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Calyx -lobes corniculately appendaged or transversely winged; annuals. 



Calyx-lobes corniculately appendaged; leaves broadest at base, the upper decidedly so. 1. S. depressa. 

 Calvx-lobes transversely winged, the wings more or less lobed; leaves not broader at the base, the uppermost 



somewhat so. 2 - *■ occidental. 

 Calyx-lobes neither appendaged nor winged. 



Annuals; stems erect, slender. 3. 5". nigra. 

 Perennials, often suffrutescent at the base. 



Leaves strongly flattened; branches of the inflorescence very slender. 



Stems and leaves glabrous. 4 - S. Torreyana. 



Stems and leaves pubescent. 5 - S. ramosissima. 

 Leaves subterete. 



Stems and leaves glabrous. 



Leaves of the inflorescence not crowded; seeds about 0.8 mm. broad. 6. 5". fruticosa. 



Leaves of the inflorescence crowded; seeds 1.5-2 mm. broad. 7. S. calif arnica. 



Stems and leaves pubescent. 8 - •$"• taxifolia. 



1. Suaeda depressa (Pursh) S. Wats. Pursh's Sea-blite. Fig. 1550. 



Salsola depressa Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 197. 1814. 



Suaeda depressa S. Wats. Bot. King Expl. 294. 1871. 



Suaeda minutiflora S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 18: 194. 1883. 



Dondia depressa Britton in Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1: 585. 1896. 



Annual or rarely a short-lived herbaceous perennial, branched from the base, the branches 

 stout, more or less decumbent, 2-5 dm. long, glabrous, usually crowded, erect or ascending. 

 Leaves narrowly linear, semi-terete, broadest at base, 10-25 mm. long, glabrous, those of the 

 inflorescence shorter and ovate-lanceolate ; calyx-lobes acute or obtuse, one or more corniculate- 

 appendaged ; seeds 1 mm. broad, black. 



Alkaline soils, Sonoran Zones; eastern Washington and Saskatchewan to coastal southern California, Nevada, 

 and western Texas. Type locality: volcanic plains of the Missouri River. July-Sept. 



Suaeda depressa var. erecta S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 9: 90. 1874. Annual, the stems strictly erect 

 and simple, or simple below and sparingly branched above; flowers and seeds essentially the same as the typical 

 species. Alkaline soils, Pacific States and Great Basin region. The southern California plants (S. minutiflora 

 S. Wats.) seem intermediate. 



2. Suaeda occidentalis S. Wats. Western Sea-blite. Fig. 1551. 



Suaeda occidentalis S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 9: 90. 1870. 

 Dondia occidentalis Heller, Cat. N. Amer. PI. 3. 1898. 



Annual, glabrous and green or slightly glaucous, erect or spreading, simple or branched, the 

 branches slender, flexuous. Leaves narrowly linear, not widened at the base, mostly spreading, 

 10—15 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, those of the inflorescence but little reduced and only slightly 

 broader at the base ; calyx-lobes obtuse, transversely winged in age, the wings lobed ; seeds 1 mm. 

 broad, black, shining. 



Alkaline soils, Upper Sonoran Zone; eastern Washington and eastern Oregon to southern Wyoming, Colorado 

 and northern Nevada. Type locality : dry alkaline valley, Ruby Valley, Nevada. July-Sept. 



3. Suaeda nigra (Raf.) J. F. Macbride. Black Sea-blite. Fig. 1552. 



Chenopodium nigrum Raf. Atl. Journ. 146. 1832. 



Suaeda diffusa S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 9: 88. 1874. 



Dondia diffusa Heller, Cat. N. Amer. PI. 3. 1898. 



Dondia nigra Standley, N. Amer. Fl. 21 : 89. 1916. 



Suaeda nigra J. F. Macbride, Contr. Gray Herb. II. no. 56: 50. 1918. 



Annual or rarely perennial, erect, simple or branched, 2-8 dm. high, glabrous and green or 

 somewhat glaucous, the branches slender, ascending or spreading and usually flexuous. Leaves 

 narrowly linear, usually distinctly narrowed at the base, 6-25 mm. long, those of the inflorescence 

 reduced; flower clusters not crowded; calyx-lobes rounded on the back; seeds 1 mm. broad, 

 black. 



Alkaline soils, Upper Sonoran Zone; eastern Oregon and Idaho, south through the Great Basin region to 

 northern Mexico. Type locality: upper part of the Canadian River, New Mexico. July-Sept. 



4. Suaeda Torreyana S. Wats. Torrey's Sea-blite. Fig. 1553. 



Suaeda Torreyana S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 9: 88. 1874. 

 Dondia Torreyana Standley, N. Amer. Fl. 21: 90. 1916. 



An erect, green and essentially glabrous perennial, 3-8 dm. high, the branches usually very 

 slender, ascending or more or less spreading, sparsely leafy. Leaves linear, 15-30 mm. long, 

 strongly flattened, those of the inflorescence much reduced ; flowers 1-4 in the axils, the clusters 

 distant ; calyx-lobes obtuse, rounded on the back ; seeds 1-1 . 5 mm. broad, minutely tuberculate. 



Alkaline soils, Sonoran Zones; eastern Oregon to Inyo County, California, southern Wyoming and New 

 Mexico. Type locality: mountains on the west shore of Great Salt Lake, Utah. May-Sept. Inkweed, Iodine Weed. 



5. Suaeda ramosissima (Standley) Johnston. Salton Sea-blite. Fig. 1554. 



Dondia ramosissima Standley, N. Amer. Fl. 21: 91. 1916. 



Suaeda ramosissima Johnston, Proc. Calif. Acad. IV. 12: 1017. 1924. 



Suaeda Torreyana var. ramosissima Munz, Man. S. Calif. 144. 1935. 



An erect perennial, woody at base, 5-10 dm. high, finely and rather densely pubescent through- 



