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PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Atriplex. 
Frosted Sea Orache. (Welsh: Llygwyn ariannaidd. E.) Seashores. 
Pakefield, Suffolk. Mr. Stone. Ramside opposite the Isle of Walney, 
and Rosebeck Low Furness., Lancashire. Mr. Woodward. (At New- 
haven, near Edinburgh. Near Harwich. Sir J. E. Smith. Near Mars- 
den Rocks, Northumberland. Mr. Winch. Shore near Maryport, Cum¬ 
berland. Rev. J. Harriman. On the south-east side of Holyhead Har¬ 
bour. Welsh Bot. Beach at Caroline Park. Mr. Neill. Grev. Edin. E.) 
A. July—Aug. 
A. pat'ula. (Stem herbaceous, spreading: leaves trowel-spear-shaped: 
valves of the seeds tuberculate on the sides. E.) 
Curt. —(j E. Bot. 936. E.)— H. Ox. v. 32. 14— Pet. 7. 1. 
( Flowers in small clusters, on long, leafy racemes, both terminal and ax¬ 
illary. E.) Stems angular and somewhat furrowed (often reddish. E.) 
Leaves triangular and halberd-shaped, the appendages longer or shorter, 
toothed or entire, the upper usually spear-shaped and entire. Valves of 
the seeds larger than those of A. angustifolia, flatter, and toothed only 
at the edges. Branches often horizontal, and even bending down. 
Woodw. (. Leaves on long leaf-stalks, rather powdered underneath. 
Seed large, somewhat convoluted, slightly dotted. FI. Brit. 
Var. 2. Stems trailing. Leaves hardly indented. Ray. All the leaves 
oval-spear-shaped, very entire. Woodw. (Fleshy, tinged with red. 
E.) 
J. B. ii. 974. 2—Chair. 306. 4 —Pet. 7. 2. 
Delt Orache. Spreading Halberd-leaved Orache. Irish: Eirelehog. 
Welsh '.Llygwyn tryfal. A.hastata. Huds. Lightf. Curt. Relh. With. 
Ed. 4. A very different plant from A. hastata of Linn. FI. Brit, which 
is not a native of Britain. E.) On rubbish, dunghills, and in kitchen 
gardens. A. Aug.—Sept.* 
(Delt Sea Orache. By the sea side the whole plant is procumbent, more 
fleshy, and all the leaves sometimes entire. E.) Banks of the sea 
marshes near Malden, Essex. About London, and on the sea side in 
Selsey, in Sheppy Island. Ray. Yarmouth. Mr. Woodward. 
(A. angustifo'lia. Stem herbaceous, spreading; leaves spear-shaped, 
very entire ; the lower leaves somewhat halberd-shaped: calyx 
of the fruit halberd-shaped, smoothish. 
E.Bot. 1774. E .)—Lob. Obs. 129. 4; Ic. i. 257. 2—Ger. Em. 326. 7— 
Park. 748. 7 —H. Ox. v. 32. 15— Pet. 7. 5—J. B. ii. 973. 3. 4. 
(Resembles A.patula, but is more spreading. Leaves on shorter leaf-stalks, 
almost all spear-shaped, very entire, horizontal; the lower ones broader, 
but not toothed. Valves of the seeds deltoid-halberd-shaped, sharp- 
pointed ; border very entire ; disk scarcely ever toothed. Seed only half 
the size of the former, not dotted. FI. Brit. Suspected to be only a 
variety of the preceding. E.) 
Spreading Narrow-leaved Orache. Spear Orache. (Welsh :Llyg- 
* It is sometimes gathered as a potherb, and eaten in lieu of spinach and other greens. 
Cows, goats, sheep, and swine eat it, but do not seem to be fond of it. 
