686 CffENOPODlACRa;. (GOOSEPOOT FAMILY.) 



leaves, enclosing globular, sterile luds. Spikes oblong to cylindrical, 

 sessile, lateral aq.d terminal; lamina of bracts semicircular ; stamen 1— 

 Summer — Coast of Sinaitic Peninsula. 



12. ARTHROCiVEIWEU]*!, Moq. Arthrocnemum. TJshndn. 



Stems and branches jointed. Leaves opposite, connate, with 

 rudimentary lamina. Bracts opposite, connate, persistent. Flowers 

 spiked, ternate, not at all or barely connate, slightly adherent to the 

 floral cup. Perigonium trifid at tip, obtusely pyramidal. Seed albu- 

 minous, embryo rod -shaped, with inferior radicle — Shrubs. 



A. glaucum, Del. 5 ^^^i^idn. Khureiseh. Khimdm. Khindn. 

 .3 to .5; branches erect, or procumbent, rooting at base; flowering twigs 

 erect. Spikes thick, cylindrical, obtuse; bracts entire, covering the 

 flowers, which are at length partly but not wholly exserted; stamens 

 2 ; pericarp membranous ; testa black, glossy, beset with short, conical 

 papillre — Summer and autumn — Salt marshes ; Tor. 



• 13. SALICORl^IA, L. Glasswort. Samphire. 



Stems and branches jointed. Leaves opposite, connate in pairs, 

 with rudimentary lamina. Bracts opposite, connate, persistent. 

 Flowers ternate, spiked, connate, immersed in the floral cup, and 

 adnate to its walls, the cup after the falling of the fruit divided by 

 septa into 3 cells. Perigonium plano-convex at tip, 3-4-denticulate at 

 middle. Seed destitute of albumen, embryo conduplicate, cotyledons 

 neai* the inferior radicle — Shrubs or herbs. 



1. S. fruticosa, L. i^ Khureiseh. Uatahlladdddeli. Abu Sdq. 

 Bu-Sdq. Bawwdl. Ghassul. Hamd. .3 to .4; stems and firsthranches 

 often rooting beloic, decussate-branched. Spikes cylindrical or cylin- 

 drical-club-shaped, obtuse ; cells of floral cup 3, side by side; tip of 

 perigonium of middle flower pentagonal or trapezoidal — Spring — Salt 

 marshes ; coast and around Dead Sea. 



2. S. licrbacea, L. © Qali. .1 to .3, erect or procumbent, 7iot 

 rooting, decussate-branched. Spikes cylindrical, tapering at tip; cells 

 of floral cup arranged triangularly; tip of perigonium of middle flower 

 obovate-rhombic — Spring and summer — Salt marshes; coast and 

 interior. 



14. SUi^BA, FoRSK. Sea Blite. 



Flowers perfect or polygamous, solitary or clustered in the axils of 

 the scale-like bracteoles. Perigonium 5-parted or -cleft, free from ovary, 

 the lobes unchanged in fruit, or becoming fleshy, or spongy-inflated. 

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

 in the perigonium, but free from it. Seeds horizontal or vertical, 

 albumen little or — Herbs and shrubs growing in salt marshes and 

 sandy places. 



* Shrubby 2^€rennials. 

 t Flower clusters adnate to 2yetiole, above axil. 



1. ^. Aspbaltica, Boiss. 5 1 or more ; ])ranches white woody, 

 slender. Leaves beset loithichitish scales, filiform, .01 to .02 long, .001 to 

 .0015 broad, somewhat petioled, the floral smaller. Clusters sessile, 

 1-3-flowered, forming long, loose, leafy spikes; flowers perfect; peri- 

 gonium minute, lobes ovate, membranous-margined; seed horizontal^ 



