68 CXXXI. CHENOPODIACE^. [SxicBdece. 



glaberrima, caule simpliciiisciilo robusto folioso. Folia infima opposita, teretia, carnosa ; 

 siiperiora altei*iia, sessilia, erecta, ovata v. lanceolata, aemiampleiicaulia, obtusa, concava, 

 crasse coriaceaj enervia. Flores parvi, bracteis occlusi, laterales in bractepe axilla seepe 

 imperfecti. 



Species 1, in locis salsuginosis Soongarise vigens. Mog. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 168. 



52. Borsczovla, Bunge in Act. Hort. Petrop. v. 643. — Flores abortu monoid, axillarea, 



fasciculatij bracteati et 2-bracteolati. Fl. <? parcisaimi : Poriantluum 5-partitum, 

 segmentis obtusis vix cucullatis. Stamina 5, perigyna ; antherse subgloboste, didymse. 

 Ovarii rudinientum libenim, elongate -lageniforme, apice dilatatum; stigmata 2 rudimen- 

 taria. Fl. $ numerosissimi : Perianthinm teniiissimnm, ovario adhserens, hyalinum, 

 enerve, integnim ore mimito, v. in segmenta 5 solubile. Ovarium subovoideum, com- 

 pressum, carnosum, uervoaiim, vertice introverso ; stigmata 2, minuta, subulata, fundo 

 verticis ovarii introversi recondita ; ovulum funiculo gracili erectum, micropyle infera. 

 Utriculus perianthio hyalino indutus, orbicularis, compressus, pericarpio camosulo ner- 

 voso, cndocarpio membranacoo semini adheerente. Semina dimorpha, orbicularia, com- 

 pressa, erecta, basi rostellata, funiculo crassiusculo, alia majora valde compressa testa 

 tenuiter coriacea, alia minora turgida testa crustacea Isevi, integumento interiore carno- 

 sulo, albuniine parco gelatinoso ; embryo plano-spiralis, cotyledonibus elongatis, radicula 

 infera,— Herba annua, glaberrima, abasiramosa, ramis albescentibus fragilibus, inferior- 

 ibus oppositis. Folia alterna, sessilia, inferiora crassa semi-teretia, superiora elliptico- 

 oblonga marginibus liyaUnia. Flores 8-5-ni, sessilea, minuti ; fructibus protribu magnis. 



Species 1, deserti Araleusis incola. Flores S a nobis non risi ; $ heteromorphi ; semina mino- 

 rum ex Bungeo obovoidea, tumida, margine acuto, integumento cmstaceo cmbryonequo fiavescenti- 

 albo, majorum valde compressa, integumento niembranaceo duplici opaco embryoneque viridulo. 

 Nos formas duass vidimus, semina mnjora plana testa magis coriacea, minora turgidu testa potius 

 Crustacea, in utroque integumontum duplex ot minora margine non acuta. Embryo in utroqueidem 

 V. minorum laxius spiralis. Florum ; analysis difficillima est, et forte discrimen partinm supra 

 datum non semper accuratum, quaraplurima tamon periauthia examinaviraus exitu semper eadem. 



53. Bienertla, Bunrje in Boiiis. Fl. Or, iv. 945.— Flores abortu polygami, herma- 

 phroditi cum paucis fu^mineis in glomerulos axillares dispositi ; fceminei racemo.si, 

 glomerulum superantes. l^oriantiiium ovario adnatum, depresso-globosum, S-Iobumj 

 lobis 5 planis conniventibus, fructiferum spongiosum, disciforme, ala horizontali circum- 

 datum, lobis minutis in centro disci verrucoiformibus. Stamina 5, perigyna, tilamentia 

 subulatis ; antlieraj . . . Fructus orbicularis, valde depressus, perianthii ala apongiosa 

 circumdatus, et intra tubum arete arrectus, lobis planis inflexis medio coronatus, pericarpio 

 subcoriaceo semini adlnerente. Semen horizontale, orbiculare, testa crustacea' granulat a, 

 albumine in utroque latere seminig parco carnoso ; embryo spiralis, gracilis, radicula 

 centrifuga.— Herba annua, inferne lignescens, e collo ramosa, ramis crassiusculis. Folia 

 sparsa, sessilia, lineari-subteretia, obtusa, saspe recurva, caduca. Flores minuti, racemoai; 

 racemi in paniculam angustam terminalem ramulis divaricatis C-lO-floris carnosulia dis- 

 positi ; flores serotini asepe fatui. 



Species 1, Persica. Exemplar mancum a Boissiero benevole missura vidimus. Descriptio pro 

 maxima parte ex Bungeo 1. c. 



Tribus IX. Salsole^e. 



54. Traganum, Ddile, Fl. By. 60, ^.22,/. 1.— Flores hermaphroditi, axiUares, 2-brac- 

 teolati, lana immcrsi. Perianthium basi tubulosum, 5-lobum, lubis obtusia membranaceis 

 inappendiculatis, fructiferum incrassatum v. induratum, lobis conniventibus immutatis. 

 Stamina 5, disco incoiispicuo inserta, filamentis linearibus compressis ; antlierai lineari- 

 sagittatee, acutio, exsertae j staminodia 0. Ovarium depreaso-globosum, in stylum 

 crassum attenuatiim, stigmatibus 2 crasse subulatis ; ovulum subseesile. Utriculus peri- 



