Chenopodium.] CHENOPODIACEAE. 379 
Fruit consisting of a single seed in a very thin or sometimes succulent 
pericarp, and enclosed in the persistent calyx, which is sometimes L 
or altered in form. Seed usually orbicular and flattened. Embryo coiled 
round a mealy albumen, or spirally twisted with scarcely any albumen. 
— Herbs or rarely shrubs, often succulent. Leaves alternate or rarel 
opposite, sometimes none. Stipules wanting. Flowers in sessile tia 
either in axillary or terminal spikes or panicles, and often unisexual. 
Bracts inconspicuous, or in ew genera 2 lateral ones to es flower, 
adhering to the perianth an then often described as an outer two-lobed 
calyx. : 
A large cosmopolitan Order, most abundant in maritime or saline stations. 
Stems erect or paren 5 Weaneaer inconspicuous; embryo 
sega naman mealy album ; ? ; : ; ‘ : 1. Chenopodium. 
Stoina tw ing; t lenclosing the calyx ; embry 
rere waeious albumen : x ie phe : ; y eae 2. Basella. 
1. CHENOPODIUM, L. 
Perianth of generally 5 equal concave segments which enclose the ripe 
fruit without appendages or alteration, except a slight enlargement or 
thickening. Stamens generally 5, inserted at the base of the perianth. 
vary globose, dep Styles 2 or 3, often connected at the base 
Seed crustaceous, usually horizontal. Embryo curved or coiled round a 
aly albumen. — Herbs, rarely shrubs, anes , mealy or glandular- 
pubescent. Leaves alternate. Flowers minute, biintless: glomerate in 
paniculate spikes. 
About 60 species, distributed over the whole world. 
Leaves mealy 
aie deltoid; seeds obtusely edged, di ; J i ie. oe a 
Leaves ovate to 4; ceolate; seeds sharp- ok shining e 2.0.4 
Leayes bright green 
pend rhomboidal l, irregularly Nasnend sa laciniate . 3. C. 
Leaves larger, subcordate with pe ag lobes 4. €. haa eel m. 
g isectige glandular-pubescent, aromati 5. C. ambrosioides. 
1. C. Sandwicheum, Mog. in DC. Prod. XII, Sect. I, p. 67. — Shrubb 
erect, the young branches striate; the whole plant generally whitish with 
amealy pubescence, but sometimes nearly glaucous. Leaves rather fleshy, 
thomboidal or almost triangular, somewhat 3-lo and sinuate- dentate 
with the apex and angles obtuse, the base truncate or cuneate, 8—20' 
ong and nearly as broad below, on petioles of 6—10“. Flowers glomerate 
along the patent branches of a terminal, almost leafless panicle of 6—8' 
in length, quite mealy. Perianth 1/2“, with rather acutely ovate lobes which 
oe area over the fruit and not keeled. Pistil exserted, Utricle glandular, 
ressed. Seed obtusely margined, rugose, not shining. — Wawra, in 
Tons 1875, p. 189. — Mann, Enum. no. 411. 
