332 
Chenopodiaceae. Phytolacaceae. 
less. Seeds larger, blackish brown, all horizontal. Like 
C. murale.—As the last, rather rare; W. ? Y. B. J. Z. 7 
Intermedium M. K. 1882.*) 
488. Blitum. Blitum. I, 5. Y, 183. 
1. Clusters of fls all in the 1.-axils. (Stem leafy up to the 
top.)—Uncultivated, stony places; G. W. U. A.; some¬ 
times adventitious in other parts. 6 virgatum L. 1883. 
— Only the lower clusters in the 1.-axils, the upper leaf¬ 
less.—Rubbisli-lieaps and road-sides; adventitious and 
variable. 6. *capitatum L. 1884. 
489. Atriplex. Orache. XXI, 35. 
1. Fem. fls (on the same pi.) of various forms; some with 
3—5-partite perianth and the seed horizontal without 
bracts; but most without a perianth, with 2 bracts and 
vertical seeds. Fr.-bracts oval-orbicular, entire.—Some¬ 
times subspontaneous on rubbish-heaps and way-sides; 
more often cultivated. 7 . f hortensis L. 1885. 
— Fem. fls all of the same form, all without perianth, with 
2 bracts and vertical seeds ..... 2 
2. Lower and middle Is lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, 
narrowed to a short petiole, the lower often hastate. 
Fr.-bracts hastate-rhomboidal, larger than the fr. or 
(v. erectum Huds ) only as large as the fr. and at the 
same time denticulate-tubercular on the back. A. angusti- 
folia Sm.— Uncultivated places, fallow; distrib. 7, 8 
patula L. 1886. 
— Ls broader than in the last, the lower and middle ones 
hastate-triangular, .the base truncate almost in a straight 
line, and the petiole longer. Fr.-bracts almost triangular. 
A. latifolium Wahl.—As the last, but very rare and 
probably adventitious (Morges, Auenstein &c.) Z. T. 8 
hastatum L. 1887. 
OBS. To this family also belong: the genus Spinacia, spinach, of which 
2 species are cultivated, viz.: S. glabra Mill, (inermis Monch) and S. oleracea 
L. (spinosa Monch); also Beta vulgaris L. of which 2 principal forms are 
cultivated, viz.: B. vulgaris Cicla, common Beet, with a (relatively) thin root, 
and B. vulgaris rapacea, Beetroot, with a thick root projecting above the soil. 
87. Phytolacaceae. 
490. Phytolacca. Phytolacca. X, l. 
1. Stem 10—20 dm. Ls oval-lanceolate, with entire edges. 
Fls in racemes, fed. Berries black.—Road-sides and 
hedges; naturalised in transalpine Switz. 7 
_ decandra L. 1888. 
*) The true Qh urbicum L. which differs in its almost triangular ls 
with the base cut almost in a straight line, and its shorter teeth, appears to 
be wanting with us. 
