. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 131S. C. parvif6liuiii. Genus II. ^ J ^'TRIPLEX L. The Oracbb. Lin. Si/st. Polygamia Monoecia. Identi/lcation. Lin. Gen., 745. ; Eng. Flor., 4. p. 255. Synonymes, Arroche, Fr.; Melde, Ger. ; Atriplice, Ital. Derivation, From ater, black ; according to some by antiphraais, in reference fo
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 131S. C. parvif6liuiii. Genus II. ^ J ^'TRIPLEX L. The Oracbb. Lin. Si/st. Polygamia Monoecia. Identi/lcation. Lin. Gen., 745. ; Eng. Flor., 4. p. 255. Synonymes, Arroche, Fr.; Melde, Ger. ; Atriplice, Ital. Derivation, From ater, black ; according to some by antiphraais, in reference fo the whitish, or mealy, hue of the plants. Gen. Char., Sfc. Flowers some bisexual, some female; those of both kinds upon one plant.—Bisexualfiower with the calyx inferior, and 5 sepals. Stamens 5, hypogynous. Anthers with round lobes. — Female flower with the calyx inferior, deeply divided into two large, flat, equal or nearly equal, lobes. Ovary compressed. Fruit a utricle, invested by the calyx, which is now enlarged. {G. Don.) Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, stipulate, sub-evergreen ; undivided or jagged, bearing a meal-like scurf. Flowers in axillary or terminal spikes, numerous, small, greenish. — Shrubs, subevergreen, natives of Europe, with imperfectly woody branches, and succulent leaves, white or glaucous from being covered with a mealy powder ; of easy culture and propagation in any common garden soil. a » \. A. //a'limus L. The Halimus Orache, or Tree Purslane. Identification. Lin. Hort. CliCE, 469.; Mill. Diet., No. 2. Synonymes. Halimus latift>lius sive fruticbsus Bank. Fin. 120.; //&limus i. Clus. Hist. 1. p. 53.; the broad-leaved Sea Purslane Treej Arroche, Fr.\ strauchartige Melde, Ger. Engravings. Park. Theatr., 724. t. 2.; Ger. Emac, p. 522. f. 1.; and our fig. 1319. Spec. Char,, Sjc. Stem shrubby. Leaves alternate or opposite, their figure partaking of an oblong and a rhomb, entire. (Willd.) A loose, rambling, sub-evergreen, glaucous shrub
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