FLORA OF BRITISH INDIA. 
Order CXVII. CHENOPODIACEJIE. 
Herbs or shrubs. Z i 
. Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate. Flowers 1-2- 
i à , . ers 
pian small, usually regular, often ‘dimorphic ; brasts 1-8, or 0. Calyr 
usual 9 -9 free or connate sepals, imbricate in bud. Petals 0. Stamens 
Ovary 2 opposite the sepals, perigynous or hypogynous; anthers 2-celled. 
basal o; re , globos or depressed, I-celled; stigma 2-4; ovule solitary, 
- Often RUN eral ,campylotropous. Fruit usually a utricle enclosed in the 
ceous, c arged fleshy calyx. Seeds horizontal or vertical, testa crusta- 
curved oniaceous or membranous; albumen floury fleshy or 0; embryo 
dizit: ular or spiral.—Genera 80; species about 520, natives of all 
Three genera of th i 
À : the Tribe Camphorosmeæ are so characteristic of Affghan or 
frontier. th vegetation, that they may be expected to occur within the “Indian 
tubercle} Perianth Camphorosma, wits an unequally 3-5-toothed compressed not 
Kirit P ; Panderia, with an equally 5-lobed tubercled j ; 
trilovia with an equally 5-toothed smooth perianth. picnic an 
Suborder I. C tni 
th . . CHENOPODIEÆ. Stem not twining. Bracteoles free from 
9 perianth. Anthers erect or incurved in bud. g 
Series 1. Cycro ; 
res 1. LOBEX. E -like; 
copious (0 in Salicornia) mbryo annular or horseshoe-like; albumen 
T . 
si mila b Euchenopodieæ. Stem not jointed. Flowers clustered, all 
. » Leaves flat. Stamens perigynous. Embryo usually annular. 
Utricle circumciss . 1. ACROGLOCHIN. 
tricle i n I 
Utricis indehiscent. Perianth 5-partite . Ron 2. CHENOPODIUM, 
ehiscent. Perianth 5-lobed, base thickered . . 3. BETA. 
. . 
btaa Atripliceæ. Stem not jointed. Flowers dimorphic; d 
in 2 free « e, 3-5-lobed or parted ; 9 usually without perianth and enclosed 
crustace r connate bracts, except Spinacia. Stamens perigynous. Testa 
ous or coriaceous; embryo annular. 
FI. 
Fi. $ braacteolate. Perianth 3-4-toothed . 4. SPINACIA. 
Fi cteoles flat, edges united or not 5. ATRIPLEX 
6. EUEROTIA. 
* 8 -bracteoles conduplicate, edges united — . 
Stem not jointed. Flowers all similar 
tricle naked or enclosed in 
adhering to the copious 
Tnbe3, Ca 
wT mphorosmeee. 
or À 
he enh in ? 0. Stamens hypogynous. 
umen anged perianth. Testa membranous, 
; embryo horseshoe-formed. 
‘Sepals s - Utricle crested above . . . + + e * 7. AXYRIS. 
; QM of 90. Utricle crested above . . . 8. MicEOGYNECIUM, 
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