66 CXXXI. CHENOPODIACE^. [Salicorniece. 



vaginam dilatatis. Spicse terminales et laterales, sessiles, siibcylindrace;e v. obtusse, 

 4-gon3e ; arete florigerae decussatim oppositco. 



Species ad 7, littomm salsorum Asi?e, Africse et Australasise incol», quarum una etiam in America 

 boreali-occi dental c indigena. Ung. Sternb. in Aiti Bot. Congr. Firenz, 187'4, 281, 272/ 9, et 286/. 

 A, B, c. Btmge in Boiss. FL Or. iv. 932. SALicoENiiE fepccies, Guss Ft. Sic. t. 4. Vail, III. PL t. 7. 

 Wight, Ic. t. 737. 



A. bidcnSj'Neea, A. halocncnioides, Nees, A. arbicscula,'Koq. {Salicomi<B species, Benth. Fl. Austral. 

 V. 203), aliseque Australienses ulterius examinandse. Genera Salicornoidea ex speciminibus exsiccatis 

 diffieillime determinanda. 



48. Salicornia, Linn. Gen. n. 10. — Flores hermapbroditi v. polygami, in cavis arti- 

 culonim superpositurum immersij 3-7-ni, liberi v. connati et basi areae florigerse 

 adiiati. Perianthixim obpyramidatum, carnosum, vertice planiuscxilo rarius contracto, ore 

 3-4-denticulato, frvictiferum spongiosum. Stamina 2, rariiis 1, filamcuto teretiusculo ; 

 antbcnxi oxscrtte, didyiiiLO. Ovarium ovoideum, apice attenuatum ; stylus apice lacerus 

 V. stigmatibus 2 subulatis undique i>apillosis terminatus ; ovulum subsessile. Utriculus 

 periaiitliio sj)ongioso incluaus, ovoideus v. oblongus, rhachi plus minusve immersus, peri- 

 carpio membranaceo. Semen erectum, oblongum v. subellipsoideum, compressum, testa 

 tcnuiter coriaoea pilis uncinatis hispidula castanea, albumine ; embryo conduplicatus, 

 cotyledonibus crassiusculia obtusis supcris radiculic horizontali inferte paralielis. — Herbte 

 quasi apbylUo annuse v. fruticuli carnosi, erecti v. decumbentes, glabri, ramis oppositis 

 ai-ticulatis , articulis apice in vaginam dilatatis. Spicre terminales, breves v. elongatce, 

 cylindraceiy, floribus collateralibus v, intermedio altius inserto ; arece florigera; decussatim 

 oppositse, in loculos tot quot flores divisai. 



Species ad 8, littoribus salsis utriusque orbis indigenae. Ung. Sternb. in Atti Bot. Congr. Fircm. 

 187^, 291, 272 / 10, 11, et 278 / 17 wl 20. Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monochl. n. 68,/ 1 adIQ. Fl. 

 Ban. t. 303, 1621. Guss. Fl. Sic. t. 3. Pall. III. PI. t. 1 ad Z. Wight, Ic. t. 738. Fend in Mart 

 Fl. Bras. v. i. t. 49. 



49 Mtcrocnemum, Umj. Sternb. in Atti Bot. Coiigr. Firenz. 1874, 280 et 272 / 8. 



Flores hermapkroditi, in axillis articulorum superpositorum dispositi, liberi. Peri- 

 anthium 0. Stamen 1. Ovarii stybis elongatus ; ovidi funiculus brevis. Utriculus 

 membranaceus. Semen obli(pie reniforuic, testa Crustacea nigra gramilata, hilo antico, 

 albumine sat copioso ; embryo vii-gulieformis, ilexus, cotyledonibus postice ascend entibus, 

 radicula iixf era. —Herba habitu SaUcorni^Bj annua, pusilla, ramosissima, glauca, ramis 

 teretibus omnibus articulatis in spicas consimiles graciles elongatas abeuntibus ; articuli 

 ramorum longiusculi, spicarum breves, in vaginas obscure 2-loba3 floriferas raembranaceo- 

 marginatas dilatati. Semina miiiuta, aterrima. 



Species 1, Arragoniae incola. Characteres e descriptione Unger-Stembergii, et frustulo fructifero 

 a cl. Boissier benevole eommunicato confecti. Flores fide auctoris in axillis articulorum 3-ni, sed 

 semina numerosa in singulis axillis invenimus. 



Tribus VIII. Su^DE^. 



60. Suseda, Forsh Fl. Mg. Arab. GO, t. 18 b. (Cociiliospermum, Lag. Mem. PI. BarilL 

 58, ex Mo^.)— Flores hermapbroditi v. abortu unisexuales, minuti, bracteati et 2-brac- 

 teolati. Perianthium globosum turbinatum v. urccolatum, 5-Iobum v. 5-partitum 

 crassiusculum v. demum carnosulum, lobis segmentisvo luqualibuset inappendiculatia v. 

 1-2 ceteris majoribus iiiflatis v. comiculatis, rarius omnibus dorso breviter transverse 

 alatis. Stamina 5, subhypogyna v. perigyna, filamentis brevibus ; anthers majuycubo. 

 Discus clovatus v. 0. Ovarium basi ssepius lata sessile v. tubt) perianthii adnatum, ovoi- 

 deum orbiculare v. aublageniforme, apico rotundato v. truncato ; stigmata 2-5, brevia, 

 subulata, recurva, undique papillosa ; ovulum bubsessile. Utriculus perianthio inclusus, 

 orbicularis ovoideus v. lageniformis, teres compressus v. depressus, membranaceus v. 



