322 CIIENOPODIACE.*; TETRAGONIACE-«. 



10. laciniatum, Roxb. {FL hid. 2, p. 59.) © Bengal, (Serampore, Calcut- 

 ta.) Fl. small, greenish, and fr. Jan. Feb. and March. 

 Atriplex, L. {Spreng. S.jo. 912, iVo. 3207 ^—Endl. gen. pi. p. 295.) 

 l.hortensis, L. {Spreng. 3, p. 916; — Roxb. H. B. p. 21; — J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 171.) Garden Or ache. © Greece. Tar tary. Cultivated 

 all over Europe. Fl. small, green or reddish, C. S. ; fr. March. In 

 the Deccan cultivated as a spinach. {Dr. Lush.) 

 BoussiNGAULTiA, H. B. and Kth. {Spreng. syst. c. p. p. 52.) 



1. basello'ides, H. B. and Kth. {Spreng. c. p. p. 108 ; — Humb. nov. gen. 

 7. t. 645, b. ; — B. M. 64, t. 3620.) "b ^ Neighbourhood of Loxa, in 

 the Quitinian Andes. Fl. small, whitish. 



Basella, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 534, No. 1135; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 

 298.) 

 \. cordifolia. Lam. (Spreng. syst. I, p. 950; — Roxb. Jl. ind. 2,p 105. — 

 B. lucida, L. ; — Spr. I. c. ^—Roxb. I. c. — Rheed. 7, t. 24.) ^^ »ft^ 

 Pooih-shttk. ^. r-\ Fl. small, rose-coloured, Jan., Feb., March; fr. 

 H. S. A native of most ])arts of India, and much cultivated as a 

 pot-herb. ^ 



(5. rubra ; (B. rubra, Spreng. I. c. — Rumph. 5, t. 154,/. 2.) ?^ ^^ 

 Rukto-pooin. "^^ ^.f ^^ Rukto-bun-pooin, when wild. 



2. alba, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 950 ; — Roxb. fl. hid- 2, p. 104, excl. var. ; 

 — J. Grah. Cut. B. pi. p. 170, excl. all the syn., except. Rumph. 5, 

 p. 417.) Tft^Vf ^-^ Snfed-pooin. 2/. r^ All over India. Cultivated. 

 T^ >iiCV?W ^"^ Bun-svfed-pooin, when wild. 



Salsola, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 532, No. 1093 ; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 

 ■ 298.) Saltwort. 



1. indica, Willd. {Rom. and Sch. syst. veg. 6, p. 239 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, 

 p_ 62;—./. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 170.) '4. Coast of Coromandel. 

 Salsette. Soonderbuns. Fl. very small, greenish, H. S. Leaves eaten 

 by the natives where the plant grows, and considered very wholesome. 

 {Roxb.) 



2. nudiflora, Willd. {Rom. and Sch. I. c. ; — Roxb. o. c. p. 60 ; — J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. I. c.) 2/. Native place, &c. the same as in No. 1. 



* Rhagodia linifolia, R. Br. "b Tropical New Holland. — Salsola ma- 

 crophylla, R. Br. "5 Tropical New Holland. — Dysphania littoralis, 

 R. Br. % Tropical New Holland. 



ORDER CLII— TETRAGONIACE^^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 209. 



Herbs or shrubs, referred by Lindl. to 4 genera, which according to 

 Spreng. syst. contain 14 species from S. Africa; 5 from S. America, Mexi- 

 co, and the W. Indies ; 1 from Mozambique ; I from Europe ; I from the 



