52 CXXXI. CHENOPODIACE^. [Ohenopodieof- 



5- Blitum. Flores glomerati. Perianthii 8eginenta 1-5, fructifei'um baccatum, succulentum, 

 utrieulum includens. Stamina 1-5. Stigmata brevia. Semina omnia erecta r. in parte superiore 

 glomeruli alia erecta alia horizontalia, embryone imperfecte annulari. Herbpe glabrae, glandulosse 

 V. leviter ftirinosae. Butum, Linn. Gen, n. 14, G(srtn, Fruct, ii. 1. 126. Nees, Gen, Fl. G&rm, 

 Monochl. n. 58. Laiu, Ulicstr. t. 5. Bot. Mag. t. 276. Morocarpus, Moench^ Metk. 3i2. 



6. Pseudohliticm. Perianthium fructiferum vix v. non baccatum, saepe breve. Csetera Bliti. Sect. 



r 



Ortho^porum, C. A. Mey. in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i. 13, non K. Br. Hie includuntur C. rubrum^ Linn., 

 Gaertn. Fruct. i. t. 75, Nees, Gen. El. Germ. Monochl. n. 57, Fl. Dan. t. 1149; C glaucum, Linn., 

 Fl, Dan. t. 1151 ; et C. {Blituin) antarcticum, Hook. f. Oxybasis, Kar. et Kir. in Ball. Soc. Imp. 

 Nat. Mosc. 1841, 738, est fide Bungei in litt. C. ruhri, Linn., forma depauperata. 



7. Iihagodioide.% Benth. Fl. Austral, v. 158. Perianthium fructiferum utrieulum includens. 

 Stamina 5. Stigmata 2, crassa, villosa. Ovarium tomentosum. Somen erectum. Frutes spinescons, 

 hnhitxL lihaf/ndits. . . 



8. AgathopJnjtoii. Perianthium fructiferum utrieulum semi-includens. Stamina 5. Stigmata 

 2-5, elongata. Semon erectum, embryone pcrfecte annulari. Herba glaberrima, eglandulosa. Fl. 

 Ban. t. 579. Agatuofiiytox, Mo(^. la Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, i. 291, t. 10c. Orthosporum, Nees, 

 Gen. Fl. Gemi. Monochl, n. 58. 



9. Roubieva, Mo<i. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, i. 292, t. 10, et in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 80. 



Flores minuti, ^hermaphroditi v. abortu foeminei, ebracteati et ebracteolati. Perianthium 

 iirceolatum, breviter 5-lobum, lobis rotundatis, post anthesin accrescens, coriaceum, 

 elongato-ellipaoideum v. obovoideum, ore mox clauso utriculiini basi includens. Stamina 

 5, filamentis crassiusculis ; antherie ovoidese. Discus 0. Ovarium globosum, compressum ; 

 stigmata 2-5, filiforniia v. subulata, basi connata ; ovulum subsessile. Utriculus perian- 

 thio aucto thecseformi inclusus, globosus, compressus, poricarpio tenuiter membrauaceo 

 friabUi semini laxe adhserente. Semen erectum, orbiculare, leviter compressum, testa 

 Crustacea lacvi ; embryo annularis, albumen copiosum testae adha^rens cingens, radicula 

 infera.— Herbie ramoste, glanduloso-puberulse, odorem ambrosiacum spirantes. Folia 

 parya, alterna, subsessilia, sinuato-dentata v. subpinnatifida. Periantliia fmctifera 

 pedicellata, dense conferta, sjepe sub vcrticillata, apice rotundata v. retusa, basi attenuata, 

 reticulatione nervosa, utrieulum laxe includeritia. 



Species 2, Americse tropicie et temperatfe incol^e, quarum una in orbc vetere subspontanea Fend in 

 Mart. Ft. Bras. v. i. 151, t. 48. 



" Species adhuc confus.-c sed bene distifictse : 1. i?. 7mdtifida, Moq. I.e., perianthio fructifero 

 globo-so. 2. B. bonariensis, Hook, f., perianthio fructifero elongate ellipsoideo. 



10. Beta, imn. Gen. n. 310.— Flores hermaphroditi, bracteati et 2-bracteolati. Peri- 

 anthium nrceolatum, basi ovario adhairens, fructiferum clausum induratum v. nuceum 

 5-fidum; lobi erecti v. inflexi, dorso medio costati. Stamina 5, pcrigyna, filamentis 

 aubulatis; antherse oblongfe. Ovaiium semi-inferum et disco crassiusculo cinctum 

 depresso-globosum ; stigmata 2-3, rarius plura, brevia, aubulata, basi connata, intus 

 papillosa ; ovulum subsessile. Fructus infra medium perianthio indurato adnatus, vertice 

 lobis ejus mclusus, pericarpio auperne carnoso v. indurato semini non adlux^rcnte. Semen 

 horizontale, orbiculare v. reniforme, rostellatum, testa coriacea lujvi ; embryo annularis 

 V. fere annularis, albumen copiosum cingens, radicula centrifuga.— Herb^ glabrae, radice 

 carnosa, caulibus sub succulent is erectis v. procumbentibus sulcatis. Flores parvuli 

 3-ni V. glomerati, rarius solitarii, glomerulis axillaribus et in spicas tcrminales simpliccs 



.V. paniculatas dispositis. 



Speciea enumeratie ad 13, sed ab auctoribus inordinate multiplicatte, in Europa, Africa boreali et 

 AsiatemporataimbgenaeetcultfB. Mo^.inLC.Brod.xxu.W.U, Walp.Ann.\.b(^o:m.Z02 926 v 727 

 Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. 898. G^rtn. Fruct. i. t. 75. Nees, Gen. FL Germ. Monochl n. 67. WaUht et Kit' 

 PL Bar. Hung. t.Z^. Webb, Ph7jto^. Canar.ulL 201, 202. Sibth.FLGrac.L2oi. FL Dan. t. 1571. 



11. OreobUton, Diirleti et Moq. in Thichxrt. Rev. Bot. ii. 428, et Explor Alger t 79 — 

 Flores hermaphrodati, ebracteati et ebracteolati. Perianthium basi demum induratum, 

 5-partitum ; segmenta Uneai-i-oblonga, obtusa, ecostata, fructifera stelktim patentja 



