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p. 88.—H. Jónsson, 1896, p. 340.—A. glabriuscula Edmondst., O. & Gr.,
1934, p. 65.
Flora Dan. tab. 2712 (A. Babingtonii Woods).
Danish: Tyk Mælde. English: Glabrous Atriplex.
Several herbarium specimens kept in H.H. under the name A. þatula L. (or A.
Babingtonii) match the description of A. glabriuscula Edm. so well that I have
thought it legitimate to place them under this last-named species. The difficulty in
determining many of the specimens is mainly due to the fact that they are collected
in the flowering state, and thus the most important characters which are gained
from the fully or almost fully developed fruits are missing. Fig. 80 only shows the
localities from which specimens determined with comparative certainty are
gathered.
Life-form : Th.
On cultivated ground, in gardens, by the sea-shore.
Flor. VII—IX; fr. mat. VIII—X.
Max. height: 35 cm ; average : 17 cm.
Geogr. area: Am.: St. Lawrence.—Eur.: Fær.; E.S.I.; coastal regions of northern
Europe.
Atriplex hastata Linn.
Babington, 1871, p. 324.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 2, 1924, p. 105.—O. & Gr., 1934,
p. 65.
The records of A. hastata are very questionable and may perhaps be referred to
A. þatula coll.—Individuals kept in H.H. and previously determined as A. hastatu
have proved to be either A. þatula or A. glabriuscula, see these.
Atriþlex hortensis Linn.
Zoega, 1772, p. 10.—Gliemann, 1824, p. 149 (after O. & P., p. 353).—Babington,
1871, p. 323.
The records of this plant may possibly be referred to specimens found as garden
escapes. It should be excluded from the Icelandic flora.
178. Atriplex patula Linn., Sp. pl. ed. I (1753) p. 1053.
Atriþlex angustifolia Sm., Babington, 1871, p. 324.—A. þatula L., Gronlund,
Isl. Fl., 1881, p. 87.—Stefánsson, Fl. ísl., ed. 1, 1901, p. 93.—A. hastata L.,
Ibid., ed. 2, 1924, p. 105.—A. þatula L., O. & Gr., 1934, p. 65.
Flora Dan. tab. 1285.
Icelandic : Hrímblaðka. Danish : Svine-Mælde. English : Orach.
Found in several places and possibly rather frequent in the cultivated areas;
only little material is in evidence, however, seeing that most of the specimens kept
in H.H. collected under this name are too young for a sure determination.
Life-form : Th.
In sandy and gravelly places by the sea-shore, on waste ground near the towns.
Flor. VI—VII; fr. mat. VIII—IX.
Max. height: 43 cm ; average : 17 cm.
Geogr. area: N. Am.—Greenl.: (introduced).—Eur.: Fær.; E.S.I.; throughout
Europe from Lapland ; Caucasus,—Asia: Siberia, Turkestan.—N. Afr.; Azores.