C. CHENOPODIEiE. 313 



3. ATRIPLEX, ajcrtn. 



Flowers monoecious or diojcious. — Males ebracteate. Calyx 

 3-5-parted, not appendicled. Stamens 3-5, hypogynous ; an- 

 thers subrotund. Pistil rudimentary. — Female usually 2- 

 bracteate, the bracts in fruit dilated, erect, appressed, distinct 

 or united at base. Calyx 0. Staminodia and nectary 0. 

 Styles 2, filiform, united at base. Fruit compressed, enclosed 

 in the bracts ; pericarp very thin, separate from the seed. 

 Seed vertical, lenticular ; embryo annular, peripheric. — DC. 

 Prod. ^\\\.pt. 2. p. 90. 



Herbs or shrubs of salt ground and waste places, throughout the tcinpe- 

 rato zones, often scui'f}' or mealy. Leaves alternate, petioled, mostly 

 hastate or triangular, toothed or entire. Flowers crowded in glomcruled 

 spikes. — Several sj^ecies. 



4. OBIONE, OcTrtn. 



Flowers monoecious or dioecious. — Males ebracteate. Calyx 

 4-5-parted, not appendicled. Stamens 4-5, hypogynous ; an- 

 thers ovate. — Female 2-bracteate ; bracts more or less united, 

 at length inflated, hardened or corky, connivent. Calyx 0. 

 Styles 2, setaceo-filiform, united below. Fruit compressed, 

 enclosed in the capsule- like bracts ; pericarp very thin, mem- 

 branous. Seed vertical, ovate, beaked; embryo annular. — 

 DC. Prod. xiii. pt. 2. p. 106. 



Herbs or shrubs, mostly scaly, scurfy or mealy, of a pale or whitish 

 coloiu'. Leaves alternate or opposite, ovate or rhomboid, entire or den- 

 ticled. Flowers crowded in glomerules. Chiefly known from Atrlplex 

 by its inflated bracts, and by habit. — O. portiilacoides, a widely- dispersed 

 species, occurs at the Cape. 



5. KOCHIA,Moq. 



Flowers bisexual or abortively female, ebracteate. Calyx 

 urceolate, 5-fid, the lobes at length expanding dorsally in 

 membranous, transverse wings. Stamens 5, mostly exserted, 

 in the base of the calyx ; anthers ovate. Ovary depressed- 

 globose ; styles 2, elongate-filiform, divaricate. Fruit de- 

 pressed, enclosed in the ray-winged calyx ; pericarp membra- 

 nous. Seed horizontal ; embrvo annular. — DC. Prod. xiii. pt. 2. 

 p. 180. 



Villous or pubescent herbs or halfshrubs. Stems slender. Leaves alter- 

 nate, sessile, terete or flat. Flowers axillary, solitary or few together, tlie 

 female winged, the bisexual imperfectly so. — 2 Cape species. 



G. ECHINOPSILON, Moq. 



Flowers bisexual or abortively female, ebracteate. Calyx 

 urceolate, 5-fid, the lobes at length bearing dorsally 5 spine-like, 

 spreading appendices (or sometimes minute tubercles). Sta- 



