200 TENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 



ed and somewhat glaucous leaves; flowering branches at 

 length commencing from the base to the summit, simple 

 and alternate, appearing distichal; floral leaves about one 

 third the length of the others and dilated at the base; 

 axills 3-flowerecl, lateral flowers tribracteate; bractes 

 very minute, paleaceous. Segments of the calix very- 

 unequal, succulent, diaphanous, and dorsally gibbous; 

 inner margm connivent over tlie seed. Stamina 3, rarely* 

 if ever, 5. Style 1, scarcely visible, minutely bifid. Seed 

 brown and shining, perfectly even; roundish-reniform. 

 Note. Sometimes when the simple stem is much elon- 

 gated, the flowering plant becomes decumbent as de- 

 scribed by Michaux. The seed much more resembles 

 that of Chejiopodium than Salsola. Hab. In the salt- 

 marshes of New Jersey and New York, never on the 

 sandy strand witl\ .S'. Kali. This plant is probably the 

 Chenopodium maritimwn of Pursh. Aficr a scrupulous 

 comparison also of this plant, now before me, with the 

 Salsola depressa of Pursh, 1 find them to be the same 

 species; so that the range of this plant is from the Atlan- 

 tic sea-coast, probably, to the sources of the Missouri, 

 in arid and saline tracts. 



Wuh the exception of a few species in Siberia, and 

 Barbary, 2 at the Cape of Good Hope, and 2 in India, this 

 extensive genus of near 40 species is confined to the sea- 

 coasts of the south of Europe. Several of the species are 

 burnt to obtain Soda. 



286. KOCHIA. Roth, 



Calix monophvllous, campanulate, 5-clefr: in 

 fruit producing a dorsal margin in the form 

 of 5 petals; orifice closed with 5 triangular den- 

 tures. Corolla none. Style short; stigmas 2 

 or 3, long. Capsule 1 -celled, 1 or 2-seeded? 

 Seed incurved. 



Habit similar to Chenopodium. 



Species. 1. K. dentata. 2. * dioica. Annual: stem low, 

 branches axillary; leaves sessile, very entire, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute, somewhat succulent and glaucous; flowers 

 (male) terminal, conglomerate; calix subglobose-campa- ' 

 nulaie, dorsal dentures small and obtuse, internal ones 

 membranacecms, acute. — Obs Stem 6 to 12 inches high, 

 smooth and angular; branches simple, axillary. Lower 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, upper ones ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, younger leaves and flowers at first scattered with 



