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ascendentibus, 2 — 4 unc. longis foliosis. Folia 2 — 4 unc. longa plana integerrima. 

 Flores masculi ad apices ramulorum plurimi. Perianthium campaiiulatum , ad medium 

 ubtuse fjuinquelobum. Stamina 5, filamentis exsertis. FI. foem. incorispicui, in axillis 

 foliorum Inferiorum sessiles, parvi. Perianthium compressum fructiferum, late incras- 

 satum, labiis latis. Semen compressum, cbscure punctatum, embryo annularis. — An 

 nov. genusV {Theleopliylon dicendum). Ob perianthium fl. masc. 5-Iobum habitumque 

 ab Atriplice diveisissimum. — Crescit in Van Diemens Land ad littora raarina arenosa. 



XIII. OBIOKE Grinr. 

 (Moqu. Tand. Chenop. monogr. 69.) 



1. O. BARCLAYANA Bnth. Bot. of Belch. voy. of the Sulphur 48, — Monolca? pro- 

 cumbens, incana: foliis inferioribus obovatis obtusis, superioribus oblongis acutius- 

 culis, omnibus mucronulatis integerrimis; bracteis demum suborbiculatis indurato-in- 

 crassatis margine dentatis extus farinoso-incanis nudis vel cristula duplici minima 

 instructis. Ij — Crescit in California ,,Bay of Magdalena". 



2. O. MICROCARPA Bnth. 1. c. f — Monoica, procumbens vel divaricata, pusilla, in- 

 cana : foliis ovulibus oblongisve obtusis integerrimis basi vix angustatis; bracteis de- 

 nium suborbiculatis indurato-incrassatis, margine dentatis, extus farinoso-incanis nudis 

 vel cristula duplici minima instructis. i) — Crescit in California ad .San Diego. 



3. O. TETRAPTEUA Bnth. 1. c. •;• — Divaricato-ramosa: canescens , foliis lanceolato- 

 vel oblongo-Iinearibus obtusis integerrimis; bracteis ovatis, apice paucidentatis , fru- 

 ctiferis omnino coalitis , dorso alis duabus quam bracteae ipsae multo majoribus in- 

 structis. ^ — Plerochiton occidentale Torr. & Frem. ? ? (ex Ptrmnn.) — Crescit in 

 California ad littora marina. 



4. O. CONFERTIFOLIA Torr. & Fremnd. in Duchartre, Rev. bot. II. 53. — Fruticulosa 

 ramosissima: ramulls spinosulis puberulis; foliis ('/< — % ) alternis ovatis obtusius- 

 culis petiolatis aggregatis subcoriaceis dense albo-farinosis ; floribus dioicis (?V); bra- 

 cteis late ovatis obtusis integris exappendiculatls , fructiferis 3 — 4 1in. longis, basi 

 coalitis et incrassatis; pericarpio tenuisslmo; semlnibus rotundato-ovalibus , sursum 

 rostratis; testa ooriacea, embryone ad duas tertias circulari. l) — Crescit in Cali- 

 fornia ad littora lacus salsuginosi. 



XIII ^ rTKROCIIlTON Torr. & Fremond. 

 (Torr. & Fremond in Duchartre, Revue bot. II. 53.) 



BMoies dioici. JMasculi ? Foeminei : Perigonium ovoideo-tu- 



buiosum quadi'ialatiim , apice bidentatum, Ovarium rotundatum, stylus 

 brevis , stigmata duo linearia. Ovulum solitai"ium e basi ovarii ascen- 

 dens campylotropum, Perianthium fructus crassiusculum , alis 4 magnis 

 instructum clausum, apice bidenticuiatum, alae magnae venosae irregula- 

 riter dentatae. Utriculus tenuissimus membranaceus, Semen ovoideum 

 subcompressum , podospermium laterale distinctissimum, sursum rostella- 

 tum, Integumentum duplex subcoriacenm fuscum, interius tenue. Embryo 

 circularis albumen farinosum copiosum cingens. — Arbuscula californica 

 ramosissima: foliis alternis v. fasciculatis lineari-oblanceolatis , basi an- 

 gustatis albo-Iepidoto-farinosis ; floribus breviter pedicellatis subracemo- 

 sis. — Affine Grayiae Hook. & Arn. 

 1. *PT. OCCIDENTALE Torr. & Frem. 1. c. — "^ — Crescit in California occidentall. 



XIV. SPIXACIA Tournef. 

 (Moqu. Tand. Chenop. monogr. 77.) 

 1. *SP. TETRANDRA Stev. — Moq. Tand. 1. c. CS. no. 3. — Wght. Icon. pl. t. 8IS. 



XXIII, KOCIIIA. »i¥o?z<. Tayid. 

 (Moqu. Tandon, Chenopod. monogr. 90.) 

 1. K. MONTICOLA Boiss. Diagn. plant. orient. nov. VIL p. 82. f — Annua tota longe 

 et appressiuscule hirsuta : caulibus brevlssimis simplicibus; foliis linearibus tubcrcu- 



