PEVTANDRIA DI6YNIA. 



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252. SESELI. Ge?i. pi. 4g2. 



1. S. foliis 3-ternatis, foiiolis longo-linearibus, urabellis he- triternatum. 

 misphaericis, involucellis poiyphyllis : foiiolis linearibus 

 longitudine umbellularum. 

 On the waters of Columbia river. AT. Leivit. If. . April, 

 May. V. s. in Htrb. Lewis. Flowers deep yellow. 

 The fusiform root of this species is one of the gratehil 

 vegetables of the Indians: they use it baked or roasted. 



253. SALSOLA. Gen. pi. 437. 



1. S. herbacea diffusa: foliis triquetro-subulatis mucronatis Rali. 



lineatis, caiycibus marginatis axillaribus. — IVilld, sp. 



pi. 1. p. 13!0. 

 Icon. Pall, illuslr. t. 28 & 2Q. 

 Near the sea-coast, in gravelly dry soil: frequent; 



plentifully in the city of New York. ©. July. v. v. 



Flowers very small ; seeds in a membranaceous calyx. 



2. S. herbacea, decumbens, glabra ; foliis dilatato-subulatis caroliniana. 



spinescentibus, gemmis fructificantibus valde turgidis, 

 calycious fructiferis explanato-alatis. Mich.Ji. amer. 1. 

 p. 174. Walt. ^fi. car. \\\. 

 In Carolina. Michaux. -j-. Probably only a variety 

 of the preceding species. 



3. S. herbacea, erectiuscula, ramosissima ; foliis linearibus salsa, 



muticis carnosis, gloraerulis confertis subspicatis, ca- 

 iycibus fructiferis depresso-subrotundis. — IViUd. sp. 

 pi. 1. p. 1312. Mich.Ji. amer. l.p. 174. 



Icon. Jacq. hort. 3. t. 83. 



On the mouth of the river St. Laurence. Michaux. . 

 V. s. 

 A. S. herbacea, humifusa, ramosissima ; ramulis distichis, depressa, 



foliis succulentis linearibus acutis glabris, floribus ax- 

 illaribus sessilibus, staminibus exertis. 



Sueda prostrata. PalLiliustr. 55. t.47. 

 On the volcaaic plains of the Missouri. Nuttall. Q. 

 June. +. 



254. CHENOPODIUM. Gen. pi. 435. 



C. foliis triangulari-sagittatis integerrimis, spicis compo- 



sitis aphyllis axillaribus. IFilld. sp. pi. 1 . p. 1299. 

 Icon. Engl. hot. 717, 

 In Virginia. Gronou. 1/. June— Aug. v. v. I never 



Bonus Heun 

 ricus. 



