CHENOPODIACB^. (aOOSEFOOT FAMILY.) 691 



wings orbicular, narrowed at base — •Autumn — Ras Hisli (Dead Sea) 

 and Jebel Usdum, and southward to Egypt ; Palmyreue Desert ? 



1 1 J^ranches and leaves alternate. 



6. S. laiicifolia, Boiss. ^ .o to .5, glabrous, glaucous; stems 

 wand-like, angled, paniculate-branched. Leaves more or less decurrent, 

 linear-lanceolate, Jlat, the floral linear, longer than the triangular, 

 acute bracts. Flowers loosely spiked along branches; lobes of fruiting 

 perigoniuni triangular, membranous, acute, connivent ; wings inserted 

 at middle of perigonium, orbicular, creimlate, forming a fruit. 01 to .018 

 in diameter — July — Deir 'Atiyeh to Qaryetein (Syrian Desert) ; 

 Dead Sea. 



7. S. glaiica, M. B. ^ .Z to A, glabrous, glaucous; lower 

 branches ascending or procumbent, flowering branches erect, terete, 

 simple or panicled above. Leaves linear, .015 to .03 long, teretisJi, 

 fleshy, not decurrent, floral linear, short, longer than ovate, sJioj't-caudate, 

 keeled bracteoles. Flowers solitary, in long, loose spikes; lobes of 

 fruiting perigonium triangular-lanceolate, rather obtuse, connivent; 

 wings arising below middle of perigonium, orbicular-obovate, eroded- 

 crenate; fruit .013 broad — Summer — Palmyrene Desert. 



S. S. rigida, Pall. 5 I^^^ureit. .^ to .^,mllous with denticulate, 

 yellow hairs; the old branches prostrate or ascending, the more recent 

 slender, stiff, simple or paniculate-branched. Leaves alternate, j^/i/(??"m, 

 .01 long, obtuse, spreading or recurved; axils bearing tufts of small 

 leaves ; floral leaves short, as long as or longer than flowers. Flowers 

 solitary in loose or dense spikes; bracteoles ovate, keeled, often with 

 herbaceous cusps ; lobes of perigonium villous, triangular-ovate, erect ; 

 wings arising about middle, kidney-shaped, imbricated — Summer — 



Var. teiiiiifolia, Boiss. Leaves filiform-setaceous — Rocky 

 places and sterile plains and deserts of interior; Dead Sea. 



9. S. caiiescens, Moq. 5 -^ to.Z, canescentioith api^ressed hairs 

 of glalrescent ; trunk tortuous; some of the newer branches short, 

 sterile, densely leafy, others more or less elongated, slender, simple, 

 ending in long, loose spikes. Leaves linear, .01 to .03 long, flat or 

 obsoletely triquetrous, acutish or obtuse, erect; floral leaves shorter, 

 longer than somewhat coriaceous, ovate, abruptly caudate bracts. 

 Flowers rather large, scattered; lobes of perigonium hairy, mem- 

 branous, rigid, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, longer than bracteoles ; wings 

 arising near middle of perigonium, transversely oblong, medium sized 

 — Summer — Makmel (Lebanon), 1800 m. 



20. IVOEA, Moq. Noea. 



Flowers perfect, solitary, bibracteate. Lobes of perigonium 5, 

 short-connate at base, all winged in fruit. Staminodes 0. Stamens 5, 

 inserted on a fleshy, lobed disk. Anthers appendaged, lanceolate. 

 Style elongated, stigmas lanceolate. Utricle membranous. Tip of 

 radicle superior — (Ours) shrubs, stem not jointed, leaves alternate. 



1. N. spinosissima, L. 5 ShanJc-el-Manash. ^Athirr. Thirr, 

 Birr. .3 to .5, glabrous, intricately branched from base; branches 

 rigid, flexuous, ttcigs spreading, learing jfowers Jroni Mse to middle, 

 spiny at tip. Leaves alternate, semi-terete, filiform, mucronulate, the 

 upper shorter. Floral leaves and bracteoles ovate at base, triquetrous- 



