OKENOPODIACE^. (GOOSEFOOT FAMILY.) 683 



long, ovate -rhombic, somewliat 3-lobed, the terminal lobe much longer, 

 ovate, the dorsum crested-tubercled — Spring — 'Aqabah. 



12. A. Icucoclacluin, Boiss. 5 Shajaret-cl-Bayyadin. Rudhl. 

 Roghr. lluglil. Burghid. .3 to 1, silvery -white ; stems numerous, as- 

 cending, white, diffusely branched. Leaves short-cuneate to truncate 

 at base, deltoid-ovate to oblong, .01 to .03 long, obtuse, entire or sinuate- 

 dentate, the lower short-petioled, the rest sessile, the uppermost minute. 

 Flower-clusters in loose, simple or panicled, short, almost leafless 

 spikes; fruiting bracts .005 long and broad, united to middle, round, 

 cuneate at base, 3-lobed, with unarmed disk ; lobes rounded, obtuse, 

 the intermediate somewhat larger — Spring and summer — Sinaitic 

 desert and et-Tih to Dead Sea, Jordan Valley, Judean Desert, Damas- 

 cus, and Syrian Desert. 



13. A. Halimus, L. 5 '3 to 1, silvery white ; stems woody, 

 with spreading branches. Leaves short-petioled, cuneate at base, ovate, 

 obtuse, entire or obsoletely repand at base, .01 to .02 long. Flower 

 clusters densely-spiked, spikes somewhat interrupted, forming a long, 

 thyrsoid-2^yramidal, leafless panicle ; fruiting bracts sessile, cordate or 

 short-cuneate and scarcely united at base, reniform, broader than long, 

 Qnargin entire or obsoletely denticulate, disk unarmed, reticulate — 

 Summer — Coast; around Dead Sea; near Riblah (Coelesyria). 



14. A. farinosum, Forsk. 5 i^u'^'^ay^ ''Asfay. .5 to .8 or more, 

 mealy -canescent ; branches ascending, thick, densely leafy. Leaves 

 short-petioled elliptical, .03 to .04 long, .02 to .025 broad, obtuse or 

 retuse, cordate with a narroio sinus and small, obtuse auricles at base, 

 entire. Flower-clusters densely spiked, arranged in a terminal, almost 

 leafless, muck branched panicle, .06 to .15 long; fruiting bracts .005 to 

 .007 long, oblong spathidate, entire, spongy, connate to their middle, round- 

 ed at tip, with an inflated, unarmed disk — Summer — Jebel Naqiis 

 (Sinai), 



Flowers hermaphrodite or by abortion polygamous, bractless. 

 Perigonium short-tubular, compressed, 4-toothed, unchanged in fruit, 

 the teeth erect, the outer two herbaceous, keeled, the inner two some- 

 what smaller, membranous, flat. Stamens 4, rarely 1, inserted at base 

 of perigonium, anthers exserted. Style filiform, stigmas filiform, 2-3. 

 Utricle compressed, included in perigonium, with membranous pericarp. 

 Seed vertical, with membranous testa, Embryo ring-shaped, enclosing 

 the small albumen — (Ours) shrubs, with axillary, sessile flowers. 



€. Moiispcliacuni, L. 5 -^ ^^ ••^5 branching from base, pu- 

 bescent or hirsute-canescent ; some of the branches sterile, beset with 

 clustered leaves, others elongated, prostrate or ascending-erect, simple 

 or panicled. Leaves stiff, linear-subulate, straight or recurved. Flowers 

 by abortion polygamous, spiked in dense clusters, the sterile clusters 

 ovate, cacli flower subtended by a linear-lanceolate leaf a little longer 

 than itself; teeth of perigonium acute, unequal — Late summer and 

 autumn — Salt marshes of coast (Tristram). Others have not reported it. 



7. PAXDERIA, Fisch, et Mey. Panderia. 

 Flowers polygamous or perfect, bractless. Perigonium urn-shaped, 

 equally 5-toothed, the teeth connivent in fruit, closing the throat, 



