TO CXXXI. CHENOPODIACE^. [Salsolece, 



minuti ; ^ solitarii, bracteolis subglobosis camosia ; $ ssepms fasciculati, pube brevi 

 immersi, non raro defonnes v. steriles ovario incrassato ovoideo carnoso et stigmatibus 

 crassis recurvis ; fl. § perianthii segmenta ssepe insequalia. 



Species 1, Armenise, SyriK, et Persise incola. Bieb. Cent. PL lioss. t. 17 {A^iabasis), 



57. Armrov'^ytjxm, Sclirenk in Bull Fhijs. Math. Acad. Sc. Petersh. iii. 211.— Flores 

 liermaphroditi, axillares, 2-bracteolati. Perianthium globosum, herbaceum, 5-partitam ; 

 segmenta orbicularia, conniventia, dorso transverse gibba, marginibus inembranaceis, 

 fructifenim immutatum. Stamina 5, margine disci crassi urceolaris villosi inserta, fila- 

 mcntia subulatis compressis ; antberae late ovato-cordat^, obtusie ; staminodia 0. Ovarium 

 globosum, disco immersum, in stylum brevissimum contractum, stigmate 2-lobo ; ovulum 

 Bubsessile. Utriculus perianthio inclnsus, depreaso-globosns, pericarpio carnosulo semini 

 non adhserente. Semen horizontale. . . .—Fruticulus bumilis, glaber, radice crasso, 

 collo lignoso multicipiti, ramis brevibus erectis strictis teretibus exsiccatis fragilibus. 

 Folia opposita, sessilia, basi per paria connata^ patentia, subulata, S-quetra^ pungentia. 

 Flores in axillis oppositis solitarii, minuti ; bracteolre foliis consimiles. 



Species 1, Turkestanite et Soongariae incola. Trautv. in Bull. Soc. hup. Is^at. Mosc, 1867, 20. 

 Bimge in Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. 947. Embryo ignotus ideoque locus in ordine incortus, 



58. Horaninovia, Fisch. et Mey. Enum. PI. Schrenkj 10.— Flores hermaphroditi v. uni- 

 sexuales, axillares, 2-bracteolati. Perianthium urceolatum, 4-5-partitum ; segmenta late 

 ovata V. oblonga, acuta obtusa v. aristata, liyalina v. basi coriacea, fructifora dorso gibboso- 

 incrassata, et basi suberoso-incrassata. Stamina 5, inter lobos (staminodia) disci 5-lobi 

 cupularis inserta, filamentia subulatis ; antherse late oblong^e, muticre v. aristatse. 

 Ovarium basi disci immersum, ampullaceum ; stylus brevis, stigmate capitellato ; ovulum 

 subsesaile. Utriculus basibus incrassatis incurvis segmentorum perianthii inclusus, 

 depresso-ampullaccus, pericarpio membrauaceo semini non adhierente. Semen horizontale' 

 depresso-orbiculare, testa membranacea, albumine 0; embryo piano -spiralis, gracilis^ 

 radicula oblique centrifuga.— Herba) parvse, annu^e, dichotome v. opposite' ramos^e' 

 rigida), glabra v. puberube. Folia opposita v. alterna, patentia, teretia, rigida, spines- 

 centia v. obtusiuscula, floralibus basi membranaceo-dilatatis. Flores minuti, solitarii v. 



.fasciculati, vaginis foliorum absconditi, sessHes, subpilosi; bracteolaj perianthium ajquantes! 



Species 2 V. 3, sabulosis Soongariae et deserti Caspici incolse. Moq. in DC. Prod. xni. ii. 170 

 Eickw. PL Casj>. Cauc. t. 12 (Salsola). 



50. Haioxylon, Bnnge, Eel. Lehm. 468 (292), et in Boiss. FL Or. iv. 048.— Flores 

 hermaphroditi, axillares, 2-bracteolati. Perianthium chartaceum v. scariosum, 5-partitum ; 

 segmenta a basi libera, concava; fructifera accrescentia, dorso ala transversa ampla 

 horizontal! nervosa instructa. Stamina 5, v. pauciora, margine disci lobati cupularis 

 inserta, filamentis lineari-subulatis ; anthcra3 cllipsoide^, obtusio ; staminodia (lobi disci) 

 rotnndata v. quadi*ata. Ovarium subglobosum v. depressum, basi disco immersum, in 

 stylum brevem contractum, stigmate truncato simplici v. 2-lobo, v. stigmatibus 2-4 

 aubulatis recurvis; ovulum subsessile. Utriculus unguibus segmentorum perianthii 

 inclusus, globoaua V. depressus, pericarpio carnosulo semini non adha^rente. Semen 

 horizontale, depresso -globosum, testa membranacea, albumine ; embiyo viridia, plano- 

 spiralis, radicula centrifuga.— Fruticuli v. arbusculse glabree v. axillis villosis, rarius 

 puberulae, virides v. glaucse, caudice crasso lignoso multicipiti, ramis cylindracois ad 

 nodos articulatis. Folia opposita, basi connata, triangularia v. elongata et teretia, 

 obtusa V. mucronata, interdum brevisaima. Flores parvuli, aecua ramulos apicati,' 

 solitarii v. fasciculati. 



Species 8 v. 10, plerneqiio Hispniu'*, Africse borealis, et Asise occidontalis et centralis incolse, 

 2 indicse. ^foq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 172 {Caroxyli species caulibus ramisque articulatis). Ledeb. Ic. 

 Fl. Ross. t. 47 (Anabasis). Cav. Ic. t. 281 {Salsola). Species indicae H. recurvum. Hook. f. (Salsola 

 recurva, Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 693-4), e Burmah ; et H. Sfocksii, Hook. f. (cum priore a Bungeo 

 in Boiss. 1. c. confusa) a cseteris recedunt stylo et stigmate obtuso. Anabasis ramosissijna, Boiss. 

 (Herb. Syrise, Gaillardot, n. 2199) est Haloxj/U species in * Flora Orientali ' prsetermissa. 



