208 XCVI. CHENOPODIACEJE. (Salsola. 
ifiasding bracts protruding like the scales of a pine-cone.—Darling desert and Mount 
Maurchiso 
Var. aed hypteris. Wings or p Aran of pu perianth reduced to prominent 
transverse ribs, in all or nearly = t ac DC. Prod. 
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Orper XCVII. AMARANTACEÆ. 
Perianth-segments 5, free or shortly united 2i eu base, rigid and 
scarious or coloured at least on the margin and t imbricate in the 
bud. Stamens 5 or fewer, opposite the per jiin th Ber free or 
united at the base, with or without intervening scales or teeth (stami- 
nodia of some authors); a ; anthers 1- or 2-celled, the cells parallel. Ovary 
un d, with 1 or sev Neral ovules attached toa o funicle erect 
ee batr at the end or iir à the inner ade. ruit a membranous in- 
discent utricle or rarely a circumsciss capsule or a succulent berry, en- 
closed in or resting on ei persistent perianth. Seed usually bir 
_ orbieular or ovate and compressed, testa aaier Embryo 
"ped shaped or ior enclosing” a mealy albumen.—Herbs or bered 
shrubs rarely shrubs or woody climbers. Leaves EN. or opposite, 
entire, without Apuli: gom reap solitary in the axils, more fre- 
ese in eei. be or terminal simple tabiiy padidi spikes or rarely 
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v - 1. Celosiez.— Anthers 2-celled. Ovary with several ovules. Leaves ale 
cea climbers. Fruitsucculent . . . . ee ipei 1. DEERINGIA 
Trine 2. Achyranthese.— Anthers 2-celled. Ovary with a iip ovule. 
prim alternate. 
tamens s shortly Mg at the base. Flowers — solitary. 
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ens free. near in axillary or teriaiual ‘and paditoultle 
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dorsal articulate hairs, the lies canes glabrous : vx 
