Seed single, egg-oblong, its top standing out of the open end 

 of the berry. 

 N. B. This kind of berry is very singular, and, strictly speak- 

 ing, perhaps it ought not to be called a seed-vessel. Linn. 



ATRIPLEX. 



Complete fiowers. 

 Calyx, Periantkium 5 leaves, concave, permanent. Segments 



egg-shaped, concave, membranaceous at the edge. 

 Corolla, none. 



Stamina. Filaments 5, awl-shaped, opposite to the leaves of the 

 calyx, and longer than the leaves. Anthera roundish, double. 

 Pistilla. Germen round. Style deeply divided, short. Stig- 

 mata reflet ted. 

 Pericarpium none. The cup closing, with 5 sides and 5 an- 

 gles, the angles compressed, deciduous. 

 Seeds single, roundish, flatted and depressed. 



Flowers with Pistilla only, on the same plant. 

 Calyx. Perianthium 1 leaves. Leafits flat, upright, egg-shaped, 



acute, large, compressed. 

 Corolla, none. 

 Pistilla. Germen compressed. Style deeply divided. Stigmata 



reflected, acute. 

 Pericarpivm none. The valves of the calyx, which arelarge 



and heart-shaped, enclose the seed between them. 

 Seed single, roundish, compressed. 



N. B. There is a very great affinity between Atriplex, and 

 Chenopodium: the presence of the flowers which have only Pis- 

 tilla, in the Atriplex, is the only mark of distinction ; for if the 

 Chenopodium had these flowers it would be Atriplex ; and 

 the Atritlex without them, would be Chenopodium. Linn. 



HIPPOPHAE. 



Flowers wirh Stamina. 



Calyx. Perianthium l leaf, divided into 2 parts, forming £ 



