FLOEA OF BEITISH INDIA. 



ORDER CXVII. CHENOPODIACE J, 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate. Flowers 1-2- 

 sexual, small, usually regular, often dimorphic; bracts 1-3, or 0. Calyx 

 inferior, of 3-5 free or connate sepals, imbricate in bud. Petals 0. Stamens 

 usually 5, opposite the sepals, perigynous or hypogynous ; anthers 2-celled. 

 Ovary ovoid, globose or depressed, 1-celled; stigma 2-4; ovule solitary, 

 basal or lateral, campylotropous. Fruit usually a utricle enclosed in the 

 often enlarged fleshy calyx. Seeds horizontal or vertical, testa crusta- 

 ceous, coriaceous or membranous ; albumen floury fleshy or ; embryo 

 curved, annular or spiral. Genera 80 ; species about 520, natives of all 

 climates. 



Three genera of the Tribe CampJiorosmece are so characteristic of Affghan or 

 Soongarian vegetation, that they may be expected to occur within the Indian 

 frontier; they are Camphoroswa, with an unequally 3-5-toothed compressed not 

 tubercled perianth; Panderia, with an equally 5-lobed tubercled perianth; and 

 Kirilovia with an equally 5-toothed smooth perianth. 



Suborder I. CHENOPODIE^. Stem not twining. Bracteoles free from 

 the perianth. Anthers erect or incurved in bud. 



Series 1. CYCLOLOBE.E. Embryo annular or horseshoe-like; albumen 

 copious (0 in Salicornia}. 



Tribe I. Euchenopodieao. Stem not jointed. Flowers clustered, all 

 similar. Leaves flat. Stamens perigynous. Embryo usually annular. 



Utricle circumciss 1. ACROGLOCHIN. 



Utricle indehiscent. Perianth 5 -partite 2. CHENOPODIUM. 



Utricle indehiscent. Perianth 5-lobed, base thickered . . 3. BETA. 



Tribe 2. Atripliceee. Stem not jointed. Flowers dimorphic ; $ 

 ebracteolate, 3-5-lobed or parted ; ? usually without perianth and enclosed 

 in 2 free or connate bracts, except Spinacia. Stamens perigynous. Testa 

 crustaceous or coriaceoas; embryo annular. 



Fl. $ ebracteolate. Perianth 3-4-toothed 4. SPINACIA. 



Fl. ? bracteoles flat, edges united or not 5. ATRIPLEX 



Fl. $ Jbracteoles conduplicate, edges united 6. ETJEOTIA. 



Tribe 3. Camphor osmese. Stem not jointed. Floivers all similar 

 or perianth in $ 0. Stamens hypogynous. Utricle naked or enclosed in 

 the unchanged perianth. Testa membranous, adhering to the copious 

 albumen ; embryo horseshoe-formed. 



Sepals 3-5. Utricle crested above 7. AXTEIS. 



Sepals 3-5, united, of ? 0. Utricle crested above . . .8. 

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