Salsola.] cvii. chenopodiace^ (baker and wright). 89 



Style short, thick ; stigmas long, subulate, acute. Wings of fruiting 

 perianth inserted above the middle of the segments, broadly obcuneate, 

 the 3 outer 1 lin. long, 2J lin. wide, the 2 inner narrower. — Moquin in 

 DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 180 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 956. S. cana, C. Koch 

 in Linnsea, xxii. 190. 



xrile Kand. Somaliland : Berbereh, Wykeham Perry ! Beheiidula, maritime 

 plain, 1000 ft., on bare limestone rocks, Thomson ! 



Also in Western Asia and South-eastern Europe. A very variable plant, 

 especially as to the indumentum. 



5. S. Zeyheri, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. Append, iii. 62. An 

 erect shrub. Stem much-branched, pubescent ; branches terete, not 

 articulate, pubescent, ashy grey. Leaves alternate, 2-3 lin. long, about 

 1 lin. wide, thick and fleshy, concave above, broadly keeled beneath, 

 tomentose. Flowers subsolitary ; bracts triangular-ovate or ovate- 

 orbicular, obtuse, thick, very concave, rather tomentose. Perianth- 

 segments lanceolate, rather obtuse, villous on the back. Filaments 

 dilated below ; anthers oblong-hastate, with a minute terminal yellow 

 appendage. Disk fleshy, with 5 entire very obtuse lobes. Style 

 elongate ; stigmas lanceolate-subulate, compressed. Wings of fruiting 

 perianth inserted near the base, membranous, unequal, l|-2^ lin. long, 

 3 obovate-reniform and 3-4 lin. wide, 2 lanceolate and J-1 lin. long. — 

 aS'. aphylla, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 900. Caroxylon Zeyheri^ 

 Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 176. 



£ower Guinea. Angola : Mossamedesl sides of sandliills at Cavalheiros, 

 Welwitsch, Q^20\ German South-west Africa : Damaraland ; sand dunes, Walfisch 

 Bay, Pearson, 538 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



6. S. aphylla, Linn. f. Suppl. 173. A much-branched shrub, 

 reaching a height of G ft. Branches slender, terete, not jointed, pallid, 

 pubescent. Leaves alternate, ovate, minute, amplexicaul, densely 

 pubescent. Flowers solitary ; bracts suborbicular, keeled, pubescent. 

 Perianth-segments ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, slightly pubescent. Fila- 

 ments dilated below ; anthers oblong, with a minute terminal appen- 

 dage. Disk fleshy, obtusely 5-lobed. Style elongate ; stigma subulate. 

 Wings of the fruiting perianth inserted below the middle of the 

 segments, obovate, membranous, yellowish or dull purple, the two 

 inner narrower than the others. — Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. 

 Append, iii. 61. Caroxylon Salsola, Thunb. Diss. Med. Afr. (1785), 8 ; 

 Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 176. 



Ziower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland; Potmine, 

 Giiric/i, 110; Sandfontein, Siapff',2; Aniboland ; Ombuja J'ooliama, JRauianen, 

 19 ; Great Namaqualand ; near llehoboth, Fleck, 366a. 



Also in South Africa. 



7. S. Forskalii, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Append, ii. 160. 

 A glabrous shrub. Branches erect, much divaricate, white, slender; 

 branchlets hard, very slender, patent, quite straight, white pubescent at 



