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radicula infera. — Herbse annusej glabrae v, subfarinosaej ramosse, ramis herbaceis et crassiua- 

 culis V. rigidis et filiformibus. Folia alternaj petiolata v. sessilia, ovata oblonga hastata 

 V. si^athulata, Integra lobata v. subpinnatifida. Flores in glomerulos axillares dispositi, v. in 

 ■ramulos dichotomos divaricatos capillares subsolitarii. An perianthia pro bracteis sumenda ? 



Species 2, Asise Loreali-orientalis et AmericaB boreal i-occi den talis incola. C. A. Mcy. in Bull, Vhys. 

 Math, Acad. Sc. Pctersh. ii. (1843) 131. Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 85. S. Wats. Bot. Calif, ii. 49, 

 incd. M, pnsilhi, Torr., habitu rigido dichotome ramosissimo, ramis ramulisque filiformibuB, ultimis 

 fere capillaribus, fioribug eubsolitariis remotis et perianthio 2-3-partito, a specie typica conspicue 

 diffort. M. asiaiica, Fisch. et Mey. in C. A. Mey. I.e., Moq. I.e. 86, a specie Americana, M. ckeno- 

 podioide, non distingiienda. 



8. Chenopodiuxa, Linn. Gen. n. 309. — Flores liermaphroditi, rarissinie nnLsexiiales, 

 ebracteati et ebracteolati. Perianthiim 5- rarlssiine l-3~4-partitum v. -lobum; lobi v. 

 segmenta concava, incurva, dorso medio subincrassata v. carinata, inappendiculata, 

 fructifera immutata v. rarius excrescentia succosa v. insigniter aucta. Stamina 6 

 V, pauciora, hypogyna v. subperigyna, filamentis interdum basi connatis; anthero) didymge 

 V. oblongee. DiscnsO v. annularis. Ovarium depress o-globos urn, rarius ovoideum; stylus 

 0, rarius elongatus; stigmata 2-5, libera v. basi rarissime in stylum elongatum coimata, 

 subulata v. filiformia ; ovulum subsessile. Utriculus ovoideus et erectus v. globosus et 

 depressus, perianthio saipius immutato marcescente v. herbacco inclusus v. exsertus, peri- 

 carpio membranaceo v. carnosulo. Semen horizontale, rai'ius erectum, testa crustacea v, 

 coriacea ; embryo annularis v. fere annularis, albumen farinaceum copiosuni cingens, 

 radicula infera v. centrifuga. — Herbal, rarius basi lignos?e, annu?e v. perenncs, farinospe 

 V. glanduloso-pubescentes, rarius glabra?, interdum graveolentes v. aromaticae. Folia 

 altema, sessilia v. petiolata, linearia oblonga ovata deltoidea v. hastata, integerrima 

 sinuato-dentata v. -lobata v. fere pinnatifida. Flores minuti, glomerati, glomerulis 

 axillaribus et in spicas simplices v. ramosas terminales dispositi. 



Species ad 50, in rcgionibus teniperatis totius orbis obviie, inter tropicos rariores. Moq. in DC. 

 Prod. xiii. ii. 61 {Chcnoj)odium) ot 81 (Blittim). Walp. Ann. i. b^Q, iii. 302. Fenzl in Ledeb. Ft. 

 Boss. iii. 693 et in Mart. Fl, Bras. v. i. 141. Bmth. Fl. Austral v. 157. 



Species sub sectionibns sequentibus bene ordinantur: — 



1. Chenopodiastrum, Moq. Perianthium fructifernm herbaceuni v. marcescens, utriculum totnra 

 V. fere totum includens. Stigmata 2, brevia. Semen erectum, embryone perfecte annulari. Necs, 

 Gen. Fl. Germ. Mo?iochl n. 56, /. 1 ad 13. Fl. Dan. f. 1148, 1150, 1152, U53, 2048, 2049. Jacq. 

 Hart, Vind, iii. t. 80. Ledeb. Ic. Fl. Boss. t. 168. Griff. It: PI Asiat. t. 521. Fcncl in Mart. 

 Fl. Bras. v. i. t. 45. , . 



Olicjandra, Ztfss. ill Linnaa ix. 199 (LiPANDiiA, Moq^. Chenop. Enum. 19; GAxnaiLOA, Steitd. 

 Nomencl. ed. 2 ; Ouganthera, Endl. Gen. SuppL i. 1377) genus conditum fuit ad specimen mancum 

 Chenopodii polyspermi, fide C. A. Mey. in Bull. Pliys. Math. Acad. Sc. Petersb. ii. 132. 



2. Amhrina. Flores glomerati. Perianthium fructifernm 5-gonum,utricuhim includens. Stamina 

 5. Stigmata 3-4, brevia v. elongata. Semen horizontalc, rariiis erectum, embryone impcrfccte 

 annnlari. Herbse glandulosge, aromatic?e. Hue pertinent G. anibrosioidcs, Linn., Wight, Ic. t. 1786; 

 C. 7}udtijid^^, Linn., ali.ieque. Ambeina, Spach, Suites Buff. v. 295. Fend in Mart. FL Bras. v. i. 

 t. 46, 47. 



3. Boti^dium. Flores dichotome cymosi, sesslles. Perianthium fructifernm utriculum includens 

 V. semi-includens, post utriculum delapsum persistens. Stamina 1-5. Stigmata brevia. Semen 

 horizontale, embryone imperfecte annulari. Herbse glandulosse v. rarius glaberrimse. Sibth. Fl. 

 GrcBC. t. 253. Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monochl. n. 56,/. 14, 15. Botbydium, Spach, Suites Buff. v. 298. 



Teloxys, Moq. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, i. 289, t. 10, et in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 50, est Chenopodii species 

 e sectioue Botrydio, et si tot a glaberrima, eglandulosa, foliis integLTrimis. 



4. Orihosporxiiii (R. Br. non alioruni). Flores glomerati. Perianthium fructiferum erectum 

 utriculum includens. Stamina stepissimo solitaria. Stigmata 2, capillaria. Somen erectum 

 embryone imperfecte annulari. Herbse glandulosa;. Species 4 Australianse, Benth. FL Austral, v. 

 162, et una Chilensis, Collaf PL Bar. Ckil. t. 60. Perianthii fructiferi segtnenta in C. cristato 

 inordinate ampliata cristatac[ue, in C. carinato raodiee aucta, 



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