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60. Salsola, Xin^'. Gen, n. 311. — Flores hermaphroditi, axillares, 2-bracteolati. Peri- 

 anthium 5- rariua 4-partitiim ; aegmenta oblonga v. lanceolata, concava, medio dorso 

 incrassata, fructifera supra medium ala late horizontali scariosa instructa, inferne 

 libera at immutata v. in thecam nuceam connata, apicibus liberis siepius inflexis. 

 Stamina 5 v. pauciora, hypogyna v. rarius disco minuto inserta, filamentis subulatis 

 V. linearibus planis; antlierse breves v. elongatse, obtusse v. connectivo in acumen 

 producto ; staminodia 0. Ovarium globosum depressum v. late ovoideum, in stylum 

 brevem v. elongatum abrupte attenuatum, stigmatibus 2 rarissime 3 subulatis erectis 

 V. recurvis intus papillosis ; ovulum subsessile v. funiculo elongato suspensum. Utriciilua 

 unguibus segmentorum periantliii incluaus, late ovoideus v. orbicularis, vertice concavo 

 V. convexo, pericarpio camosnlo v. membranaceo semini non adh^erente. Semen hori- 

 zontale, rarissime inversum, erectum v. obliquum, orbiculare, testa membranacea, albuuiiue 

 ; embryo piano- v. subcochleato-spiralis, srepius viridis, radicula elongata centrifuga 

 V. in seminibus inversis supera. — Herb^e, frutices et suffrutices, habitu variij glabri 

 pubescentea v. tomentosi, ramis inarticulatis. Folia alterna v. rarius opposita, sessilia 

 V. basi lata amplexicaulia, brevia v. elongata, interdum squamiformia, apice siepe 

 pungentia. Flores parvi, solitarii v. faaciculati, perianthio fructifero non raro amplo. 



Species ad 40, plerseque Europae, Afriese borealis et Asise temperatse et tropicae incolse, 10 austro- 

 afrlcan^; una hi Aiiievica temperata tam boreali quam australi, et in Australia indigona. Muq. in 

 DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 179 et 172 {Caroxyli species caulibus inarticulatis). Btmge in Boiss. Fl. Or. \x. 

 951. Fensl in Lcdeh. B'l. Uoss. iii. 796. Gartii. Friict. t. 75. Nees, Gen. FL Germ. Monochl n. 61. 

 FL Ban, t. 818. Cav. Ic. U 283, 285 ad 288. Jacq. Hart. Find. t. 68;' FL Amtr. t. 294. Sibtk, 

 FL Grtsc. t 255. A66o, Syn. Siirp. Aragon. t 2. Wchb, Otia Hisp. t. 5. Eichw. PL Casp. Cauc. t. 

 24 ad 31. Jaub. et Spach, IIL PL Or. U 137, 138. Belilc, FL Ey. L 21,/. 4. PalL IIL PL t. 12 

 ad 17, 19, 21 ad 23, 25, 26, 28 ad 30. Belang. Voy. Ind. Or. t. 10. Wight, Ic. t. 1795. 



Caroxylov, Thunh. Nov. PL Gen. ii. 37, ab auctore ipso inFl. Cap. ii.l76, ad Saholam rcduetum 

 est. Caroxvlon, Moq, in DC. L c, constat ex spociebus Salsol<B compluribus nuUo cliaractere gencrico 

 distinguendis, cum paucis ramis articulatis ad Haloxylon referendis. 



Halothamnus, Jaub. et Spach, IIL PL Or. t. 136, est Salsola species difico parvo cupulari 



instructa. 



61. HeUellia, Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. IGO.— Flores hermaphroditi, axillares, 

 2-bracteolati. Perianthium urceolato-campanulatum, 5-fidum ; scgmenta camosa demum 

 baccata, dorso aubcorniculato-carinata. Stamina 5, basi perianthii inserta, filamentis 

 linear i-subulatis basi dilatatis in cupulam connatis ; antheraj ovato-oblongfe ; stami- 

 nodia 0. Ovarium lageniforme, basi calycis adhserens; stigmata 2, minuta, subulata, 

 divaricata. TJtriculus perianthio clauso bacciformi substellatim 5-gono inclusus, depressus, 

 pericarpio membranaceo subcamoso inferne calyci adnato. Semen liorizontale, orbiculare, 

 testa simplici membranacea, albumine ; embiyo cochleatus, viridis, radicula dorsali. 

 — Herba erocta, gracilis, virgata, glabra, ramosa, ramis patulis gracillimis. Folia alterna, 

 in tuberculo minuto sessilia, semiteretia, cariiosa, subflexuoaa, parum farinosa, snperiora 

 angustissima. Flores paniculati, si^pius basi foliurum enati, breviter pedicellati, solitarii 

 V, 2-3-ni panicube ramis altemis filiformibus flexuosis paucifloris; bracteolae minuta3, 

 scariosse. {Char, ex Moq.). 



Species 1, Cliineusis, a nobis non visa. ' Facie et charactcribus ad Schobcriam paululum accedit, 

 sed inflorescentia piano diversa, et semen Salsolcanmi,' Moq. 



C2. Ofaiston, Fiaf. FL Telht/r. 47, ex Mo^, in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 203.— Flores her- 

 maphroditi, in sulcis ramulonuu axillares, 2-bracteolati. Perianthium 3-5-partitum ; 

 gegmenta 3 exteriora obovato-spathulata, membranacea, demum rigidula, concava, 

 medio dorso obtuse comuta v. ala minuta transverse acuta ; 2 interiora minora, simplicia 

 V. exterioribus consimilia. Stamina ] v. 2, disco obscuro inserta, filamentis planis 

 linearibiis demum elongatis; antherre oblongce, basi longe 2-fid», connectivo in appeu- 

 dicem brevem latam obtusam producto; staminodia 0. Ovarium ovoideum, a latere 

 compressum; stigmata 2, a basi distincta, subulata, sub apice cohaerentia; ovulum ab 

 apice funiculi suspensum. Utriculus perianthio inclusus, late ovoideus, compressus, 



