688 CHENOPODtACEiE. (GOOSEFOOt FAMILY.) 



changed. Stamens 5, inserted on the perigonium. Stigmas 2-3. Utricle 

 membranous, adnate to perigonium. Seed vertical, crustaceous. 

 exalbuminous, beaked at base — Herbs or shrubs with aspect of 

 Suaeda. 



S. baccata, Forsk. © Mulleih. Tartir. Tahamah. .2 to .3, 

 glabrous, glaucous, more or less mealy, branching from neck, densely 

 leafy ; the lateral branches spreading, the central often erect. Leaves 

 fleshy, semi-terete, linear-cylindrical, .015 to .02 long, .001 broad, 

 spreading, the floral much longer than flowers. Flowers perfect, 

 clustered, forming long, leafy spikes, loose below, denser above; fruit- 

 ing perigonium top-shaped, as large as a hemp seed, the lobes ovate, 

 gibbous-inflated, spongy; seed beaked, smooth — Spring — Merj 

 Damascus ; Sinai to Egypt. 



16. TRAGAIVlJMt, Del. Traganum. 



Flowers perfect, bibracteate, axillary. Perigonium 5-fid, in fruit 

 thickened below, nut-like, furnished in front and behind with a horn- 

 like, conical, obtuse, hard protuberance, the lobes membranous, wino- 

 less. Disk small. Staminodes 0. Stamens 5, with broad, exserted 

 filaments. Anthers sagittate, acute. Style bifid, stigmas filiform. 

 Utricle somewhat depressed, included in the woody perigonium, peri- 

 carp membranous. Seed horizontal — A much branched shrub, with 

 branches not jointed. 



T. nudatuiu, Del. ^Fe- 

 res. Eamd. TMrr. Zamrdn. .2 Fig. 316. 

 to .5, divaricate-branched; the 

 branchlets slender, intricate, 

 white, glabrous or scabridulous. 

 Leaves alternate, .004 to .005 

 long, distant, fleshy,triquetrous, 

 oblong, mucronate, somewhat 

 recurved, keeled. Axils fleecy ; 



flowers 1-3 in a cluster; brae- Piece offlowering stem of Traganum nudatum. 

 teoles ovate-triquetrous, a little 

 shorter than the floral leaf; calyx -lobes membranous, oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, erect — May — Northern borders of et-Tih to Sinai 

 and Egypt. 



17. 8EIDL1TZIA, Bunge. SeIdlitzia. 



Flowers perfect, bibracteate, axillary, opposite, solitary or 2-3 in 

 a cluster, the lateral often withering. Staminodes 5, semi-orbicular, 

 glandular-ciliate, united into a staminate disk ; filaments 5, exserted, 

 anthers muticous. Leaves of perigonium 5, united at base, elliptical, 

 obtuse or bilobed, in fruit parchment-like, furnished toward middle 

 with broad, membranous, transverse wings, the posterior wing spoon- 

 shaped, bent forward, covering the fruit, the others spreading. Style 

 minute, with two stigmas at tip. Utricle depressed. Seed horizontal — 

 Annual herbs or shrubs, with jointed stem and branched, and opposite 

 leaves. 



