376 CHENOPODIACE^. (GOOSEFOOT FAMILY.) 



Synopsis* 



TRIBE I. C YCLOLiOBEJE. Embryo curved like a ring around the albumen. 



1. CHENOPODIUM. Calyx 3 - 5-parted, the lobes commonly keeled in fruit. Seed horizontal, 



rarely vertical. 



2. ATRIPLEX. Flowers monoecious. Calyx of the sterile flowers 5-parted, of the fertile 



flower none. Ovary enclosed in a pair of separate at length coriaceous bracts. Radicle 

 inferior. 



3. OBIONE. Bracts of the fertile flower united. Radicle superior. 



4. SALICORNIA. Flowers 3 together, lodged in excavations of the thickened joints of the 



TRIBE II. SPIROIjOBE^J. Embryo spirally coiled, with little or no albumen. 

 Seed horizontal. 



5. CHENOPODINA. Calyx 5-parted, not keeled. Leaves terete, fleshy. 



6. SALSOLA. Calyx at length transversely winged. Leaves spiny. 



1. CHENOPODIUM, L. PIGWEED. GOOSEFOOT. 



Calyx 5- (rarely 3 -4-) parted, bractless, the lobes mostly keeled. Stamens 

 5, the filaments filiform. s Styles 2-3, distinct, or united at the base. Utricle 

 depressed, enclosed in the globose or 5-angled calyx. Seed horizontal (rarely 

 vertical), lenticular. Embryo forming a more or less perfect ring around the 

 copious mealy albumen. Glandular or powdery-coated herbs, with alternate 

 leaves, and clusters of small greenish flowers disposed in panicled spikes. 



* Annuals. 



1. C. Boscianum, Moq. Stem erect, with angular branches ; leaves 

 small, spreading, lanceolate-linear, very acute, entire, or the lower ones some- 

 what toothed, more or less mealy and whitened beneath ; spikes loose, leafy ; 

 seed acute on the margins, slightly roughened, shining, enclosed in the acute- 

 angled calyx. Carolina, Bosc. Stem slender, 2 high. Leaves 5" - 12" long, 

 on petioles 2" - 3" long. Calyx-lobes elliptical-ovate, acutish. 



2. C. album, L. Stem erect, branched, slightly furrowed ; leaves ascend- 

 ing, rhombic-ovate, acute at the base, toothed ; the upper ones lanceolate and 

 entire, more or less coated with a white powder ; spikes panicled ; the small 

 clusters scattered or crowded, nearly leafless ; seed enclosed in the 5-angled 

 calyx, acute on the margins, smooth and shining. Varies (C. viride, L.} with 

 nearly entire and less mealy leaves, and the larger clusters more scattered. 

 Cultivated grounds, Florida, and northward. July - SepL Stem 2 - 6 high. 

 Petioles long and slender. 



3. C. murale, L. Stem ascending, branched ; leaves long-petioled, ovate- 

 rhombic, acute, unequally and sharply toothed, bright green on both sides ; spikes 

 slender, spreading, corymbose, scarcely exceeding the leaves ; seed not shining, 

 acute on the margins, nearly enclosed in the slightly angled calyx. Waste 

 places, Florida, and northward. Stem 6'- 18* high. 



4. C. Botrys, L. Stem erect, branched ; leaves oblong, somewhat pinna- 

 tifid-lobed, with the lobes obtuse and glandular-pubescent, the upper ones 

 minute ; racemes numerous, axillary, spreading, cymose } seeds with rounded 



