ATRIPLEX Linnoei Gen. PI. P o l y g a m i a M o n o e c i a .
H e r m a p h r o d .'CW. s-phyllus. Cor. o. Siam. 5 . Stylus 2-nartitus.
- oem. ï , depreffum. .'. . y
2-phyllys. Cor. o. Stam. o. Stylus 2-partitus. Sem. i, com-
prelium. i ;
RaüSyn.Gen.5. H e r b >e f l o r e im p e r f e c t o s eu s t a m i n e o ( v e l a p e t a l o p o t i o s .)
ATRIPLEX e^lycA^alvqlisfen^meîs^rnàgnïs deltoidibùs finùaiis.
ATRIPLEX foins triangularibm,bafiprodoa«, valvnlis triangularibns, fubafpcïis. Haüer hift.n.'i6iy.
ATRIPLEX fylyeflns folio haftato feu deltoïde. Raii Syn. p. i 5 ,, Wild Orach with a fpear-pointed
Hudfon Fl. Angl. ed. 1. p. 337.
Lightfoot Fl. Scot. p. 636.
RADIX annua, fimplex, fibrofa, albida.
GAULIS plerumque ere&us, pedalis aut tripedalis,
tetragon,us, angülis obtufis, lateribus fubful-
catis, ad geniculos tumidiufculus, Iævis, pur-
purafcens, ad bafin ufque, ramofus ; R am i !
oppofiti, inferiores'longiffimi, caulem ipfum ■
interdum æquantes, ut plurimum procum- ;
bentes.
FOLIA ima triangularja, niargine plus minufve den- ,
tata, farinâ fubtus copiofe âdfperfa, fæpe ve- 1
ro penitus glabra, oppofita, petiolata, fupe- ;
riora ovatolanceolata, integerrima, alterna. ]
(FLORES in fummis caulibus et ramulis, in fpiças an- <
guftas rubèntes, digefti. <
ly Flos herniaphroditusßerilis. i
ALYX : -Përianthium pentaphÿllum, foliolis ova-
[ ' eoncavis, marginibus membranaceis lace- , n s , p g . i .
COROLLA nülla.
TAMIN A: Filament a quinque, çalyce paulo lon-
gîora: A ntheræ fubrotundæ, didymæ ru-
bræ, fig. 3,
ISTILLUM: G erm en in cehtro flofculi minimum
fterile.
Flos femineus.
tALYX: P ë r ia n t h iu m diphyllum, foliolis ovato-
acutis, ereclis, granulis diaphanis obduÊlis,
2. ISTILLUM: G e rmen ovatum,fig. 6. ST Y Lid u o,
L_ . etiara tres, filiformes, albi, fier,a ?
PERICARPIUM nullum. Calyçis v a lv ë magnai, cordate,
afperæ, inter fe includcntcs fernen fir
7, 8. . J °
pîMEN unicum, orbiculatum, compreffum, fig. g.
o4??rTT,annUaI- fimPIe‘ fibrous>and Of a whitilh colour. 01A L K generally upright, from one to three feet in
height, four cornered; the angles obtufe, the
fades fomewhat.grooy.ed, a little fwelled atthe
-joints, fmooth, o f a purplilh colour, and
branched quite tothe bottom: the B r anch e s
oppo fite; the iowermoft very long, fome-
- “ almoft equal with the Italic itlelf; and
for the molt part procumbent.
LEAVES on the lower part o f the flalk triangular,
with the edge more Or’ lefs indented, fprink’
led plentifully on the under fide with meal
fometimes quite fmooth, oppbfite, and Hand-’
» , ing on foot-jlalks.: the upper leaves oval
# pointed, entire, and, alternate.
| FLOWERS difpofed on the tops of the flalks and
$ branches in narrow reddifh fpikes. ^
| Hermaphrodite Flower Jlerile.
; CAL YX: a Pe Ria n th ium o f five leaves, which are
oval and concave, the edges membranous and
t lagged, fig.i.
COROLLA wanting.
| S T A M IN A : five Fil am e n t s a little longer than the
Calyx ; A n t h e r /e roundifh, double, and o f
f a red colour, Jig.3;/
1 PISTILLUM : a very minute barren G ermen in the
| : centre o f the flofcule. ■
b Female. Flower.
Y C A L YX , a Pe r t a n th iuM of two leaves, which are
| . rSWl pointed, upright, and covered over
I m~ TT T l i i tranfparent gra’ins or globules, fig. 2.
f PITILLUM : G ermen 6ya\,-fig. 6. S t y l e s , two,
A fometimes three, filiform and white fir. a k
? SEED-VESSEL none. Valves of the C a $ ’ late',
heart-Ihaped, rough, including the feed, Jig.
<i SEED fingle, orbicular, and flattened, fig. g.
B pl8as^^ .■ %
male or hermaphrodite ones ; the feed is contained within th,
g I ofthis genus, and one of the moltyJiablte in nature: Firf
lould fearer “A g y - ? r ' / • the Perfon who had been accultomed SlMlfe uïll to gather.it in its voumr flate f - advanced: ftcondly, it varies according to it f fituatio“ o n ^ g lm a :
"»bent ■■dn wefuhces 7 ro,d fid“ ' 11 “ a weaker plant, and its branches, long and pro
«dirldè cardcu arTv wh™ apt to become much niore upright, the leaves fometimes are very metly on th,
I B r?°od? = «» gane
i ^ i n i u l f S p L ch a S o f c r g r X s " y SatI?eredUndCF ^ o f Lambs-,juarters, l , an< I m m W IH H k I the 1 - | in V • not Ieem to be fond of it. ■ , 1
Thife-garden and cultivated ground, it is a very, trouhlefome annual.
k A 4remeqMByWnoxSusî>ef0re * § $ W0#Id d° t0 W5ed Ids, dung-heap of this and the other fpecies