THE GOOSE-FOOT FAMILY 
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3. Halbert-leaved Orache. (At'ripex hastata. Linn.) — A very similar species to the 
last, differing in the lower leaves being halbert-shaped (hastate), that is, with the lobes at the base 
spreading horizontally, and in the seeds being of 2 kinds, the larger dark brown and rough, and 
the smaller black, smooth, and shining. 
Common. In cultivated ground, waste places, and on sandy sea-shores, in England, Scotland, and 
Ireland. July — October. Annual. 
4. Deltoid-leaved Orache. (At'riplex deltoidea. Bab.) — Another similar species with 
the flowers in dense branched spikes (panicles), the 2 perianth-lobes of the fruiting flowers warted 
on the back, and all the leaves halbert-shaped (hastate). \Plate 39. 
Common. In cultivated ground and on sandy sea-shores, in England and Ireland. June — October. 
Annual. 
5. Rose-coloured Orache. (At'riplex Babing’tdnii. Woods.) — Another species similar to 
the Halbert-leaved Orache (Atriplex hastata), but with the flowers in much looser clusters, so that 
they appear to be more in the leaf-axils (axillary) than in spikes, and the cluster usually unbranched 
(simple) ; the perianth-lobes are 4-sided (rhomboidal), pointed, toothed, and warted on the back, 
and in fruit become large and form a diagonal square with the outside edges a little rounded ; the 
stem is usually striped with red, and the leaves are triangular, usually 3-lobed at the base, but 
sometimes toothed and with only the 2 ascending lobes as in the Halbert-leaved Orache (Atriplex 
hastata). The colour of the plant is very variable ; it is sometimes bright red and at other times 
green, more or less covered with white meal. (. Atriplex rosea. Bab.) 
Common. On sea-shores, salt marshes, and waste places near the sea ; in England, especially 
abundant in Scotland, and in Ireland. July — September. Annual. 
6. Frosted Sea Orache. (At'riplex lacini&ta. Linn.) — A beautiful frosted species 
with the female fruiting flowers and a few male clustered in the axils of the lower leaves and the 
perfect flowers only in short blunt dense terminal spikes ; the perianth-lobes in fruit are 4-sided 
(rhomboidal), slightly toothed, swollen and hard at the base, often with two warts on the back, not 
adhering to the fruit. [As described in the genus Orache (Atriplex).] The stems are spreading, 
3 inches to 2 feet long, dull red ; and the leaves are oval or triangular, sometimes toothed (serrate), 
and wavy (sinuate). The whole plant is thickly covered with silvery scales and is whiter than any 
other of the British species. ( Atriplex rosea. Linn. ; Atriplex arenaria. Woods.) \Plate 39. 
Not uncommon. On sandy sea-shores, in England, Scotland, and Ireland. July — October. 
Annual. 
7. Shrubby Sea Purslane, Crabweed. (At'riplex portulacoides. Linn.)— Flowers 
stalkless (sessile), in short, rather dense, interrupted, branched clusters (panicles) ; the two lobes of 
the fruit-perianth are small and leathery, triangular or nearly round, united nearly to the top where 
they are toothed (serrate), adhering to the fruit. [As described in the genus Orache (Atriplex).] 
The stem is 1-2 feet long, woody, much branched, and straggling; and the leaves are inversely 
egg-shaped (obovate) or oblong, tapering at the base and blunt at the apex, and entire. The 
whole plant is closely covered with grey scales which cannot be rubbed off. 
Fairly common. On sea-shores, salt marshes, and waste places near the sea ; generally 
distributed in England, very rare in Scotland and Ireland. August — October. Shrub. 
8. Stalked-fruited Orache. (At'riplex pedunculata. Linn.)— A somewhat similar 
species, differing in the fruit having a long stalk and being wedge-shaped and 2-lobed with a small 
intermediate tooth, and in the stems being usually only 3-4 inches high, though occasionally nearly 
1 foot high. 
Very rare, local. In muddy salt marshes on the east coast of England. August — October. Annual. 
