54 CXXXI. CHEXOPODIACE^. [Atriplicece. 



omnino liberiae. Perianthium 0, rarissime masculo consimile. Discus et staminum rudi- 

 menta 0. Ovarium ovoideum v. depresso-globosum ; stigmata 2, subulata v. filiformia, 

 basi connata ; ovulum obliquum v. erectum funiculo brevi, v. inversum ab apice funiculi 

 elongati suspeusum. Utriculus bracteolis inordinate auctis inclusus, v. earum basibus 

 immersus, pericarpio membranacoo semiui rarius adiuorcnte. S^taen erectum v. inver- 

 sum, rarius Iiorizontale, testa membranacea coriacea v. fere Crustacea ; embryo annularis, 

 albumen farinaceum cingens, radicuia inf era ascendente descendente v. rarius centrifuga.— 

 Herbse v. frutices plus minusve squamulis lepidotis operti v. furfuracei, v. cinerei. Folia 

 altema, rarius opposita, sessilia v. petiolata, linearia oblonga ovata deltoidea v. hastata, 

 angulatasmuato-deptata v. integerrima. Flores glomerati, glomerulis axiUaribus sessi-. 

 Ubus V. m spicas simplices paniculatasve dispositis, masc. et foem. sa^pe immixti. 



Species ad 100. regionura temporatarum et, siibtropicarum totius orbis incol^, pler^ue salsugmosfe 

 Moq, m DO, Prod. xiii. ii. 90. Ledch. Fl. Ross. iii. 715 ; Ic, t 41 orf 43, 46. Boiss. Fl. Or iv 906 

 Wats, m Proc. Amcr, Acad. ix. 103, et hi BoL Calif, n,50, incd, Bunge in Act. Hort, Petrop v 642 

 Benth.FLAustral.Y.lQ^. Gmtn.Fruct. t/U, Noes, Qm. Fl, Germ, Monochln. ^^. 8j?ach, Suites 

 Bicf, t, 68. Reickb. Iconogr. Eur. t, 16. WaldsU et Kit. PI, Rar. Hung. 1. 103, 221 250 SchJcuhr 

 Haadb, t. 347 a^350. Fl, Ban, t, 1284-7, 1638, 2226, 2466. Sihik. Fl. Grcec. t. 963 Ten Fl 

 Nap. t, 249. Delile, Fl. Egypt, t. 52. Wight, Ic, t. 1787. CoUa, PL Rar. Chili, ^49 



Obione, GcBrtn, Fruct, ii. 198 t. 126. Moq. in BC. I.e. lOG. (Halimus. Wallr. Sched. Crit. 117 

 ]Sees,Gen. FL Germ. MonoehL n. 64). Genus quoad species europ^as sat distinetum, bracteolis 

 fnictifens altius connatis. utrieulo s«.pe basi ejus adnato, semine inverso et testa tenuiore. arete 

 tamen ^-^r^ AtripUce conneetitur mediantibus speciebus pluribus exoticis. et a botanicis recentioribus 

 rpjicitur. Species genum* sunt -.A, pcdunculata, Linn.. Fl. Dan. t. 304 ; A, porinlacoides, Linn. ; 



dolineatge in Sihth. FL Grac. L 962, Wight Jc. t, 1788 ad 1790 



^^™°;™' ^^'^: ? ^^' ^''- ''^ (^triplex sect, Theleophyton, Hoolc.Mn Book, Loud. Journ. 



Tu 1 ' ; Tr''"^"' '■ "' '■ ^^' ^''''^- ^^- '^"'''''^- ^' '^^^ ^ congeneribus differt epidermide 

 celluhs crystallinis consperso, et ntriculo bracteolis contraric comprcsso 



thecam clausam efficientibus, «t zn Gragia, sod radicuia supera et bracteol. oon condupKcat^. 



. ^^;^^;S'.^^;;^-;«^. fra^, Bot, Steve^^ Exped. 47, t. 3, est Atriplex Endolepi.., S. Wats, in Proc 

 Amor. Acad. jx. 110 (Koeliia dioica, Kutt.). 



^15 Crayla ir.oi. et Am. B,t. Beech. Voy. 387. -Flores dioici, rarius monoici. Fl. 

 _<? cbrac oati ot ebractcolati. Perianthium 4-5-partitum ; segmo^ata obovata, incr.rva 

 mappendioulata, ecostata. Stamina 4-5, disco depresso inserta, fdamentis ^ubula [s 

 conSiT '"t >.' ™'^''' ^ ^^- ^"^""^ ^dimenta ? Fl. $ 2-bracteolati, bracteol^ 

 pTrS ""o n '"^''''^' "T"**' ^^'"^'"^"^ •^'"■^° '""^'^^^ ^l'^ta>, marginibis connatis. 

 s.ZSpTf- °™""'^7«'^'^7.' "ompressum ; stigmata 2, filiformia ; oyulum erectum, 



3 ala r t • "9T I '5' ^r -*''' ' ''°'^*""*^^ °^^^«"^=^^^ obcompressa latissime 2- rariu 

 3-alata utnnque 2-loba reticulatim yenosa inclusus, orbicularis, compressus perlcarp/o 



membranaceo semm: non adha^rente. Semen erectum, orbicular , testa te uUer'^coriael 



brunnea ; embryo annularis, gracilis, albumen farinaceum cingens, cotyledonibus com 



pressi-s, radicuia elongata inf era. -Frutices erecti, ramosi, rigid ramulis interd^ 



rsiruJat? ^f'-.T-"^^ ^-f-- ^^^ altera, sLSL Te^ia t ■ ta 

 V. spa hulata, obtusa, mtegemma, camosula. Flores ^ minuti, glomerati, axillares, 

 pedicellati, $ racemosi. Fructus pro planta magnus, pendulus. 



Species 2, Amorie* boreali-oecidentalls incolas. Moq. in DC. Vrod. xiii. ii. 1 19 WaU Hot -Calif 

 n. 56 >ned. Hook. Ic. PL t. 27J. A. Gray in Proc. aL. Acad. xi. 101. ■^- 



16 suekleya, A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. xi. 103. -Flores monoici Fl ^ 

 ebraoteati at ebracteolati. Perianthium subglobosum, membranaceum, 3 4 paxtSm 



ba. 1 pcnanthu inserta, filamentis brevibus latiusculis plania ; anthers didym» Ovari 

 u.d.n,entum comcum. Fl. ? 2-bracteolati; bracteote condupHcata,, ^clpress", 



