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SALSOLACEAE: SALICORNIA. 



6. Obion* ciustata Moq. I c. 110. — In Columbia et Peruvia: 

 Uumb. et BonpL, Funke , Pavon. 



7. Obione patagonica Moq. I.e. 111. - In Patagonia: Tweedie. 



8. Obionb UMVMU Moq. 1. c. 114. — In America meridionali, 

 Peruvia f: Uumb. et Bonpl., Pavon. 



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In republica argentina 



9. Obionk Gardnebi Moq. 1. c. 114. 

 ad La Plata: Gardner n. 950. 



Obs. II. Sane mirum est, Atriplicis genus revera exulare e 

 Brasilia; hucusque saltern nullam ejus speciem indigenam a peregrinatore 

 botanices gnaro commeinoratam invenio. 



Tribus III.*) SALICORNIEAE Dumort. Fl. Belg. 23. C. A. Meyer in Ledeb. Fl. alt. 1. 371. 

 EndlrGen. 292. Moq. Chenop. 108. ej. in DC Prodr. XUI. 2. p. 144. Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. ross. 111. 

 2. p. 766. — Flores hermaphroditi v. polygami, ebracteolati, amentaceo-spicati, rhachis excavationibus immersi 

 v. articulis excepti. Perigonium com pericarpio quandoque coalescens. Discus et staminodia nulla. Pericar- 

 pium laxe cellulosnm, semini saepins adhaerens. Semen verticale, integumento simplici membraiiaceo. Albumen 

 nullum v. parcum, carnosuliim v. tarinosum tunc plerumque copiosum. Embryo hippocrepico-bicruris v. annularis 

 aut semiannularis, viridis v. palleseens. — Caulis saepius articulatus, tunc foliis rudimentariis oppositis cupu- 

 laeformi-connati* r. inarticulatus alter nifolius. 



IV. SALICORNIA Linn, (partim). 



Salicornia Moq. Tand. in DC. Prodr. XUI. 2. p. 144. ej. Chenop. 

 113. Fenzl in Ledeb. Fl. ross. 111. 2. p. 767. Bunge, Reliq. 

 Lehmann in Mem. d. sav. etrang. St. Petersb. (1851.) VII. 

 459. Endl. Gen. 293. Suppl. 11. 31. — Salicorniae spec. Linn. 



et auct. 



Flores hermaphroditi v. genuine plane deficiente 

 polygami v. monoici, terni , rhachis excavationibus 

 profundi.H oblique immersi, medio majore, binis late- 

 ralibus saepe tabescentibus. Perigonium utriculare 

 immerso tubo cavitatis parietibus undique adhaerens, 

 limbo piano peltato rhombeo v. subquadrato centro per- 

 vio, ore sub anthesi obsoletissime 3 — 4-crenato, mox 

 obliterate), demum spongiosum, margine extenuato mem- 

 braiiaceo alaeformi cinctum. Stamina 1 — 2, anticum 

 et posticum ab axi lalus occupantia, dum solitarium 

 semper anticum; filamentum filiforme breve, sola an- 

 thera ovali sub anthesi exserta. Gfrmrn lagenaefor- 

 me, sub anthesi liberum, interior] rhachis angulo su- 

 pra basin iusertum, ascendens, in stylum tubulosum 

 laxe cellulosum attenuatum, stigmate modo simplici 

 ore fimbriate), modo breviter bi — trifido vix v. parum 

 exserto; foecundatum verticaliter auctum, praeter styli 

 partem emarcidam tunc temporis angularem nee api- 

 calem, cum perigonii tubo ac ovuli integumento simul 

 coalescens. Ovulum erect nm, funiculo demum descen- 

 dente. Fructus utricularis , perigonii spongiosi tubo 

 a latere compresso simulac a rhachi demum soluto in- 

 clusus, ruptis cellulis extus undique hispidulus ac ver- 

 tice fibris spiralibus e cellulis perigonii laceratis pro- 

 pullulantibus lanugiuosus. Semen verticale oblongum 

 v. subovato-oblongum , basi funiculo replicato appen- 

 diculatum, nonnisi basi liberum, integumento membra- 

 naceo reliqua parte cum pericarpio concreto cumque 

 eo a perigonio demum solubili. Albumen subnullum 



*) Totius ordiois quinta; vacautibus Trib. III. et IV. (Cumphurusmeis 

 et Corispermeis) in flora bnisiliana. 



laterale, mncilaginoso-carnosulum , integumento adhae- 

 reus. Embryo hippocrepicus, crassus, viridis v. ful- 

 vus; radicula infera, postice descendens; cotyledo- 

 nibus crassis, oleosis. 



Herbae v. suffrutices in littoribus marium 

 ac lacuum subsalsorum utriusque orbis indigeni, ar- 

 ticulati, aphylli v. minute foliolati, succulenti glabri, 

 brachiato-ramosi. Articuli apice truncati v. bilobi, 

 terminalibus floriferis. Flores minutissimi, ad quem- 

 vis rhachis articulum decussatim oppositi terni, con- 

 fertissimi, in spicis amentaceis axillaribus ac termi- 

 nalibus elongaturis , ad singulos nodos cupula squa- 

 mae formi cinctis , dispositi. 



1. SALICORNIA GAUDICHAUDIANA Moq. Tand. suffruti- 

 cosa; caulilms prostratis erectisque elongatis, cum stolonibus hypo- 

 gaeis tenuibus inferne radicantibus valde ramulosis, ramulis her- 

 baceis, plerisque simplicissimis, in sicco griseis, articulis copiosis 

 apice parum incrassatis , cupula vaginali obtusiloba; spicis apice 

 ramulorum solitariis rarius ternis, gracilibus, quam articuli dimi- 

 dio crassioribus, cylindricis apice rotundatis, basi attenuates, 14 — 4 

 lin. longis; floribus monoids, pjcrisque mere masculis diandris, 

 perigonio trapezoideo, angulis rotundatis, florum masculorum rima 

 longitudinali hiante , florum femineorum medio ostiolato; semine 

 ovali v. oblongo exalbuminoso, rufescente hispidulo; embryone fulvo. 



Tabula nostra XLIX. 



Salicornia Gaudichaudiana Moq. Tand. Chenop. 115., in 

 DC. Prodr. X1IL 2. p. 145. 



Suffrutex stolonibus suis in limo defossis, descendentibus, 

 ad omnes nodos radicantibus proserpens, caules florigeros decum- 

 bentes sterilesque erectos laeves, in sicco griseos agens. Stolo- 

 nes incertae longitudinis, crassitie fill emporetici mediocris, demum 

 assurgentes ac in caulem dimidio duplove crassiorem excrescentes, 

 articulati, omnino aphylli, articulis gaudent 6—3 lin. longis, gem- 

 mas ad quemlibet nodum binas oppositas decussatas , retrorsum 

 spectantes, giobosas, hibernantes alentibus, e quarum una alterave, 

 caulis basi proxima, novus subsequo anno prodit caulis. Radicu- 

 lae adventivae nunc singulae , nunc per paria supra gemmas ad 

 utrumque earum latus erumpentes easque occultantes, tenue fili- 

 formes, saepe praelongae ac fibrillosae altius in limum descendunt 

 stolonesque defigunt. Caules inde emergentes 1—2 lin. crassi ac 



