1'288 AUUOllLTUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



(hiKNOi'o^niLM L. Flowers bisexual. Calyx inferior, with 5 sepals, perma- 

 nent. Stiunens 5, li} [)Oj:ynous ; op|)osite to, ami of about the length of, 

 the sepals. Anthers with rouml lobes. Ovary orbicular, depressed. Ovule, 

 according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Stales 2, short. 

 Stigmas obtuse. l-'ruit a utricle, invested by the calyx. Seed lens-shaped. 

 Leaves alternate, generally lohcd, bearing a friable, unctuous scurf. Flow- 

 ers numerous, small, green, in groups that are disposed in leafy spikes or 

 naked panicles; or the flowers soUtary, or 2 — 3 together, in the axils of leaves. 

 {^Siit'illi K)t§^. Fl. ; Ijimllci/ Xdt. Sijst. uf Hut.; and observation.) 



/I'tuii'LEX L. Flowers some bisexual, some female; those of both kinds 

 upon one plant. — Bisexual flower. Calyx ini'erior, w ith 5 se[)als, perma- 

 nent. Stamens o, hy|)Ogynous; opposite to, and about as long as, the 

 sepals. Anthers with round lobes. Pistil and fruit nuich as in the female 

 flower ; but, in Ikitain, in the native species, seeds are scarcely produced 

 from the bisexual Mowers. — Female flower. Calyx inferior, deeply divided 

 into two large, flat, ecjual, or nearly equal, lobes, and so compressecl that the 

 lobes have their inner faces approximate ; [)ermanent. Ovary compressed. 

 Ovule, according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Fruit a 

 utricle, invested by the calyx, which is now enlarged. 8eed compressed, 

 orbicular. — Leaves alternate or opposite, undivided or jagged, bearing a 

 meal-like scurf. Flowers numerous, small, greenish, in groups that are 

 axillary or dis{)oscd in spikes. (Smith. Eiig. Fl. ; Lindlci/ Nat. Syst. of But. ; 

 and observation.) 



Dio'tis Schrcb. F'lowers unisexual, those of both sexes upon one plant. 

 — Male flower. Calyx inferior, w ith 1 sepals, j)ermanent. Stamens 4, in- 

 serted at the bottom of the calyx; opposite to, and prominent beyond, the 

 sepals. — F'emale 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. 

 {Enci/cl. of Plants ; NutlaUGcn.; Lindlci/ Nat. Syst.if Bot.; and obi,i:r\Ai\on.) 



Genus I. 



P I I 



CHENOPO^DIUM L. The Goosefoot. Lin. Sj/xt. Pentiindria Digynia. 



hlrntification. I.in. Gcii., 121., but with some modification since. 

 Si/noni/vics. Sjilbbla, S}>. ; Anserine, /•>. ; G.iusc Fuss, O'it. 



Derivation. From the (ircek words chcn, .t goose, and /loi/i ;)f)rf(/.«, foot ; many of the ei>ccles liaving 

 large angular leaves extremely like the webbed foot of a waterfowl. 



Datcrtpium, Sfc. A genus of which there are only three ligneous s|}ecies 

 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- 

 |)agated by cuttings. 



• 1. C FRUTK O^SUM Schrod. The shrubby Goosefoot, or Sluncciop Tree. 



IdriUiJicalion. Schrader, according to G. Uon in Hort. ISrit. 



Syminymcs. Salsbia fruticbsa Lin. Sp. l'l..3iH., Uil/d. Sp. PI., 1. p. 131f> , Enf;. Sot., t 635., Fl. 



(liiTc., t25."i., iViff. Flora, 'i. p. 18., A', hu yam.,6. p.UdS. ; the shrubby Glasswort; Soudc en 



.Arbre, /•>. ; straucnarliges Salzkr.iut, Gcr. 

 F.untaviniis. Eng. Hot., t()3il. ; Flor. Gra-c, t 255. ; N. Du Ham., 6. t.79. ; and ourySg*. 1I5(),11.")7. 



S/icc. Char., S(c. Shrubby, upright, evergreen. Leaves seniicylindrical, blnnt- 

 ish, imbricate. (Smith Enti. Fl., and U'illd. Sp. PI.) This species is a low 

 shrub, seldom exceeding oft. or -i ft. in height, with nimierous cylindrical 

 upright branches ; and sessile, liiicar, fleshy, and alternate leaves, which are 



