504 cm. CHENOPODIACE.E, 



usually 2-tootlied at the top. Flowers in cylindric blunt spikes i-f in. 

 long ; bracteoles spongy. Anthers large, oblong-ovoid, 3-V-2V ^^- ^ong. 

 Seed trigonous, much compressed ; testa thin, crustaeeous. yellow. 

 Y\. B. I. V. 5, p. 12; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 212 ; Trim. Fl. Uevl. v. 3, p. 407 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Eomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 365 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 881 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 328. Salicomia indica, Willd. 

 in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schr. v. 2 (1799) p. Ill, t. 4, fig. 2; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 737 ; Grab. Cat. p. 171. ArtJirocnemum glaucam, Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 365 (not of Ung.).— Flowers : Dec. 

 V-^JBRlf. Machur. 



Common on salt-ground near the coast, Balzell ^" Gibson. Konkan : Bassein, 

 abundant, Graham. Sind : Karachi, Cookel, Woodrow. Graham says it is pickled by 

 the natives. — Distrib. India (Bengal, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Tropical Africa. 



5. SALICORNIA, Linn. 



Fleshy jointed leafless branched shrubs or herbs. Flowers minute, 

 hermaphrodite, 3-uate, in the axils of scaly bracts sunk in superposed 

 and decussately opposite cavities of the internodes, forming sessile cone- 

 like spikes ; bracteoles 2. Perianth obpyramidal. Stamen 1 ; anther 

 oblong. Ovary ovoid, narrowed to the tip ; ovule subsessile; stigmas 2, 

 subulate. Fruit an ovoid compressed utricle with membranous peri- 

 carp, enclosed in the spongy perianth. Seed erect, compressed ; testa 

 hispid with hooked hairs ; albumen ; embryo conduplicate ; radicle 

 inferior, parallel to the folds of the cotyledons, — Djstrib. Temperate 

 and tropical regions ; species 8. 



1. Salicornia brachiata, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 4' Wall. v. 1 

 (1820) p. 82. Shrubby, more or less erect, much branched: branches 

 rather slender, opposite, the joints |-| in. long, slightly dilated and 

 2-toothed. Flowers in slender cylindric spikes 1-3 in. long. Utricle 

 membranous, ovoid, subacute. Seed pale-brown, hispid with white 

 hairs. Fl. B. 1. v. 5, p. 12; Wight, Icon. t. 738 ; Trim. FL Ceyl. v. 3, 

 p. 408; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 365; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. 881 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 2, p. 387.— 

 Flowers : Nov.-Dec. Vern. Macliul. 



Gujarat : Nausari, Kunitl-ar ! ; Porbandar, Woodrow ; Dwarka, Bhiva ! ; Balsar, 

 Knnitkarl — Distrib. India (Bengal, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



The natives pickle the young shoots and somctiiues use them as a pot-herb. 



6. SU^DA, Forsk. 



Herbs or shrubs usunlly growing in saline places. Leaves fleshy, 

 ternate, terete (rarely flatfish). Flowers minute, axillary, usually 

 hermaphrodite, bracteate and 2-bracteolate. Perianth short, globose or 

 urceolate, 5-lobed or 5-partite ; segments equal or unequal, simple, 

 gibbous or almost winged. Stamens 5 ; filaments short ; anthers large. 

 Ovary ovoid or orbicuhir, usually sessile, with a wide base, adnate below 

 to the perianth, rounded or truncate at the apex ; ovule solitary, sub- 

 sessile; style 0; stigmas 2-5, minute, subulate, recurved, papillose 

 throughout. Fruit a small membranous or spongy utricle included in 

 the perianth. Seed erect, horizontal or oblique ; testa coriaceous or 



