200 rENTANDllIA. DIGYNIA. 



ed and somewhat glaucous leaves; flowering branches at 

 length commencing from the base to the summit, simple 

 and alternate, appearing distichal; floral leaves about one 

 third the length of the othei-s and dilated at the base; 

 axills 3-flovvered, lateral flowers tribracteate; brucies 

 very minute, paleaceous. Segments of the calix very 

 unequal, succulent, diaphanous, and dorsally gibbous; 

 inner margin connivent over the seed. Stamina 3, rarely, 

 if ever, 5. Style 1, scarcely visible, minutely bifid. Seed 

 brown and shining, perfectly even; roundish -reni form. 

 ^Joi E. Sometimes when the simple stem is much elon- 

 gated, the flowering plant becomes decumbent as de- 

 scribed by Micliaux. The seed much more resem.bles 

 that of Chenopodium than Salsola. Hab. In the salt- 

 marshes of New Jersey and New York, never on the 

 sandy strand with S. Kali. This plant is probably the 

 Cheiiopodium maritiimnn of Pursh. Af^er a scrupulous 

 comparison also of this plant, now before me, with the 

 Salsola depressa of Pursli, 1 find them to be the same 

 species; so that Xhe range of this plant is from t!je Atian- 

 tlc sea-coast, probably, to the sources of the AlL^-aourij 

 in arid and saline tracts. 



With the exception of a few species in Sib-ria, and 

 Barbary, 2 at the (Jape of Good Hope, and 2 in ludiaj thi^ 

 extensive genus of near 40 species is confined to t!ic sea- 

 coasts of the south of Europe. Several of the species are 

 burnt to obtain Soda. 



286. KOCIIIA. Roth, 



Calix monophylloiis, campantilate, S-cIefi: in 

 fruit producing a dorsal inar4^in in tlie form 

 of 5 petals; orifice closed with 5 triangular den- 

 tures. Corolla none. Style shart; siigmas 2 

 or 3. long. Caysule 1 -celled, 1 or 2-seededJ 

 Seed incurved. 



Habit similar to Chenopodium. 



Species. l.K. deniaia. '2. * Uioica. Annual: stem low^ 

 branches axillary; leave:, sessile, very entire, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute, somewhat succulent and glaucous; flov/ers 

 (male) terminal, conglomerate; calix subgiobose-campa- 

 nulate, dorsal dentures small and obtuse, ir.ter;^,al ones 

 membranaceous, acute. — Obs Stem. 6 to 12 i.:!ciies high, 

 smooth and angular; branches simple, axil.ai'v. Lower 

 leaves oblong-lance„']ate, upper ones ovate-lanceohite, 

 acute, younger leaves and flowers at first scattered with 



