50 CXXXI. CHENOPODIACE^. [Chenopodiece-. 



ovoideum, substipitatunij stigmata 3-4, crassiuscule filiformia, recurva, undique papillosa; 

 ovulum subsesaile. Fructiis periantliio basi stipatus, ellipsoideus v. obovoideo-globosiis, 

 in stipitem brevissimum contractus, 8-costatus, epicarpio carnoso, endocarpio crustaceo 

 semini arete adhserente. Semen erectum, globosum, paiilo compressum, testa atra Crustacea 

 a tegumento interiore tenuiter coriaceo seccdente ; embryo gracilis, albidus, annularis, 

 albumen copiosum cingens, radicula elongata infera.— Fruticuli basi ramosi, glaberrimi' 

 erocti, ramis gracilibus ascend entibus. Folia parva, altema, sessilia, lincaria, integerrima, 

 carnosula. Flores virides, in spicas graciles elongatas aphyUas terminales dispositi, solitarii 

 V. 2-3-m; bracteoe et bracteol^ rliacbi persistentes, parvse, membranacefe. Fructus parvus, 

 perianthium superans, viridis. 



Species 2, Capenses, altera L, poly&taohyus, Turcz. 1. c. fnictii ellipaoideo, altera L. J^urchellii, 

 Hook, f., gracilior et ramosior, foliis multo angustioribus, spicis breviorikig et gracilioribus, floribua 

 minoribus et fruetu fere globose. 



5. Aphanlsma, Nntt; Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 54.-Flores liermaphroditi, minimi, 

 axillares, ebracteolati. Periantliii segmenta 3, sub^equalia, obovato-oblon^^a, obtusa 

 inappendiculata, fructifera immutata. Stamen 1, hypogynum, filamcnto liliformi • 

 anthera globoso-ellipsoidea. Discus 0. Ovarium depresso-globosum, in stylum brevem 

 attenuatum, stigmatibus 3 subulatis recur^ds ; ovulum subsessile. Utriculus periantliio 

 non mclusus, globosus, tenuiter 5-costatus, pericarpio tenuiter crustaceo semini non 

 adhserente. Semen horizontale, lenticulare, testa Crustacea tenuissima rugulosa nitida- 

 embryo crass msculus, annularis, albumen copiosum cingens, radicula centrifuga — Herba 

 annua, prostrata, gracilis, glaberrima, carnosula, ramis ascendentibus. Folia altema 

 breviter petiolata, inferiora oboyato-lanceolata v. linea^ia, obtusa, superiora sensim minora 

 sessiha ovata acuta. Flores solitarii, vii-ides. Utriculus perianthio minutissimo basi 

 stipatus. 



Species I, Californica. S. IVats. Bot. Calif, ii. 45, ined. Nee fructum matm-um ncc stamen 



vidimus. 



Ohenop 



■ A ^'"'"""*' ^'^"a- ""^'^OP- -»»«™- 17, et m DO. Prod. xiii. ii. GO. (Cyclolepis, Moo 

 ^nA^^n. U.Nat, ser 2, i. 203, t. 9. An,ore,«ia, Mo^. in Mim. See. Hist. Nat Monl 

 im,ex eod.l.c._ Amorea, Moq. in Delilc, Cat. Hort. Mmsp. 1844.)-Floros polygamo- 

 monoic. y. dioici, braoteati, ebracteolati. Perianthii tubus late obconicus in ala.n 

 paterif urmem homontalem expanau., ; lobi 5, triaugulari-ovati, obtusi, iniloxi, dorso carinati 

 Stamina 5, hypogyna, filamentis subulatia ; anthera; late oblonga,. Ovarium depresso' 

 globosum, lanatum ; stigmata 3, brevia, libera v. basi connata ; ovulum subsessilo 

 Utriculus parvus, penantbio disciformi ala exorescente circumdato inclusus pericarpio 

 membranaceo semini non adhserente. Semen horizontalc, plano-orbiculare, marginibus 

 rotundatis, testa usca l»vi nitida; embryo annularis, albumen farinaceum cingen.s, radicula 

 centriuga. -Herba erecta, ramosa, glabra v. laxe pubescens, ramulis fructiferis elongati. 

 gracihbus. Foha altema, petiolata, oblonga, sinuato-dentata, dentibus apico acicularftus. 



7. iwonolepis Schrad. Ind. Sem. Hort. G«tt. 1830 ; Lin^uea vi. LUt. Bcr. 73 - 

 Flores mmuti, polygami, ebracteati et ebracteolati. Perianthii segmenta 1-3, in^enuaiia 

 (rarms 0) ovata y. rotundata, persi.stentia, fnietifera immutata. Stamen Sento 

 complanato ; anthera dulyma. Discus 0. Ovarium ovoideum, compressum- sSna a 



Ll":;vo^er'^'*^' "*"^ ^^^"'"" ' ■''^'^^"™ ^"^'^^^"°- Uti Jlus pTilntfro 1 

 ^ditZte Semen rT'^'t',. ^"""P" membranaceo v. cellulose semini laxe 

 cru tacea \ranlta T' ^7'- ^^T'^^^"^' marginibus acutis v. obtusis, testa 



Crustacea granulata ; embryo annularis, albumen test^ adh«,rons densum cingens. 



