G80 CHEN0P0DIACE2E. (GOOSEFOOT FAMILY.) 



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



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

 ovate-lanceolate. 



2. B. loitiatogfoiia, F. et M. 71 .3 to .5, stems erect, ending 

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

 cordate, obtuse ; upj^er cauline oblong -lanceolate to linear^ acute. Flowers 

 solitary J sessile, yelloiDish, forming long, loose, slender spikes ; calyx- 

 lobes oblong, obtuse, concave, tcMte-margined, at length connivent, 

 tnhe in fruit ^-ribbed ; Stigmas 3, linear — Fields near Aintab, and 

 northward. 



3. BI.ITUM, L. Elite. 



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

 dagcd back. Stamens 1-5, inserted at base of calyx. Stigmas 3. Utricle 

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

 Herbs with aspect of Chenopodium. 



B. virgatum, L. If .2 to .4, glabrous; stem branching 

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

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

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

 forming a long, leafy, interrupted spike, the clusters .003 to .004 broad 

 in fruit, crimson^ herry-liJce, perigonium not closed — Summer — Sub- 

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

 northward. 



4. SPIIV'ACIA, L. Spinach, SUnalh. 



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

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

 of perigonium, filaments capillary. Pistillate. Perigonium nearly globu- 

 lar, 2-3-dentate at tip, 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, with the staminate flowers in termin- 

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



S. tctraiKlra, Stev. © .3 to .5, glabrous, branching from 

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

 Btaminate plant oblong to oblanceolate in outline, joinnatisect into 

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

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

 plant oblong, pinnatilobed into triangular, obtuse or acutish lobes, 

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

 ly lobed to entire. Staminate spikes interruj^ted, 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; 

 Palmyrene Desert. 



5. ATRIPL.EX, Tourn. Orache. 



Flowers monoecious or somewhat dioecious, rarely perfect. Stam- 

 inate or perfect perigonium 5 -parted, pistillate 0, replaced by 2, free or 



