506 cm. CHENoroiHACB.ii:, 



nent leaf -scars, pale, glabrous. Leaves sessile, |-1 by yV^tV ^"•' line^'^r, 

 obtuse or subacute, sometimes apiculate, bright-greeu. I'lowers poly- 

 gamous, in sleuder lax spikes, the clusters distant, each in the axil of a 

 short leaf; bracteoles minute, ovate, acute, entire. Perianth ^ in. 

 long ; segments oblong, obtuse. Stigmas 2-5, short. Seed vertical, 

 ovoid, smooth, shining, black. Fl. B. T. v. 5, p. 13 ; Wight, Icon, 

 t. 1792; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 408; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 365.— Flowers : Nov.-Dec. 



KoNKAN : Dharamtar (Colaba districts), Woodrow ! Sinb : Karachi, Woudrow. — 

 DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula); Ceylon, Arabia, Tropical Africa. 



4. Suseda maritima, Dumort. Fl. Belg. (1827) p. 22. Annual ; 



stems woody at the base, erect, lg-2 ft. high, with numerous very 

 slender erect branches. Leaves numerous, |-1 by 4^y-jV i'l-s narrowly 

 linear (sometimes filiform), fleshy, subacute, the floral leaves very small. 

 Flowers in small few-flowered globose clusters forming very slender 

 elongate, lax spikes ; bracteoles ovate, membi'anous, entire. Perianth 

 scarcely 3^ in. long ; segments rounded, covering the utricle. Stigmas 

 2, long, slender. Seed obliquely ovoid or suborbicular, r]^ in. long, 

 smooth, shining, black. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 14 ; Trim. Fl.' 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. 

 ^alsola indica, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 1 (1797) p. 1317 ; Grab. Cat. p. 170. 

 Chenopodina indica, Wight, Icon. t. 1793. — Flowers : May ( Woodroiv). 

 Vebn. Land ; Ldni. 



KoNKAN : salt-marshes in Salsette, Graham. Find : Woodrow. 



I have not seen a specimen from either locality. — Distrib. India (Panjab, Bengal, 

 W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, N.W. Asia, N. Africa, Europe, N. America. 



The green leaves are eaten and considered a wholesome vegetable. The plant is 

 also incinerated to produce an impure sodium carbonate. 



7. HALOXYLON, Bunge. 



Shrubs or small trees with opposite jointed branches. Leaves o]iposito, 

 ti-iaugular and short, or elongate and terete. Flowers small, lierimi- 

 ])hrodite, solitary or spicate ; bracteoles 2. Perianth 5-partite ; segments 

 concave, accrescent, horizontally winged. Stamens 5 or fewer, on the 

 margin or base of a cupidar disk with alternating round or square 

 staminodes ; filaments linear-subulate ; anthers ellipsoid, obtuse. Utricle 

 suliglobose or depressed, enclosed in the perianth ; stigma 2-lobed, or 

 stigmas 3-4, recurved. Seed horizontal ; testa membranous ; albumen ; 

 embryo green, piano-spiral. — Distrih. S. Eui'ope, N. Africa, AV^estern 

 and Central Asia, India ; species 8-10. 



Leaves distinct 1. H. rectirvum. 



Leaves reduced to the dilated tips of the joints 2. H. salicornicum. 



^. Haloxylon recurvum, lyinu/e, e.r Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 4(1879) 

 p. 919. A straggling bush tui-niiig black in drying, glabrous, pruinose, 

 with divaricate si)r('adiiig straight or recurved branches. Leaves g-g in. 

 long, trigonous or ^-tei'cle, ovate-sul)ulate or ellipsoid, obtuse or acute, 

 s|trcading or recurved. Flowers axillary, forming strict spikes l-(! in. 

 long; floral leaves ,-\-, in. long, rotund-o\ ate, fleshy, with membranons 



