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( iit;.\opo v DiUM L. Flowers bisexual. Calyx inferior, with 5 sepals, perma- 

 nent. Stamens 5, hypogynous ; opposite to, and of about the length of, 

 the sepals. Anthers with round lobes. Ovary orbicular, depressed. Ovule, 

 according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Styles 2, short. 

 Stigmas obtuse. Fruit a utricle, invested by the calyx. Seed lens-shaped. 

 Leaves alternate, generally lobed, bearing a friable, unctuous scurf. Flow- 

 ers numerous, small, green, in groups that are disposed in leafy spikes or 

 naked panicles; or the flowers solitary, or 2 3 together, in the axils of leaves. 

 (Smith Eng. Fl. ; Lindley Nat. Syst. of Bot.; and observation.) 



.^'TRIPLEX L. Flowers some bisexual, some female; those of both kinds 

 upon one plant. Bisexual flower. Calyx inferior, with 5 sepals, perma- 

 nent. Stamens 5, hypogynous; opposite to, and about as long as, the 

 sepals. Anthers with round lobes. Pistil and fruit much as in the female 

 flower ; but, in Britain, in the native species, seeds are scarcely produced 

 from the bisexual flowers. Female flower. Calyx inferior, deeply divided 

 into two large, flat, equal, or nearly equal, lobes, and so compressed that the 

 lobes have their inner faces approximate ; permanent. Ovary compressed. 

 Ovule, according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Fruit a 

 utricle, invested by the calyx, which is now enlarged. Seed compressed, 

 orbicular. Leaves alternate or opposite, undivided or jagged, bearing a 

 meal-like scurf. Flowers numerous, small, greenish, in groups that are 

 axillary or disposed in spikes. (Smith. Eng. Fl. ; Lindlcy Nat. Syst. of Bot. ; 

 and observation.) 



DIO V TIS Sc/ireb. Flowers unisexual, those of both sexes upon one plant. 

 Male flower. Calyx inferior, with 4* sepals, permanent. Stamens 4, in- 

 serted at the bottom of the calyx; opposite to, and prominent beyond, the 

 sepals. Female flower. Calyx inferior, of one piece deeply divided, and 

 ending in 2 horns, permanent, and, possibly, adnate to the ovary. Ovule, 

 according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Fruit a utricle, vil- 

 lous at the base, partly invested by the calyx. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, 

 entire, bearing hoary pubescence. Male flowers in axillary groups that are 

 disposed in leafy spikes. Female flowers about 2 together, axillary. 

 (Encycl.of Plants; NuttaUGen.; Lindley Nat. Syst. of Bot.; and observation.) 



GENUS I. 



CHENOPOTOUM L. THE GOOSEFOOT. Lin. Syst. Pentandria JHgynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 121., but with some modification since. 

 Synonymcs. Salsbla, Sp. ; Anserine, Fr. ; Gause Fuss, d'cr. 



Derivation. From the Greek words chcn, a goose, and pans podos, foot ; many of the species having 

 large angular leaves extremely like the webbed foot of a waterfowl. 



Description, fyc. A genus of which there are only three ligneous species 

 in British gardens : two of these formerly belonged to the genus Salsola, or 

 saltwort; and, like the other plants of that genus, they contain a large pro- 

 portion of soda, more especially in their native habitats, near the sea. The 

 plants are of the easiest culture in any dry soil ; and they are readily pro- 

 pagated by cuttings. 



1. C. FRUTICO^SUM Schrad. The shrubby Goosefoot, or Stone crop Tree. 



Identification. Schrader, according to G. Don in Hort. Brit. 



Salsbla fruticbsa Lin. Sp. /Y.. 324., Willd. Sp. PI., 1. p. 1316., Eng. Bot., t 635., Fl. 



/non. . . .. ., . p. ., . . ., . ., ., . 



Grcec., t255., Eng. Flora, 2. p. 18., A T . Du Ham., 6. p. 263. ; the shrubby Glasswort; Soudc in 

 Arbre, Fr. ; strauchartiges Salzkraut, Ger. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 635. ; Flor. Gra?c., t 255. ; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 79. ; and our figs, llflfi, 11.07. 



Spue. ('//ftr.y Sfc. Shrubby, upright, evergreen. Leaves semk-ylindrical, bhuit- 

 isli, imbricate. (Smith Eng. /'/., and Willd. Sp. 7V.) This species is a low 

 shrub, seldom exceeding 3 ft. or 4 ft. in height, with numerous cylindrical 

 upright branches ; and sessile, linear, fleshy, and alternate leaves, which an- 



