CttENOPODIACEAE 29ft 



Floret et invenitnr una cum specie. 



(Ihenopodinin frnticosum var. b. confertiflorum. Giiss. loc. 

 cif. — Strohl. loc. cii. — Torn. in Herh. 



Genus 2. Beta 



Flores hermapliroditi, sessiles, solitarii vel glomerulati, post 

 antliesim interdum arcte coaliti, axillares vel terminales, spi- 

 caii vel spicatim paniculati, tribracteati; hracteae herbaceae, 

 persistentes, laterales exig-nae, interdnra abortivae; calyx ur- 

 ceolatus, 5-fidus, basi ovario adhaerens et demum induratus, 

 laciniis subconcavis, fructiferis subcostatis, rarissime longi- 

 trorsum appendiculatis; stcmina quinque subperigyna, laci- 

 niis calycinis opposita, filamentis filiformibus antherisque bi- 

 lobis, bilocularibus, loculis subrotundis; staminodia nulla; 

 nectarium carnosum; ovarium suborbiculare, depressum, se- 

 miinferum; siyli duo-tres, breves, basi connati; stigmata sim- 

 plicia; utriculus subglobosus, depressus, inferne calyci adhae- 

 rens; semen horizontale, globoso - reniforme, rostellatum, te- 

 sta subcoriacea, tenui, albumine centrali, copioso, farinaceo, 

 embryone anuulari, peripherico , radicula centrifuga. Her- 

 bae biennes vel perennes; caules sulcati; folia alterna, pe- 

 tiolata, integerrima vel subintegra; radix tuberosa, globosa 

 vel fusiformis. 



Endl. Gen. FL pag. 295. n. 1924. — Lin. Gen. p. 122. 

 Lam. III. 2. tah. 182. — Gaertn. De Fruct. et Semin. 1. pa- 

 gina 359. iah. 75. — Bert. Fl. It. 8. pag. 42. — Guss. Syn. 

 Fl. Sic. 1. pag. 297.— Torn. Fl. Sic. pag. 443.— DC. Pro- 

 dr. 13. sect. p)OSt. pag. 54. — Moris Fl. Sard. 3. pag. 872. 

 Moq, Chenop. enum. pag. 12. 



I. B. maritima. — Flores fere omnes gemini, rarias terni, 

 in apice spicarum tantum solitarii, spicis terminalibus et la- 

 teralibus, 3-12-poIlicaribus, interfoliatis, inferne valde in- 

 terruptis, terminali subinde parce ramosa; hracteae lanceo- 

 latae, flores superantes; calyx laciniis ovatis, albo-margina- 

 tis, acute carinatis, carina edentata; genitalia generis; cau- 

 lis adscendens vel decumbens, angulato-sulcatus, viridi-stria- 



