BASELLACEAE 469 
also Pacif. coast.—(W. I., O. W.)—Sum.-fall.—This unusual plant often forms 
w sive beds, and crunches under foot, like thin glass. Often brilliant red 
n fall. 
OND IA Adans. Fleshy leafy herbs. Leaves alternate: blades thick 
or ee entire. Flowers perfect or polyg- 
amous, d s hooded, keeled at maturity. 
Filam very sho jid 50 species, 
widely pou .—SEA-BL 
1. D. linearis (Ell) Millsp. Plants gla- 
brous, 1-9 dm. tall, diffusely branched: 
leaf-blades nearly terete, linear, 1-5 
long, acute: sepals equally cucullate- -eari- 
nate: seed about 1.5 mm. wide, smooth and 
shining. [Suaeda linearis  Moq.]— (SEA- 
BLITE.)—Sandy shores and  salt-marshes, 
W 
a 
Druce, which, differs from D. linearis the 
seed being broad, the uid -lobes | 
rounded or Eie carinate on the bac k, and the plant glaucous, is natural- 
Aa in the NE U. S. from Europe, reported, but apparently unconfirmed from 
our area. 
10.. SALSOLA L. Coarse herbs or iiio plants. Leaves mostly alter- 
ate: bl arrow, firm, entire. Flowers perfect. Sepals flat, develop- 
ing horizontal wings. Filaments e 
—About 50 species LM distributed, es- 
pecially in saline regio 
S. Kali L. Ann 2— - bn tall: leaf- 
Ee UN Rene mm. long, 
the midrib prolonged n. a ae e: calyx 
leathery, the wings 4-8 mm. in diameter, 
erose or lacerate: seed shinin 
! ea 
em. long, 
broad, is occasional in the E t has 
become thoroughly acci in the W U. S. and has proved to be a most 
Somer = troublesome weed as it is not confined bi ed P for its habi- 
—Com only known as Ped. ^ name sometimes also applied to 
i Men mee fs —Nat. of Eurasia.—The flowers of. both oe are green, 
but the mature calyx becomes more or less Gane with pink. 
Famity 2. BASHLLACEAE — MADEIRA-VINE FAMILY 
Somewhat succulent vines, with tuber -o rootstocks. Leaves 
alternate: blades relatively broad, entire. Flowers perfect in spike-like 
rac l n frui la o 
e a pals, sometimes wi ed i t. Corol f 5 
often somewhat colored petal i On of 5 borne opposite 
the pet ynoecium 3-carpellar eri 1- d. Fruit 
petals. m vary 
utricular.—F ive genera and about 15. species, mostly natives of the tropies. 
