Part 1, 1916] CHENOPODIACEAE 91 
Glaucous, nearly or quite glabrous, erect or ascending perennial, fruticose at the base, 
2-8 dm. high, much branched, the branches slender or stout, ascending, rather densely leafy; 
leaves 1-1.5 or rarely 3 cm. long, nearly terete, acute or obtuse, spreading or ascending, those 
of the inflorescence usually little reduced; flowers 1-5 in each axil, the branches of the inflores- 
cence mostly stout and straight; calyx deeply cleft, glaucous, the lobes obtuse or acute, rounded 
on the back; seeds mostly horizontal, 0.8 mm. broad, black and shining. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Seacoast of France. 
DISTRIBUTION: Alkaline soil, Alberta to southern California and northern Mexico; Bahamas 
and Cuba; also in Europe, Asia, and Africa. 
15. Dondia ramosissima Standley, sp. nov. 
Suaeda suffrutescens S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 59, in part. 1880. 
Green, much branched, erect perennial, woody at the base, 1 meter high or less, densely 
and very finely pubescent throughout, the branches very slender, much elongate, spreading 
or more rarely ascending, flexuous or geniculate; leaves strongly flattened, 5-20 mm. long, 
linear, mostly acute or acuminate, or the upper ones obtuse, narrowed at the base, not crowded, 
those of the inflorescence much reduced; flowers 1.5-2 mm. broad, globose or depressed- 
globose, 1-4 in each axil, in very slender spikes, the glomerules distant; bractlets acute; calyx 
deeply cleft, the lobes obtuse or acute, rounded on the back; seed vertical or horizontal, 1 mm. 
broad, reddish-brown or black. 
Type collected at Lees Ferry, Arizona, August 24, 1909, E. W. Nelson 62 (U. S. Nat: Herb. 
no, 564515). 
Distrisution: Alkaline plains, western Arizona to southeastern California and Lower Cali- 
fornia. 
16. Dondia Palmeri Standley, sp. nov. 
Glaucous, much branched perennial, woody at the base; branches stout, ascending or 
somewhat spreading, mostly simple, densely white-tomentulose when young, often glabrate 
in age; leaves terete, 3-7 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. thick, rounded at the apex, narrowed at the 
base, white-tomentulose when young, becoming glabrate, spreading, those of the inflorescence 
little reduced; flowers globose-obovoid, 1.5-2 mm. broad, 1 or 2 in each axil; bractlets rounded 
or obtuse at the apex; calyx glaucous, glabrous or nearly so, cleft to the middle or lower, the 
lobes obtuse, rounded on the back, fleshy; seed usually horizontal, 1.5 mm. broad, black. 
Type collected near Parr4s, Coahuila, Mexico, in 1880, Edward Palmer 1168 (U. S. Nat. Herb. 
no. 48315). 
DistrrBuTion: Coahuila and Zacatecas. 
17. Dondia tampicensis Standley, sp. nov. 
Green, much branched perennial, the branches stout, ascending or decumbent, copiously 
short-villous, paniculately branched; leaves terete, 7-15 mm. long, acute or acuminate, spread- 
ing, those of the inflorescence little reduced; flowers 1.5-2 mm. broad, glébose-obovoid, 1-5 in 
each axil: bractlets acuminate; calyx glabrous or nearly so, cleft to below the middle, .the 
lobes rounded at the apex, fleshy, rounded on the back; seed usually horizontal, 1 mm. broad, 
black and shining. 
Type collected along the coast near La Barra, ‘Tamaulipas, 8 km. east of Tampico, Mexico, 
in February, 1910, Edward Palmer 262 (U.S. Nat. Herb. no. 463200). 
18. Dondia taxifolia Standley, sp. nov. 
Suaeda Torreyana Ss. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 59, in part. 1880. ; ; 
Dondia californica Abrams, Fl. Los Angeles 131, in part. 1904, Not Suaeda californica S. Wats. 
1874. 
Suaeda californica pubescens Jepson, Fl. Calif. 447, in part. 1914. ; 
Green, much branched perennial, 2-12 dm. high, copiously tomentulose or short-villous 
throughout; branches very stout, 3-7 mm. in diameter, paniculately branched, the ultimate 
branches ascending; leaves terete, 12-25 mm. long, acute or acuminate, ascending or spreading, 
crowded, those of the inflorescence little reduced; flowers globose, 2.5-3 mm. broad, 1-4 in 
each axil; bractlets acuminate or attenuate; calyx densely pubescent, cleft to the middle or 
lower, the lobes obtuse or acute, rounded on the back; ‘seed usually vertical, 1.5-2 mm. long, 
black. 
