1288 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Ill. 
Cuenopo‘pium L. Flowers bisexual. Calyx inferior, with 5 sepals, perma- 
nent. Stamens 5, hypogynous; opposite to, and of about the length of, 
the sepals. Anthers with round lobes. Ovary orbicular, depressed. Ovule, 
according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Styles 2, short. 
Stigmas obtuse. Fruit a utricle, invested by the calyx. Seed lens-shaped. 
Leaves alternate, generally lobed, bearing a friable, unctuous scurf. Flow- 
ers numerous, small, green, in groups that are disposed in leafy spikes or 
naked panicles; or the flowers solitary, or 2—3 together, in the axils of leaves. 
(Smith Eng. Fl. ; Lindley Nat. Syst. of Bot.; and observation.) 
A’rRIPLEX L. Flowers some bisexual, some female; those of both kinds 
upon one plant. — Bisexual flower. Calyx inferior, with 5 sepals, perma- 
nent. Stamens 5, hypogynous; opposite to, and about as long as, the 
sepals. Anthers with round lobes. Pistil and fruit much as in the female 
flower; but, in Britain, in the native species, seeds are scarcely produced 
from the bisexual flowers. — Female flower. Calyx inferior, deeply divided 
into two large, flat, equal, or nearly equal, lobes, and so compressed that the 
lobes have their inner faces approximate ; permanent. Ovary compressed. 
Ovule, according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Fruit a 
utricle, invested by the calyx, which is now enlarged. Seed compressed, 
orbicular, — Leaves alternate or opposite, undivided or jagged, bearing a 
meal-like scurf. Flowers numerous, small, greenish, in groups that are 
axillary or disposed in spikes. (Smith. Eng. Fl. ; Lindley Nat. Syst. of Bot. ; 
and observation. ) 
Dio‘r1s Schreb. Flowers unisexual, those of both sexes upon one plant. 
— Male flower. Calyx inferior, with 4 sepals, permanent. Stamens 4, in- 
serted at the bottom of the calyx; opposite to, and prominent beyond, the 
sepals. — Female flower. Calyx inferior, of one piece deeply divided, and 
ending in 2 horns, permanent, and, possibly, adnate to the ovary. Ovule, 
according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Fruit a utricle, vil- 
lous at the base, partly invested by the calyx.— Leaves alternate, lanceolate, 
entire, bearing hoary pubescence. Male flowers in axillary groups that are 
disposed in leafy spikes. Female flowers about 2 together, axillary. 
(Encycl. of Plants ; Nuttall Gen. ; Lindley Nat. Syst. of Bot.; and observation.) 
Genus I. 
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CHENOPO‘DIUM L. Tue Goosrroor. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Digynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., 121., but with some modification since. 
Synonymes. Salsdla, Sp.; Anserine, Fr.; Gause Fuss, Ger. 
Derivation. From the Greek words chén, a goose, and pous podos, foot ; many of the species having 
large angular leaves extremely like the webbed foot of a waterfowl. 
Description, §c. A genus of which there are only three ligneous species 
in British gardens: two of these formerly belonged to the genus Salsola, or 
saltwort; and, like the other plants of that genus, they contain a large pro- 
portion of soda, more especially in their native habitats, near the sea, The 
plants are of the easiest culture in any dry soil; and they are readily pro- 
pagated by cuttings. 
# 1. C. rRuTICO’suM Schrad. The shrubby Goosefoot, or Stonecrop Tee. 
Identification. Schrader, according to G. Don in Hort. Brit. 
Synonymes. Salsdla fruticdsa Lin. Sp. Pl., 824., Willd. Sp. Pl., 1. p.1316., Eng. Bot., t. 635., Fi. 
Grec., t.255., Eng. Flora, 2. p.18., N. Du Ham., 6. p. 263, ; the shrubby Glasswort; Soude en 
Arbre, Fr. ; strauchartiges Salzkraut, Ger. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t.635.; Flor. Grec., t. 255.; N. Du Ham., 6. t.79.; and our figs. 1156, 1157. 
Spec. Char., §c. Shrubby, upright, evergreen. Leaves semicylindrical, blunt- 
ish, imbricate. (Smith Eng. Fl., and Willd. Sp. Pl.) This species is a low 
shrub, seldom exceeding 3 ft. or 4ft. in height, with numerous cylindrical 
upright branches; and sessile, linear, fleshy, and alternate leaves, which are 
