GOOSEFOOT FAMILY. 585 



2. Dondia maritima (I,.) Druce. Low Sea-Blite. . Fi. i. V;4 .) 



ChfHiiftodiuni niatithniim I. Sp PI. 331 

 Suaeda tnaiilhna iMmn.rt. Fl. lU-lg 22 igjy. 

 Dondia maritime Dructr, Ann. Scot 

 1896: 42. 1896. 



Annual, pale green and somewhat glaucous, 

 stem erect or decuml>ent, bushy-brant 

 5'-i5' high, becoming brownish, the branche* 

 ascending. Leaves 5"-! 2" long, those of 

 the branches not conspicuously shorter than 

 the upper ones of the stem, 3-angled. broad- 

 est at the base; sepals pale green, rounded or 

 very obtusely keeled, somewhat roughened; 

 seed orbicular, dark brownish red, shining, 

 about \" in diameter. 



On sea beaches, stony and muddy d 

 in salt marshes. Maim- to southern New York. 

 Also on the coasts of Europe. Our pi;,: 

 perhaps, specifically different from tin I 

 pean. July-Sept. 



3. Dondia depressa (Pursh) Britton. Western Elite. (Fig. 1395.; 



Salsola depressa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 197. 1814. 



Suaeda depressa S. Wats. Bot. King's Exp. 294. 

 1871. 



Perennial by a deep slender woody root or 

 sometimes annual, branched from the base 

 and usually also above, 6 / -2 tall, the 

 branches decumbent or ascending, usually 

 very leafy. Leaves narrowly linear, tft'-l' 

 long, broadest at or just above the base, or 

 the upper lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate and 

 commonly much shorter; sepals acute, one 

 or more of them strongly keeled in fruit; 

 seed about y 2 " in diameter, rather dull, min- 

 utely reticulated. 



In saline soil, Minnesota to the Northwest 

 Territory, south to Nebraska, Colorado and 

 Nevada. June-Aug. 



13. SALSOLA L. Sp. PL 222. 1753. 



Annual or perennial bushy-branched herbs, with rigid subulate prickle-pointed leaves, 

 and sessile perfect 2-bracteolate flowers, solitary in the axils, or sometimes several together. 

 Calyx 5-parted, its segments appendaged by a broad membranous horizontal wing in fruit 

 and enclosing the utricle. Stamens 5. Ovary depressed; styles 2. Utricle flattened. Seed 

 horizontal; embryo coiled into a conic spiral; endosperm none. [Name Latin, a diminutive 

 of salsus, salty.] 



About 50 species, of wide geographic distribution on seashores and in saline districts, occa- 

 sionally pernicious weeds in cultivated grounds. 



Calyx coriaceous, not conspicuously veined; plant maritime. x. 5 



Calyx membranous, very strongly veined; plant an inland weed. 



