680 CHENOPODIACE^. (GOOSEFOOT FAMILY.) 



Var. typica, Boiss. Stem 1, erect. Stigmas ovate. 



Var. inaritima, Boiss. Stems numerous, procumbent. Stigmas 

 ovate-lanceolate. 



2. B. lomatogoua, F. et M. 21 .3 to .5, stems erect, ending 

 in broad, leafless panicles. Root-leaves long-petioled, ovate, often 

 coFdate, obtuse ; uj^pe?' cattUne oblong -lanceolate to linear, acute. Flowers 

 solitary, sessile, yellovmli, forming long, loose, slender spikes ; calj^x- 

 lobes oblong, obtuse, concave, ■ickite-marginedi, at length connivent. 

 tube in fruit ^-rilhed ; Stigmas 3, linear — Fields near Aintab, and 

 northward. 



3. B5.ITUM, L. Blite. 



Flowers perfect, bractless. Calyx 3-5-cleft or -parted, with unappen- 

 daged back. Stamens 1-5, inserted at base of calyx. Stigmas 2. Utricle 

 free, depressed-globular, with membranous pericarp. Seeds vertical — 

 HerlDs with aspect of Chenopodium. 



B. virsatum, L. © 2J! .3 to .4, glabrous; stem branching 

 from base, branches ascending. Leaves green, petioled, ollong-trian- 

 gular, .01 to .05 long, often Jiastate at base, acuminate, acutely and 

 sparingly incised-dentate. Clusters globular, sessile in all the axils, 

 forming a long, leaf}', interrupted spike, the clusters .003 to .004 broad 

 in fruit, crimson, lerry-lil'e, perigonium not closed — Summer — Sub- 

 alpine and alpine regions of Lebanon, Antilebanon, Akher Dagh, and 

 northward. 



4. SPIXACIA, L. Spinach. SkhiaJch. 



Flowers dioecious, bractless. Staminate. Perigonium 4-5-partedj 

 herbaceous, lobes not appendaged. Stamens 4-5, inserted at bottom 

 of perigonium, filaments capillary. Pistillate. Perigonium nearly glob^i- 

 lar, 2-3-dentate at tiji, including the ovary, in fruit coriaceous, some- 

 times unarmed, unappendaged, at others furnished with 2-3 prickles, 

 springing from the tube, and growing. Stigmas 4, long, filiform, 

 connate at base. Nutlet adherent to perigonium, compressed. Seed 

 vertical, with thin testa. Embryo peripheral, surrounding the fari- 

 naceous albumen — Annual herbs, wdth the staminate flowers in termin- 

 al , leafless spikes, the pistillate clustered in the axils. 



S. tetranclra, Stev. .3 to .5, glabrous, branching from 

 neck into erect or ascending stems. Root- and lower stem-leaves of 

 staminate plant oblong to oblanceolate in outline, pinnatisect into 

 oblong to linear-lanceolate lobes, upper stem-leaves linear-lanceolate to 

 linear, dentate to entire. Root- and lower stem-leaves of pistillate 

 plant oblong, piunatilobed into triangular, obtuse or acTitish lobes, 

 upper stem-leaves oNong to oUong-omte, half-clasping at base, obtuse- 

 ly lobed to entire. Staminate spikes interrupted, leafless, simple, or 

 thyrsoid-panicled; pistillate spikes simple, leafy, floral leaves much 

 longer than flowers ; lobes of fruiting perigonium connate, with two, 

 broad, triangular, horizontal, spiny "horns — Spring — Salt marshes; 

 Palmyreue Desert. 



5. ATRIPI.EX, Tourn. Orache. 



Flowers monoecious or somewhat dioecious, rarely perfect. Stam- 

 inate or perfect perigonium 5-parted, pistillate 0, rei)laced by 2, free or- 



