208 DICOTYLEDONS. CHLNoPODEyE. Salsola* 



5. Ch. urlicum, leaves triangular toothed, racemes long erect 

 approaching the stem subsimple nearly leafless, p. SA.—JVaste 

 places. 



6. Ch. ruJjnim, leaves rhomi)oido-triangular deeply toothed and 

 sinuated, racemes erect compound leafy, p. 84. — Ditvshills. 



7. Ch. ?n2irale, leaves ovate approaching to rhomboid acute 

 toothed shining, racemes much branched subcyniose leafless. 

 p. 84. — Under ivalls, &U-. 



8. Ch. Iiylriduw, leaves cordate angulato-dentate acuminate, 

 clusters very much branched subcymose divaricated leafless. 

 p. 84. — J VaUe places. 



9. Ch. alhinn, leaves ovate inclining to rhomboid entire at the 

 base, upper ones oblong perfectly entire, racemes branched 

 somewhat leafy, fruit smooth, p. 84. — IVaste places. 



2. ATPJPLEX. 

 Flowers polygamous. Perfect ft. Perianth single, 5 - partite. 

 Slam. 5. Style 2- partite. Fruit depressed, covered by the 

 . calyx. Female fl. PeriantJi 2-partite. Stam. 0. 



1. A. portulacoides, stem shrubby, leaves obovato-lanceolate en- 

 tire silvery white, p. 291. — Muddy places. 



2. A. lac'iniata, stem herbaceous diffuse, leaves ovato-deltoid 

 dentato sinuate very mealy beneath, p. 291. — Sea-shores, 



3. A. patvla, stem herbaceous spreading, leaves triangular has- 

 tate glabrous above, irregularly toothed the upper ones entire, 

 perianth of the fruit more or less tubcrculatcd at the sides. 

 p. 291. — IVaste places. 



4. A. angustij'olia, " stem herbaceous spreading, leaves lan- 

 ceolate entire the lower ones somewhat hastate, cal. of the fruit 

 hastate slightly tubcrculatcd at the t>ides," S7«.p.29l. — IVaste 

 places and dunghills. 



5. A. littoralis, stem herbaceous erect, leaves all linear entire or 

 toothed, perianth of the fruit sinuated and muricated on the 

 back. p. 291. — Sea-shore. 



3. BETA. 

 Flowers perfect. P-?r?07?//i half-adherent, 5-partite. Stam. 5. 

 Styles 2. Achenium subreniform, imbedded in the fleshy en- 

 larged hase of the perianth. 



1. B. rnaritima^ .stems procumbent at the base, flowers solitary 

 or in pairs, segrhents of the perianth entire, p. 84.— Sea- 

 shore. 



4. SALSOLA. 



Flcirer perfect. Periaiith 5-cleft, persistent, enveloping the 

 J'rtiit with its ha!>ey and crowning it with its enlarged scariobc 

 Limb. Stam. 5. Styles 2. Embryo spiral. 



