690 



CHENOPODIACE^. (GOOSEFOOT FAMILY.) 



semi-terete. Flowers solitary or 2-3 in a cluster, axillary, more or less 

 spiked; bracts ovate, spiny-tipped, somewhat longer than perigonium; 

 fruiting perigonium indurated, rounded at base; wings obovate to 

 reniform — October — Sands of coast, and salt marshes of interior. 



indurated, 2Japillose-07iealy ; stems prostrate or ascending, or branching 

 from neck. Leaves small, the lowermost soon deciduous, half-clasping, 

 short-linear, acutish, the ii2Jper and floral ovate-triquetrous, the latter 

 imbricated. Flowers small, solitary, loosely spiked along the branches; 

 bracteoles orbicular, mucronulate, about as long as floral leaf : divisions 

 of fruiting perigonium mealy, triangular, connivent into a disk; wings 

 inserted at their middle, obovate, sinuate at margin, 'produced to the 

 lase of the perigonium in an devaied nerve — Spring and summer — 

 Judean Desert ; Palmyrene Desert. 



3, S. Autraiii, Post. .3 to .5, soft-jnilescent icith intermixture 

 of flexuous villi; stem branching from base, branches effuse or py- 

 ramidal-paniculate. JjQd.YQ,^ remaining during inflorescence, sessile, some- 

 what expanded at base, linear, .01 to .005 long, obtuse, the floral oblong 

 to ovate. Flowers small, solitary, somewhat densely or loosely spiked 

 along the branches; bracteoles orbicular, imlerulent, green, about as 

 long as floral leaves ; lobes of flowering perigonium ovate, obtuse ; fruit- 

 ing perigonium *^ — July — (Mar Lian) Qarj^etein, and eastward in 

 desert to Es-Safah. 



^•- * Perennials. 

 \ Branches and leaves opposite. 



4, S. tetraiidra, Del. 5 



Thidayyith. ''Ardd. Jill. Zamrdn. 

 Bamrdn. More or less papillose- 

 pubescent and white ; branches tor- 

 tuous, the lower spreading. Leaves 

 minute, sccde-lile, fleshy, short-tri- 

 angular-ovate, obtuse, densely im- 

 bricated along the short, cathin-liTce, 

 tetragonal-cylindrical branches of 

 the inflorescence. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary, the catkins spiked ; bract- 

 eoles ovate, obtuse, concave, simi- 

 lar to leaves ; lobes of fruiting peri- 

 gonium lanceolate, connivent iu a 

 cone, silky at outer face; wrings 

 small, inserted below middle of 

 perigonium — Summer — Around 

 Dead Sea, and southward to Sinai 

 and Egypt. 



5, S. loiigifolia, Forsk. 5 .3 to .5, glabrous, sparingly mealy; 

 branches ascending or erect, short, stiff, with short twigs. Leaves 

 fleshy, linear, terete-triangular, obtuse, the floral oUong, hooded, obtuse, 

 longer than concave, orbicular bracteoles. Flowers opposite along the 

 twigs, forming long and loose or short and dense spikes; tube of fruit- 

 ing perigonium nearly globular, with elevated, longitudinal ntrves, 

 and somewhat pentagonal, basilar areola; lobes short-ovate, obtuse, 



Fig. 317. 



(a) Two spikes of Salsola tetrandra. 



(&) A single flower magnified 6 



diameters. 



