cm. cnEisopoDiACE.E. 505 



crustaceous ; albumen or scanty ; embryo slender, somewhat spiral. — 

 DiSTRiB, Sj)ecies about 40 on saline shores and in deserts. 



Perennial ; seed usually erect. 



Flowers herniaphrodite ; stigmas 3. 



Usually erect ; flowers axillary, 1-3-nate ; bracteoles with 



entire or slightly toothed margins 1. S. fruiicosa. 



Diffusely branched ; leaves glaucous-green ; flowers in dense 

 many - flowered ehisters ; bi'acteoles with pectinate 



margins 2. S. mcdijlora. 



Flowers polygamous ; stigmas 2-5 ; bracteoles with entire 



margins 3. S. moiioica. 



An annual erect herb ; stigmas 2 ; seed usually horizontal 4. S. maritima. 



1. Suseda fruticosa, ForsJc. Fl. jEgypt.-Arah. (1775) p. 70. 

 Shrubby, usually erect, much-branched ; stem pale, glabrous. Leaves 

 fleshy, subsessile, ^-terete, variable, -^-g by yV-s ^'^•' linear-oblong or 

 ellipsoid or somewhat obovate, obtuse, narrowed at the base, the floral 

 leaves short. Flowers hermaphrodite, axillary, solitary or 2-3-nate ; 

 bracteoles membranous, about gV i>^- loi^g? ovate, acute, entire or with 

 slightly denticulate margins. Perianth in fruit subglobose, ^^ in. long ; 

 segments thick, oblong, concave, obtuse, incurved. Utricle obovoid, 

 thickened at the top ; stigmas 3, short, spreading. Seed -^j; in. long, 

 obliquely ovoid, somewhat beaked, slightly compressed, smooth and 

 shining, black when ripe. PL B. I. v. 5, p. 13 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 365 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, 

 p. 386. Salsola fruticosa, lAnn. ^-^. PI. ed. 2 (1762) p. 324; Grrah. 

 Cat. p. 170. Salsola Land, Edgew. in Hook. Journ. Bot, v. 2 (1840) 

 p. 286. — Plowers : Nov. -Dec. Veiin. Moras; UsJiul-ldni. 



Gujarat: Dwarka (Xatbiawar), Woodrow; Bhavnagar (Xathiawar), Woodrow. 

 SiND : Cookel — Distrib. India (North-west, Panjab, W. Peninsula) ; Africa, America. 

 The plant is eaten by camels, and crude soda is prepared from it in Sind., 



2. Suaeda nudiflora, Moq. in Ann. Sc. Nat. v. 23 (1831) p. 316. 

 A diffusely branched woody perennial undershrub ; stems prostrate, 

 much-branched, smooth, yellowish. Leaves numerous, soon falling, 

 i~2 by T2~8 "^-5 elliptic-oblong or linear-obovate, very obtuse, rigid, 

 glabrous, at tirst flattish, afterwards ^-terete, glaucous-gi'een (Trimen), 

 base narrowed. Flowers hermaphrodite, axillary, in dense globose 

 many-flov\ ered clusters, forming dense spikes leafless in the upper part ; 

 bracteoles ovate, acute, membranous, with pectinate margins. Perianth 

 Jq in. long, obovoid ; segments oblong, obtuse. Utricle ovoid ; stigmas 3. 

 Seed erect, about -^ in. in diam., lenticular, smooth, shining, black. 

 PI. B. I. V. 5, p. 14; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 213 ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 409 ; 

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

 p. 878 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 386. Suceda indica, 

 Moq. in Ann. Sc. Nat. v. 23 (1831) p. 316; Wight, Icon. t. 1796; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 213. Salsola nudifora, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 1 (1707) 

 p. 1313; Grab. Cat. p. 170.— Vern. Moms. 



Balzell %■ Giisow without locality. Kokkan : salt-marshes in Salsette, Graham. — 

 Distrib. India (Orissa on the sea-coast ; W. Peninsula) ; Cejlon. 

 The green leaves are eaten by the natives wherever the plant occurs. 



3. Suseda monoica, Forsl-. Fl. ^gypt.-Arah. (1775) p. 70, A 

 small erect bush ; branches numerous, ascending, marked with promi- 



