Chenoh<B,] CXXXL CHENOPODTACE^. ^ 63 



spongioao aemini non adli^rente. Semen ereetum, oblique pj^iforme, compresaum, basi 

 rosteUatmn, testa coriacea pallida fusca rugnlosa ; embryo crassus, hippo crepicus, 

 albumen farinaceum parcum cingens, cotyledonibua plano-convexia radicula mfera 

 brevioribua.— Suffrutex prDCumbens, scaberulus, ramis elongatis gracilibus ut videtur 

 proatratia apicibus ascend entibus. Folia parva, secus ramuloa sparsa, lineari-lanceolata, 

 plana, integerrima. Flores solitarii rarissime 2-ni, breviter pedicellati ; perianthia 

 fructifera pro ordine magna, horizontaliter patentia, lobis bracteoloeformibua. 



Species 1, Australiie occideutalis incola, ThrelJcddia hahragoides, Y. Muell. ; Benth. Fl. Austral. 

 V 198. Genus certo valde anomalum, Fhytolacceis ab auctore rclatum, sed nostro sensu certissime 

 Chenopodiacea et Threlkddm multis notis affine. Specimma nostra omnia fructifera tautum, 

 florum charactercs e descriptione Muelleri excerpsimus. 



TkIEUS VII. S.VLICORNIE-E. 



30. xalldium, Mo(2. in DO. Trod. xiii. ii. 146,— Florea hermapliroditi v. uniaexuales, 

 in cavis rliaclieos clavatie inarticulatoe immersi, connati et parietibus cavorum adnati. 

 Perianthium naviculare, a latere subcompreaaum, vertice planiuscnlo margnie alseformi 

 cincto ore 5-dentato, fructiferum spongiosum. Stamina 2, anticum et posticum, fila- 

 mentis brevissimis ; antlieric oblongse. Ovarium ovoideum, apice attenuatum ; stigmata 

 2 subulata ; ovulum subaessile. Utriculus periantliio breviter alato mclusus et basi 

 adherens, ovoideus, compressus, pcricaxpio membranaceo semini non adha^rente. Semen 

 erectnm reniforme v. orbiculare, compressum, testa coriacea ad situm embryoms papillosa, 

 albumine copioso carnoso ; embryo virgul^formis, cotyledonibus superis antrorsum spec- 

 tantibus, radicula subhorizontali infera.-Frutices et fruticuU erecti, rainosi, carnosi, 

 ramis erect o- paten tib us v. divaricatis, ramulis altemis articulatia. FoHa sparsa, mter ae 

 libera, decurrentia, elongata aubcylindracea v. rudimentaria. Spicte altem^, brevea 

 V. elongate, seasilea v. pedicellate, rhacheos cavis spiraliter dispositis aeptatis. 



Species 4. Eossia. auatralis et Asi«. centralis incol^. Vr^, Stm^. in MU liot Cong Firen.. 1874, 

 Zl6%t 273,/. 12. G<^rin, Fruct. t. 127, f, 8 {Salicornia strobilaccd). Behle, Fl. Eg. t 3. PalL III. 

 PI. t. 5, 6 [Salicornia). 



-40 Halostachys. G. A. Mey. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat Mosc. 1838, 3ol, mm^n tanium.- 

 Florea hermapliroditi, in axiUis squamarum strobiU 3-ni, liberi. Perianthium obppami- 

 datnm 4--onum, vertice dilatato convexo 3-lobo, lobis iuflexis, fructiferum spongiosum, 

 immutatum. Stamen 1, anticum ; anthera late oblonga. Ovaxiiim ovoideum com- 

 preasum, apice attenuatum; stigmata 2, rarius 3, brevia, papiUoaa ; ovulum ab apice 

 funiculi elongati suspensum. Utriculua ovoideua, mcmbranaceua. Semen mversum, 

 pyriforme, testa tenuiter coriacea h^vi, hilo latorali, albumine copioso carnoso; embryo 

 virguleformis, dorsalis, cotyledonibus brevibus, radicula supera. -Frutex quasi aphyllua, 

 erectua robustua, ramosissimus, articulatus, ramis erectia patentibua, axticulis elongatis 

 apice dilatatia. StrobiU oppositi, pedicellati, cylindracci; bracteje inter se Uberae, peltatae, 

 subcordatse, deciduie. 



Species 1. Rossiae austro-occidentalis et Asine mcdijE inoola. Ung. Sternh. in Atti Cong. Bot. 

 FirL 1874, 333 et 273,/. 15. Walp.Ann.y. 733. Fen.l in Lcdeh. FL Soss. ul m{Hahc^mum) 

 Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 150 et US {Arthrocnemum casplcum et Hahstachys casjna). Pall. ML t,^ 

 {Salicornia). 



41 SplroBtachys, S. Wats, in Proc. Amer. Acad. ii. 125 {non Vi^. Stemh.).—F\oves 

 hermaphroditi, in axillis squamarum strobiU 3-5-ni, inter ae Uberi. Perianthium obpyra- 

 midatum, sursum aiigulatum, truncatum, ore 4-5-lobo v. crenato, fructiferum unmutatum. 

 Stamina 1-2, filamentis cxsertis ; antherse late oblongre v. orbicularea. Ovjirium lageme- 

 forme, compressum, apice attenuatum ; stigmata 2, breviuscula, undique papilloaa ; 

 ovulum subaesaile. Utriculus ovoideus, compressus, pericarpio membranaceo reticulato 

 semini non adhaircnte. Semen erectnm, obovoideum, compressum, testa aubcoriacea, 

 hilo basilari, albumine copioso carnoso ; embryo dorsalis, virgula^formis, cotyledonibus 



