12 CXVII. CHENOPODIACES. (J.D. Hooker.) [Arthrocnemum. 
Perianth obpyramidal, 3-4-gonous. Stamen 1.  Utricle compressed, 
membranous; stigmas 2-3. Seed inverse, compressed, testa membranous, 
albumen fleshy; embryo dorsal, comma-shaped, radicle stout inferior.— 
Species 7 or 8, of temperate and tropical saline places. 
1. A. indicum, Mog. Chenopod. Enum. 113, and in DO. Prodr. xiii. 2. 
151; stem prostrate woody, branches short diffuse ascending, joints 1-3 in. 
diam., spikes cylindric broader than the joints, floral joints very short hardly 
2-lipped concealing the flowers. Ung. Sternb. in Atti Bot. Congr. Firenz. 
1874, 282; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 919. Salicornia indica, Willd. in Nov. 
Act. Hist. Nat. ii. 3, ex Vahl Enum.i.10; Wight Ic. t. 737; Roxb. Fl. 
Ind. 185, and Ed. Carey & Wall. i. 84; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 171. 
BENGAL; in salt marshes, Roxburgh. NORTHERN Cercars, Wight. BOMBAY, 
Graham, &c.—Di1sTRIB. Trop. Africa. .. 
Stems several feet long, branches opposite and alternate, 1-3 in. high ; joints 
$-3 in. long, mouth slightly dilated. Spikes j-l in. long, joints à in. deep, cup- 
shaped, closely imbricate, fruiting very spongy with thin margins. Fruiting-perianths 
3 together, shorter than the cup-shaped joints, closely appressed, laterally compressed, 
spongy, gibbous towards the axis of the spike, flat towards the cup; top broadly 
truncate with a minute hole for the protrusion of the stigmas. Stamens not seen. 
Utriele adnate to the perianth, ovoid, compressed, indurated. Seed free, erect, orbi- 
cular, testa membranous ; embryo and albumen of the genus. 
2. A. ? glaucum, Ung. Sternb. in Atti Bot. Congr. Firenz. 1874, 283; 
shrubby, densely branched, joints 4-à in diam., spikes hardly stouter than 
the branches, floral joints not closely imbricating, fruit exposed. Boiss. 
Fl. Orient. iv. 932. A fruticosum, var. glaucum, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xii. 
2. 151. 
Deccan PENINSULA, Herb. Wight (Kew Distrib. No. 2474, 2475). CEYLON, 
Thwaites.—DistR1B. Mediterranean, W. Asia, Trop. Africa. ; 
Apparently tall, stem below as thick as the little finger ; branches many, erect or 
ascending, slender. Male flowers (in threes, consisting of 3 stamens each in a mem- 
branous perianth P) Female spikes about as long as broad, obscurely 2-lipped. 
Utricle flagon-shaped, enclosed in the broadly ovoid spongy perianth, which has a 
minute hole for the protrusion of the stigmas. Seeds orbicular, testa black thinly 
crustaceous ; embryo and albumen of the genus.—I am not quite sure as to the 
structure, &c., of the male flowers (No. 2474), and am doubtful as to its distinctness 
from A. fruticosum. It is, I think, monecious. 
XIII. SALICORNIA, Linn. 
Herbs or shrubs with the habit of Arthrocnemum, but with the flowers 
sunk in cavities of the joints. Perianth obpyramidal, 3—4-toothed, fruiting 
spongy. Stamens 1-2. Utricle included in the spongy perianth, membranous ; 
stigmas subulate. Seed erect, compressed, testa hispid with hooked hairs, 
albumen 0; embryo conduplicate, radicle inferior parallel to the folds of the 
cotyledons.—Species 8, temperate and tropical. 
S. brachiata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 84, and Ed. Wall. & Carey, i. 82; 
perennial erect with diffuse opposite rather slender branches, joints stout 
shortly bifid, lobes rounded, spikes slender cylindric. Wall. Cat. 6941; 
Wight Ic. t. 738; Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2. 145; Ung. Sternb. in Atti 
Bot. Congr. Firenz. 1874, 304. Arthrocnemum indicum, Thwaites Enum. 
BENGAL; in salt 
i marshes, Zozburgh. TANJORE, Wight. CEYLON, north of 
the island, Z'Awaites. 
