24 CHENOPODIACEJE. [ KOCHIA. 



orbicular, horizontal, testa membranous, albumen scanty, embryo 

 annular. Species about 20, in Temp. Asia, N. and S. Africa and 

 in N. W. America. 



K. indica, Wight Ic. 1791 ; F. B. I. v, 11 ; Watt E. D. ; Comm. 

 Prod. Ind. ; Cooke FL Bomb. ii> 503. Vern. Bui. 



A tall erect annual, diffusely branching from the base. Stem and bran- 

 ^ohes white, more or less villous or woolly, striate. Leaves J-1J in. 

 tong, elliptic or linear-lanceolate, acute, hairy on both surfaces, base 

 tapering. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs. Perianth about T ^ 

 in. across (when spread out), divided about of the way down, 

 woolly ; segments hooded, mucronate ; wings (in fruit) broadly 

 triangular- ovate, scarious. Utricle thinly membranous ; stigmas 2, 

 filiform. Seed T \j in. in diam., orbicular or ovoid, black. 



In the neighbourhood of Delhi (F.B.I.). DISTRIB.: Plains of Punjab 

 and Sind, also in the drier parts of S. India, extending to Afghanistan. 

 The plant is sometimes used as fodder for camels. 



3, SUJEDA, Forsk. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v, 13. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves fleshy, ternate, terete, rarely flattish. 

 Flowers minute, axillary, usually 2-sexual, bracteate and 2-bracteo- 

 late. Perianth short, globose or urceolate, 5-lobed or -partite ; 

 segments equal or not, simple, gibbous or almost winged. Stamens 

 5, filaments short, anthers large. Ovary usually sessile, with a 

 wide base, adnate below to the perianth, style none, stigmas 2-5, 

 minute, subulate, recurved. Fruit a small membranous or spongy 

 utricle, included within the perianth. Seed erect, oblique or 

 horizontal, testa crust aceous or coriaceous, albumen scanty or 

 none, embryo slender and somewhat spiral. Species about 40, 

 usually on desert saline tracts and sea-shores. 



Perennial ; stigmas 3 ; seed usually erect. . . 1,. S. fruticosa. 

 Annual or occasionally perennial ; stigmas 2 ; seed 



usually horizontal . . . . . . 2. S. maritima. 



1. S. fruticosa, Forsk. FL Mgyyt.-Arab. 70, t. 9 ; F. B. /., v. 13 ; Watt 

 E. D.; Comm. Prod. Ind. 519, Cooke FL Bomb, n, 505. Salsola Lana, 

 Edgew. in Hook. Journ. ii, 286. Vern. Lunak, choti-ldni. 



A much-branched usually erect shrub. Stem pale, glabrous, branches 

 usually slender. Leaves subsessile, fleshy, very variable, ^-f in. long, 



