CHENOPODIACE.E. (GOOSEFOOT FAMILY.) 685 



of fruiting perigonium subulate, sj^reading, not dilated at base, truncate 

 at tip, as long as disk or longer — Autumn — Sandy t^nd clayey places • 

 Damascus. ' 



3. K. muricata, L. © Layyah. .3 to .5, densely villous^ usually 

 many-stemmed from neck ; stems erect or ascending, panicled. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, .005 to .015 long, somewhat fleshy, flat. Flowers 1-3 

 in a cluster, sessile, subtended by deciduous, oblong leaves as long 

 as clusters or longer ; spikes loose ; spines of fruiting perigonium needle- 

 shaped, yellow, spreading, straight, twice to thrice as long as dish — 

 Spring — Sands and fields in and near deserts of Sinai, and westward 

 to Egypt. 



4, K.^ latifolia, Fres, ,2 to .3, branching from neck; 

 branches hxittlQ, fleecy. Leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, .01 long, sparing- 

 ly hirsute, the floral ollong -linear to elliptical. Flower-clusters cZe?is% 

 spilced, almost hidden hy dense, long fleece ; spines of fruiting perigonium 

 subulate, as long as dislc, with incurved tip — April to June — Kocky 

 and sandy places; Sinai; Deserts around Dead Sea; Syrian Desert. 



Vor. incrm!§, Boiss. Some of the upper flowers perfect with 

 a vertical seed, others perfect or pistillate, sterile, or with a horizontal 

 seed. Fruiting perigonium not appendaged— Sinai. 



10. HAL.OPEP1.IS, Bunge. Halopeplis. 'AdH. 



Branches necklace-shaped or nodular. Leaves few, free, the adnate 

 base of the upper leaves clasping. Bracts spirally arranged. Flowers 

 three together, more or less connate, spiked, adnate to the walls of 

 the floral cup. Tip of perigonium tridenticulate, small, rather convex, 

 not winged. Albumen central, abundant, embryo hooked, radicle 

 ascending — Shrubs or (ours) annual herbs. 



Fig. 315. 



M. amplcxicaulis, Vahl. © ^Adu. .1 to 

 .3, glaucous; stem at length often indurated 

 below, branching from base ; branches horizontal 

 and ascending, nodular. Leaves minute, alter- 

 nate, half -globular, clasping, obtuse, with rudi- 

 mentary lamina. Spikes sessile, alternate, ob- 

 long, .005 to .015 long, racemed; flowers con- 

 nate to tip ; stamen 1^ — May to August — Coast 

 near Gaza, and southward to Egypt. TerminaLpikes of 



Halopeplis am- 

 plexicaulis. 



11. HAI.OC]^EMUM, M. B. Halocnemum. Sdbteli. 



Stems jointed. Leaves minute, opposite, connate, with a rudimen- 

 tary lamina. Bracts op]30site, free, at length deciduous. Flowers 

 three together, connate, spiked. Perigonium three-leaved, club-shaped, 

 the leaves free, arched-inflexed at tip. Seed albuminous, embryo in- 

 curved, radicle ascending — Shrubs. 



H. strobilaceuiti, Pall. ^ SaUeh. . 3 or more, much branched ; 

 branches and branchlets ascending, with short, thick, club-shaped or 

 cylindrical joints, the top of each of which ends in an obtuse cupule of 



