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spreading and recurved. Leaves stalked, oblong, 1-3 in., pin- 
nately lobed, the upper ones nearly entire. Flower-clusters in 
numerous, short, axillary panicles forming large, terminal panicles. 
Perianth glandular-pubescent. Seed smooth. (Fig. 133.) 
Simla, May-October. — N.W. India ascending to 10,000 ft. — N. and W. Asia , 
N. Africa, Europe. 
3. ATRIPLEX. Derivation obscure. — Temperate and tropica 
regions. 
Fig. 133. Chetstopodium Botrys. 
*Atriplex crassifolia, C. A. Mey. ; FI. Br. Ind. v. 5. An erect 
or diffuse herb, 1-2 ft., usually mealy ; stems and branches white. 
Leaves stalked, oblong or ovate, 1-1| in., entire or the margins 
sinuate, tip pointed or obtuse, base wedge-shaped or sagittate. 
Flowers 1 -sexual, male and female on the same plant. Male 
flowers : bracts 2 ; perianth-segments and stamens 3 or 5 ; flower- 
clusters in long, terminal, slender, interrupted spikes. Female 
flowers : bracts 2 ; perianth none ; stigmas 2 ; flower-clusters 
small, axillary, on the lower parts of the branches. Utricle 
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