2 cxvii. CHEXOPODIACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 



Tribe 4. Corispermese. Stem not jointed. Flowers 2-sexual. Fruit 

 cxserted from the perianth. Seed erect, compressed ; testa membranous, 

 adhering to the copious albumen ; embryo annular. 



Fruit unarmed, hidden by the large bracts 9. COEISPEEMUIT. 



Tribe 5. Chenoleeae. Stem not jointed. Flowers all similar. Utricle 

 included in the usually enlarged perianth. Stamens hypogynous. Seed 

 usually horizontal ; testa membranous or coriaceous, adhering to the scanty 

 albumen ; embryo annular. 



Fruiting perianth with simple or spiuescent lobes . . . 10. CHENOLEA. 

 Fruiting perianth with transverse wings 11. KOCHIA. 



Tribe 6. Salicornieae. Stem fleshy, usually jointed. Flowers 2- 

 sexual, immersed in cavities of the joints or between the scales of a fleshy 

 cone. Testa crustaceous, fleshy or membranous. 



Seed with fleshy albumen ; embryo semi. annular .... 12. ARTHKOCNEMUU:. 

 Seed exalbuminous ; embryo conduplicate 13. SALICORNIA. 



Series 2. SPIROLOBEJE. Embryo spiral ; albumen scanty or 0. 



Tribe 7. Sueedese. Utricle enclosed in the simply enlarged periarith. 

 Stem not jointed. 



Perianth 5-lohed. Leaves linear fleshy 14. Su-EDA. 



Tribe 8. Salsolece. Utricle enclosed in the transversely winged 

 perianth. Stem jointed or not. 



* Seed horizontal. Sepals dorsally winged. 



Stem jointed 15. HALOXYLON. 



Stem not jointed 16. SALSOLA. 



** Seed vertical. Sepals dorsally winged or not. 



Seed dorsally compressed. Stem jointed ...... 17. ANABASIS. 



Seed laterally compressed. Sepals not winged. Anthers 



appendaged . 18. HALOCHARIS. 



Seed laterally compressed. Sepals winged. Anthers simple 19. HALOGETOX. 



Suborder II. BASELLE.E. Stem twining. Bracteoles 2, broad, adnate 

 to the face of the perianth. Filaments straight or recurved in bud. 



Filaments straight in bud. Embryo spiral 20. BASELLA. 



1. ACROGX.OCHZN, Schrad. 



An erect, strict, glabrous annual. Leaves alternate. Flowers minute, 

 sessile, clustered in the axils of short axillary cymes, subtended by needle- 

 like flowerless branches ; bracts and bracteoles 0. Sepals 5, subacute, 

 green. Stamens 1-3, filaments dilated below. Ovary depressed ; style 

 short, stigmas 2 subulate ; ovule erect. Utricle disciform, depressed, cir- 

 cumsciss. Seed horizontal, testa black shining, albumen floury ; embryo 

 annular. 



.A. chenopodioides, Schrad. Cat. Hort. Gott. 1824. A. Schrade- 

 rianufl, Schultes Herb. A. persicarioides, Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2. 254. 



