cm. CHE1S0P0DIACE.E. 607 



margins ; bracteoles y\y by ^ in., elliptic-oblong, concave, fleshy, with 

 membranous margins. Perianth-segments somewhat fleshy, ^-i in. long, 

 ovate, subobtuse, closing over the utricle ; wing membranous, finely 

 veined, about ^ in. long, orbicular, attached at the middle of the back 

 of the segment. Seed j^ in. in diam., orbicular, flattened ; embryo 

 spirally coiled. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 15; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 365 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 199. Halo.vi/lon 

 Stocksii, Hook. f. in Hook. & Benth. Gen. PI. v. 3, p. 70. Caroccylon 

 indicimi, Wight, Icon. t. 1794. — Plowers : Nov. Vern. Khdri-ldni ; 

 Kch'o. 



SiND : Stocks, 438 ! ; Sukkur, Cooke I — Distrtb. India (Panjab, Siud, Coimbatore, 

 Birnia) ; Afghanistan, Yunnan. 



The plant is used as fodder for camels in the Panjab and Sind. It is also exten- 

 sively employed for the manufacture of crude sodium carbonate {Sajji-khdr). 



2. Haloxylon salicornicum, Bunr/e, ex Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 4 

 (1879) p. 949. An erect much-branched leafless shrub; stem and 

 branches pale-yellow, not drying black, the joints produced into 2 long 

 triangular points which take the place of leaves and are woolly within. 

 Plowers in erect spikes ; bracteoles -^-^ in. long, nearly as broad as long, 

 elliptic or obovate, rounded at the top, very thick, with woolly axils and 

 membranous margins. Perianth-segments in flower -^-.^ in. long ; wing 

 j-jj in. long, orbicular-obovate, veined, membranous, attached to the back 

 of the segment above the middle. Seed horizontal, jL in. in diam., 

 flattened, orbicular. PI. B. I. v. 5, p. 16 ; Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 365.— Flowers : Oct. 



Rai'e. There is 1 specimen in Herb. Kew. from Dalzell which is ticketed " Scinde " 

 in Dalzell's handwriting, and which appears to have been sent to him by Stocks. 

 Woodrow in his list of Bombay Plants (Journ. Bomb. Nat. 1. c.) gives Sibi (Upper 

 Sind) as the habitat of the plant, but I have seen no specimens from that locality. 

 Mr. Drummond informs me that it is very abundant iu the Panjab. — Distrib. India 

 (Panjab) ; Beluchistan, Afghanistan. 



8. SALSOLA, Linn. 



Herbs or shrubs ; branches not jointed. Leaves usually alternate, 

 sessile or amplexicaul, often pungent at the tip. Flowers hermaphro- 

 dite, axillary, solitary or fascicled ; bracteoles 2, Perianth 5 (rarely 4)- 

 partite ; segaients concave, accrescent in fruit, usually fui'nished with 

 a broad scarious horizontal wing attached above the middle completely 

 embracing the utricle. Stamens 5 or fewer, usually hypogynous. 

 Utricle ovoid or subglobose, fleshy or membranous ; stigmas 2-3, 

 subulate or linear. Seed usually horizontal; testa membranous; 

 albumen ; embryo spiral. — Distkib. Europe, N. & S. Africa, tem- 

 perate Asia, Australia, N. America ; species about 40, 



1. Salsola foetida, Del. Fl. Mjupt. Illustr. (1812) n. 310. A large 

 excessively branched pale hoary shrub, reaching 4 ft. or more in 

 height (Aifchison) ; branches numerous, slender, twiggy. Leaves 

 minute, suborbicular, fleshy, the flox'al leaves imbricate, forming very 

 short cylindrical spikes ; bracteoles gV ^^* ^o^^g' broadly ovate or 

 orbicular, fleshy. Perianth scarcely ^ in. long, oblong, rounded at 

 the apex ; wings horizontal, attached about the middle of the back 

 of the perianth, yL in. long, obovate, rounded, flat, thinly membranous, 



