^6 CXXXI. CHENOPODIACE.E. [SaUolece. 



auctore ipso (Anabas. Revis. 97) pro sectione Halogctonis habendum est,' transitum pr^'bet ad 

 Salsolaccas yeras. 



74. Sympegrma, Sunge in BxdL Acad, Sc. Petersh. xxv.; Mel. Biol. x. 300.— Flores her- 

 maphroditic ebracteolati, axillares, fasciculati. Perianthium compressnm, 5-partitum ; 

 segmenta demum cartilaginea, oblonga, concava, dorso infra apicem late alata ; ah-e hori- 

 zontales, oblongre, venosse, 2 exteriores majores basi gibbse. Stamina 5, filamentis basi 

 breviter connatis, staminodiis totidem intcrpositis ; antherce oblongo-cordatte, inap- 

 pendiculatse. Ovarium lageniforme, compressum, in stylum latum attenuatum, stig- 

 matibus 2 subulatis recurvis ; ovulum ab apice funiculi Ruspensnm. Utriciilus perianthio 

 inclusus, orbicularis, compressus, pericarpio crassiusculo membranaceo semini non 

 adh^rente. Semen inversum, utriculo conforme, testa membranacea, albumine ; 

 embryo spiralis, radicxila supcra.— Fruticulus ramosissimus, glaber, cortice fere suberoso. 

 FoUa sparsa, Imeari-filiformia, carnosula. Flores in apices ramulorum terminales, in 

 globulum demum induratum conferti. 



r 



Species 1, Asise centralis incola. Descriptio ex eohedis Bungei et exemplare manco a Maxi- 

 moviczio Lcnerole commuiiicato. Staminodia a Bungeo descripta non vidimus. 



TriBUS X. SaEC'OBATIDEjE. 



75. Sarcobatus, Nees in Trav. Pr. Neuwied. ed. angl. 518. (Frbmontia Torr 

 m Emory Rep. 95, 317, t. 3.)-Flores monoici v. dioici, ebracteolati, dimorphi ' Fl $ 

 achlamydei. Stamina mter squamas stipitatas peltatas amcnti tenainalis irregulariter 

 sparsa, filamentis brevibus ; antherre didymoe. Ovarii rudimonta 0. FI . $ axillares 

 solitarii, subsessile.s. Perianthium a dorso compressum, turbinatum, cum ovario omnino 

 confluens, supra medium transverse incrassatum, vertice conico in stigmata 2 crassa 

 subulata recurva papillosa angustato ; ovulum pyriforme, sessile. Fructus coriaceus, 

 rhombeo-obovoideus, supra medium ala scariosa horizontal! radiatim venosa crenulata 

 cmctus, parte infra-alari turbinate compresso, supra-alari conico puberulo stigmatibua 

 persistentibus coronate. Semen erectum, orbiculare, compressum, testa membranacea 

 hyalma; embryo plano-spirahs, vii-idis, radiculainfera.-Frutex erectus, ramosus, foliosus 

 glaberrimus v ramulis novellis puberulis, ramis spinescentibus. Folia alterna, in 

 ramos ar^iculata, hneana, sessilia, carnosula, integerrima. Amenta oylindracea, sqtmmis 

 persistentibus. Stamina sub quavis squama ad 3, caduca." Fl. $ parvi cito excres 

 centes, subsessiles, baai tenniter barbati. 



Species 1, Americae borealis rcgionibus interioribus indigena. Seuhert in Bot. Zut. 1844 753 



t.1 Genus anomalum; an flores ? aehUmydei, pericarpio alato, et membrana loculnm vestiente 

 pro testa descnptis ? 



TrIBUS XI. EtTBA.SELLE^. 



76. Basella ikn. den n. 382 (Basela). -Flores hermaphroditi, sessiles, cum rhachi 

 spic» articulatx ; bracteolae mfraflorales minuta>, caduca3, florales perianth o adnata, in 

 cupulam 2-lab.atam connata.. Perianthium camosum, leviter compressum, ad medium 

 5-iidum, demum subbaccatum, tube late obconico ; lobi erecti, obtusi, ooncavi, fructiferi 

 incurvi Stamina o, fauce tubi inserta, filamentis late subulatis, alabastro rectis ; anthera. 

 versatiles, in alabastro posticse, oblongai v. subsagittatis, inclusK. Ovarium globosum • 

 s yli 3 basi _ connati, stigmatibus lineari-clavatis intus papillosis ; ovulum subsessile.' 

 Utnoulus perianthio molusus et basi adnatus, globosus, pericarpio tenui semini adh^erente 

 Semen erectum, globosum, leviter compressum, testa Crustacea, albumine parcissimo • 

 embryo plano-spiralis, cotylodonibus magnis oblongo-lanceolatis temiibus involutis 



rauicuia eiongata acuta descendente multo latioribus. -Herba succulenta, glaborrima 

 dextrorsum volubilis, alte scandens, ramosissima. Folia altonia, subsessilia v. petiolata' 

 ovata oblonga v. cordata, acuta v. obtusa, integunlma. Flores in spicas axillares breves v 

 elongatas simplioes v. ramosas dispositi, albi violacei v. rubri. Bractea parva lata' 

 bracteoteque caducaj, ■ ' ' 



