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pistillate, the two lateral flowers staminate only ; calyx 

 much compressed, membranous, terminated by two, three 

 or four very short unequal lobes ; stamen one ; seed placed 

 vertically. Figure 38. S. robusta. 



Spikes short, with blunt bracts. 



Tall ; rudimentary leaves hardly prominent ; flowers three 

 together, all staminate and pistillate ; calyx terminated 

 by three or four unequal lobes ; stamens two ; seed placed 

 vertically. S. arbuscula. 



ATRXPLEX. 



840. Fruit-calyx (or bracteal involucre) closed only near 



the base 841 



Fruit-calyx closed to near the middle or still further 

 upwards ... ... ... ... 846 



841. Fruit-calyx of almost spongy texture. 



Quite shrubby ; leaves from elliptical and lanceolar to 

 orbicular- oval, mostly entire ; staminate and pistillate 

 flowers on the same plant ; the clusters of the staminate 

 flowers in terminal spikes, of the pistillate flowers solitary 

 and axillary ; segments of the fruit-calyx roundish, mem- 

 branous, with an inflated dorsal appendage. 



A. vesicarium. 



Fruit-calyx of almost foliaceous texture ... ... 842 



842. Staminate and pistillate flowers on the same plant. 



Somewhat shrubby ; leaves from rhomboid to oval and 

 orbicular, often sinuous and somewhat denticulated ; 

 flowers mostly in axillary clusters ; fruit-calyx with a 

 stalk-like base, the segments dilated and denticulated. 



A. angulatum. 



Staminate and pistillate flowers on separate plants ... 843 



843. Leaves from orbicular- to ovate-rhombeous. 



Quite shrubby, tall ; clusters of the staminate flowers in 

 paniculate spikes, of the pistillate flowers often solitary 

 and axillary ; fruit-calyx somewhat turgid, its segments 

 from deltoid- to ovate-orbicular. A. mimmularium. 



Leaves from lanceolar to elliptical or obovate ... 844 



