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Ordeb CCI. TETRAGON] Mil 



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Duqkoj , with noj 



Succulent leaved herb* eous plants, or occasionallj Bmall Bhrubs. I 

 often covered with water) pustules, without stipuli small, axillai 



••■ ■ cleft, Free, or partial 1} adherent to tlie ovary. I 

 rolls ii. Staiuens definite, alternate with the sepals, 

 if di.\ bear an) relation to them. Ovarj 2- 9-celled • 

 en ill.- suspended or ascending, solitart or several, ana- 

 tropal, always with along cord : foramen superior in 

 the suspended species. Styles as many as the cells of 

 the ovary, distinct. Fruit either an indeliiscenl tou*h- 

 ■helled nut, or a capsule splitting all round. Seeds with 

 in annular embryo, curved round mealy albumen. 



The distinction of Aizoona resides in their want of 

 • and small number of stamens, otlierwise tliey are 

 ds. They participate in tlie affinity 

 of tliat Order, but approach nearer to the 

 Chenopods, among which Beta baa the ad- 

 herent calj \ of a Tetragonia ( ypselea, 

 and the genera near it, also establish a con- 

 nection with Purslanes, which are positively 

 known by their 2-leaved calv \ 



species, which are plants of no beauty, 



un. I iii die South Sea Islands, the 



residence more especially of Tetragonias, in 



ill-' Mediterranean, the Cape ol G ! Hi 



rious parts ol tlie tropics. 

 5 are universally jnsipid or slightly saline, « l„ nee thej are suited for human 



T^gniua exnanaa, a New Zealand annual, is a g Ideal cultivated in Europe under 



V"" , v Zea,an d Spinage, as a substitute for which herb i. isemployi 



nun, portulacastrum and repens are used for the same purposes in tl-- I 

 uia. I he ashi - ol Aizoon cananenBe and hispanicum abound in soda 





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