t. 261. Halimus Wallr. 
Obione Moq. 
Muddy sea-shores, England and Ireland. Mull of Galloway, and 
near Helensburgh, Scotland. 8 — 10. — Stem 1 — 2 ft. or even 
more high, with small yellowish flowers in axillary spikes. 
2. A. peduvculdta L. (stalked Sea O .) ; stem herbaceous zig- 
zag with spreading branches, leaves obovato-lanceolate upper 
ones narrower, perianth of the fruit cuneate on long stalks 3- 
lobed at the apex, the lateral lobes recurved larger than the 
middle ones. E. B. t. 232. Halimus Wallr. Obione Moq. 
On the east and south coasts of England, in muddy salt-marshes; 
Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincoln, and Cambridgeshire. Connemara, 
Ireland. ©. 8,9 — Whole plant covered with scaly mealiness. 
This is well distinguished from all the other species by its long 
peduncles and the peculiar shape of the seed-bearing perianth, espe- 
cially when the fruit is ripe. 
** Fert'le flowers all very dissimilar to the sterile ones ; their 
perianth of 2 valves nearly distinct, or united to the middle. Seed 
lenticular. Radicle inferior or lateral. Atriplex. 
f Stem uniformly (huff-) coloured. Floral leaves subsessile. Fertile 
flowers axillary. 
3. A. lacinidta Sm. ( frosted Sea O.) ; stem herbaceous spread- 
ing procumbent, leaves triangular rhomboidal dentato-sinuate 
very mealy beneath, spike of sterile flowers dense leafless, fer- 
tile flowers axillary, perianth of the fruit rhomboidal 3-ribbed 
and often tubercled at the back, seeds finely granular. E. B. 
t. 165. A. rosea L. ? : Moq. A. arenaria Woods. 
Sandy sea-shores not uncommon. 0. 7 — 9. — Whole plant hoary. 
A distinct species, which we have no hesitation in considering to he 
that of Linnaeus, not only on the authority of one authentic specimen 
in his herbarium, hut because his “ flores foeminei axillares geminae ” 
clearly apply to this and not to A. luciniata of Moquin-Tandon, and 
of most continental botanists. 
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