A' triplex."] lxx. CHENoroDiACE^j; atripliceje. 365 
a. Cultivated and waste land in the south of England, not uncom- 
mon — /8 near Bath. Belfast. — y. sea-coast, rare. 0. 6 — 10. — 
Seeds uniform, black and wrinkled, not half so large as the wrinkled 
chestnut ones of A patula, although similar to the small seed of that 
species, of which it may be only a variety. 
7. A. angusli folia Sm. ( spreading narrow-leaved O .) ; stem 
herbaceous erect or prostrate, lower leaves with two ascending 
lobes from a wedge-shaped base, upper ones lanceolate entire, 
seeds smooth and shining. A. patula Moq. in DC. Prod, (not 
of Chen. En.) — a. lower leaves entire, perianth of the ft uit rliom- 
boidal with ascending lateral angles entire smooth on the back, 
spikes nearly simple interrupted. E. B. t. 1774. — d- lower 
leaves sinuato-toothed, perianth of the fruit rhomboidal den- 
ticulate usually tuberculate on the back, spikes branched 
dense many-flowered. A. erecta Huds. : E. B. t. 2223. 
Cultivated and waste ground. ©. 7 — 10. — Probably only a 
narrow-leaved var. of A. deltoidea ; indeed under that name, and as a 
single variable species, Mr. Bentham unites all of this and the following 
subsection. 
|| None of the leaves lobed. 
8. A . littoralis L. (Grass- leaved Sea O ) ; stem herbaceous 
erect, leaves lanceolate entire or toothed, perianth of the fruit 
toothed muricate at the back. — a. leaves linear-lanceolate, 
perianth of the fruit ovate-rhomboid acute spreading at the 
point. E. 3. t. 708. — ft. leaves ovato-lanceolate, perianth of 
the fruit obcordato-triangular obtuse closed. A. marina L. 
Muddy salt-marshes, chiefly on the east coast. Q. 7 — 9 — The 
under side of the leaves and the flowers is mealy ; the latter grow 
in rather crowded, axillary and terminal spikes. Mr. Woods mentions 
that he has met with horizontal seeds in this species, which he sup- 
poses were produced by flowers similar to the sterile ones ; he also 
states that the var. a. alone is found at Lewes, while f}. is plentiful on 
file banks of the Thames. 
*** Fertile flowers of two kinds. Dichospermum. 
9. A. *nitens Rebent. ( shining-leaved O .) : stem herbaceous 
erect branched, leaves triangular acuminate shining above glau- 
cous beneath, lower ones cordato-hastate, upper deltoid some- 
what auricled, uppermost lanceolate, perianth of the fruit ovato- 
acuminate entire smooth on the back thin and finely reticulate. 
Sea-shore pear Ryde, Isle of Wight : Dr. Bromfleld. 0. 8,9. — 
A large coarse species, probably introduced: it is common in the 
east of Germany, but grows as far west as Hamburgh : Woods. 
[A. hnrtensis L., a too closely allied species, and to which Mr. Ben- 
tham reduces A. nitens , has been found at Saffron Walden and in some 
other places, but cannot be said to be naturalized.] 
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