ChenopodiecB.] CXXXI. CHEXOPODIACE^. 53 



Stamina 5, disco perigyhd inserta, filamentis brevibus subulatis basi dilatatis ; anthcraj 

 niaVrna), late oblonyfB. Ovarium basi disco adnatum, ovoideum ; stigmata 2, brevia, subu- 

 lata, divaricata, basi connata ; ovulum subsessile. IJtriculus basi perianthio patente 

 stipatus, globoso-ovoideus, pericarpio crustaceo rugoso semini non adhssrente. Semen 

 horizontale, testa tenuiter coriacea ; embryo annularis, albumen parcum cingens, cotyle- 

 donibus planiusculis, radicula crassiuscula centrifuga.— Herba humilis, rupicola, glaber- 

 rima, caudice lignoso tortuoso, ramis numerosissimis erectis v. ascendentibus gracilibus 

 flexuosis. Folia alterna, petiolata, elliptico- v. sub rhomb eo-ovata oblonga v. lanceolata, 

 integerrima. Flores parvij axillares, sessiles v. pedicellati, solitarii v. in ramulos breves 



dispositi. 



Species 1, Algeriensis. Moq. in DC. Prod, xiii, ii. 58. Coss. ct Dur. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ft. 



ii. 367. 



Tribus II. Atripiice^. 



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12. Splnacia, ttin. Gen, n. 1112.— Flores dioici, rarissime liermapluroditi, ebracteati 

 et ebracteolati. Fl. ($, : Perianthium 4-5-partitum ; segmenta oblonga, obtusa, inap- 

 pendiculata. Stamina 4-5, basi periantliii inserta, filamentis capillaribus ; antheraj longe 

 exsert^, late didymfe. Discus et ovarii rudimenta 0. Fl. ? : Perianthium subglobo- 

 sum, 2-4-dentatum, tubo accrescente fructifero clauso utriculum includente inappendi- 

 culato V. basin versus spinis 2 oppositis elongatis aucto. Ovarium subglobosum ; stigmata 

 4-5, capillaria, ima basi connata, longe exserta ; ovulum subsessile. Utriculus perianthii 

 tubo cartaligineo v. indurato inermi v. 2-spinoso inclusus, pericarpio membranaceo 

 semini arctissime adhrerente. Semen erectum, turgidum, leviter comprcssum, basi rostel- 

 latum, testa tenuiter coriacea ; embryo annularis, albumen farinaceum cingens, radicula 

 infera.— Herbffi annure, erectpc, glabrae. Folia altema, petiolata, triangulari-ovata v. 

 hastata, integerrima v. sinuato-dentata. Flores glomerati ; glomeruli aubglobosi, $ 

 ssepius axillares, ^ in spicas terminales interruptas dispositi, perianthiis fructiferis inter- 



dum connatis. 



Species 4, Orientalee, quaruni 2 ubique culta?. 3foq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 117- Gtsrtn. Fnict. ii. 

 126. Nces, Gen. FL Germ. MonookL n. 66. Lam. III. t. 814. .Fcncl in Lcdeh. Fl. Boss. iii. 711- 

 Boiss. FL Or. iv. 905. Sckkukr, Handh. L 324. Wight, Ic. L 818. 



13. Exomis, Fcnzl ; Moq. Chenop. Enum. 49, et in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 89j excl. sp. 

 ,1. 2.— Flores monoici, cum paucis hermaphroditis. Fl. <J ebracteati et ebracteolati. 

 Perianthium 5-partitum ; segmenta obovata, concava, inappendiculata, ecostata. Stamina 

 5, basi perianthii inserta, filamentis complanatis basi connatis ; auther;e exsertre, didym?e. 

 Discus et ovarii rudimenta 0. Fl. $ 1-3, inter bracteas 2 lateralesoppositas folio stipatas 



* sequales v. insequales post anthesin non accrescentes sessiles. Perianthium 0. Ovarium 

 ovoideum, compressum, furfuraceum ; stigmata 2, v. in ovariis lateralibus 2 in intermedio 

 3. subulata, basi connata v. subdiscreta, luidique papillosa ; ovulum subsessile. Utriculus 

 bracteis non inclusus, ovoideus, compressus, pericarpio tenui laxo friabili f urfuraceo semini 

 non adluorente. Semen erect\mi, globosum, compressum, v. ellipsoideum, testa dense 

 coriacea fusca nitida ; embryo annularis, albumen densum testae adhserens cingens, 

 radicula infera.— Frutex albo-furfuraceus, dichotome ramosissimus, ramis flexuosis 

 tenuiter costatis. Folia parva, altema, sessilia v. breviter petiolata, ovata lanceolata v. 

 hastata, l-nervia. Flores parvi ; ^ glomerati, glomerulis apices versus ramulorum 

 axillaribus et in spicas terminales densifloras dispositis, ? cum masculis immixti v. sine 

 ordine dispositi ; bracteaj foliis longiores v. breviores, basi planne v. concavfe. 

 Species 1, Africie anstralis et ins. Sanctie Helonge incola. E. albicans, Moq., est AtripUcis species. 



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14. Atrlplex, Lhin. Gen. n. 1153. —Flores monoici v. dioici. Fl. ^ ebracteati et 

 ebracteolati. Perianthium 3-5-partitum ; segiuenta obovata v. oblonga, obtusa. Stamina 

 3-5, basi perianthii inserta, filamentis liberis v. basi connatis ; anthoraj didymae. Ovarii 

 rudimentum v. conicum. Fl. ? singiUi 2-bracteolati ; bracteolai excrescentes, fructi- 

 fero dilatatie basi v. altius conuatse, thecam S£epe 2-labiatam fmctiferam formantes, rarius 



