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682. AMARANTHUS. 



Kracts membranous, with green rib ending iji 

 a subulate point, exceeding fruit. Stem erect. 

 a. 8, 9. Waste. It. Query if the plant of 

 Willdenow. 



8. strictns. " Raceme compound, erect, 

 straight. L. ovate, concave."- — Willd. iv. 

 390. a. "Fields. Apulia and lapygia." — Ten. 



LXXXI. PHYTOLACCE^. 



Perianth inferior, 4-5 -partite, imbricate in the bud. Stamens inserted on its base. Ovaiy 

 vrith from 1 to 10 cells, each containing 1 seed. Styles as many as there are cells to the ovary. 

 L. alternate, vrithout sheath or stipule. Fruit a berry. 



683. PHYTOLACCA. 

 1 . decandria. Stamens 10. Styles 10. p. 7, 8. Escapes, s. Fr. Trieste. Italy. 



Lxxxii. chenopodiej:. 



Perianth 5-partite. Stamens inserted on its base. Ovary of I cell and 1 seed, superior, or 

 half superior. Fruit dry, not bursting, included in the persistent perianth. L. without sheaths 

 or stipules. 



Tiibe I. Embryo spiral. Flowers complete (except in Salsola oppositifolia) Gen. 684, 685. 



Tribe II. Embryo bent round albumen. Flowers complete. Stamens 5 . Gen. 686-689. 



Tribe III. As II., but Stamens fewer than 5 Gen. 690-693. 



Tribe IV. Flowers monoecious. Stamens 3-5. {According to A. Moquin- 



Tandon, the first genus, ^vi!i:ot\&, is dioecious.) ..... Gen. 694-696. 



Tribe V. Flowers moncecious. Stamens about 13 . . . . . Gen. 697. 



TRIBE I. 

 684. SALSOLA. 



1. Kali. L. fleshy, round, spinescent. Flo- 

 ral L. shorter, broad at the base. Cal. of Fr. 

 cartilagiaous, ' with a membranous dorsal ap- 

 pendage, a. 6, 7. Sandy shores. 



a. Appendage broad, flower-Kke. 



j8. Tragus. Appendage very narrow. 



2. Soda. Stem diffuse. L. semiterete, un- 

 armed. Cal. of Fl. membranous. Dorsal 

 Appendage thick, semicircular, a. 8, 9. Salt. 

 s. Fr. Shores of Adr. 



3. oppositifolia. Shrubby, smooth, erect. 

 All L. opposite !, semiterete, acute, unarmed. 

 Dorsal Appendage large, semicircular. S. 

 6-8. Agrigentum. Termini. Lopadusa. 



4. verxuiculata. Shrubby, much branched, 

 erect. L. alternate, short ; the lower filiform. 

 Floral L. ovate. Fl. in lax spikes. Appendage 



large, semicircular, somewhat concave. S. 

 6-9. Enna, Sic. Near Calaxena, Sard. 



685. SU^DA. 



1. frnticosa. Woody, ascending, smooth. 

 L. short, semiterete, obtuse. Styles 3. Cal. 

 of Fr. naked. s.S. 5-7. Salt. s. Eng. s. Fr. 

 m. and s. It. Sic. Sard. Cors. Not in G. 



2. altissima. Herbaceous, erect, smooth. 

 L. long, terete, somewhat rigid. Fl. stallced, 

 rising from base of L. Stalks 3-flowered. Cal. 



' ~ a. Italy? — MoQum. 



of Fr. subglobose. 



3. maritima. Annual, smooth. L. fleshy, 

 subulate, acute. Fl. in axillary, sessile clusters. 

 Cal. of Fr. with a dorsal scale, a. 8, 9." Sea- 

 shores. 



4. setigera. Annual. L. terete, somewhat 

 dilated at base, terminated by a straight bristle, 

 powdery. Fl. iu axiUary, sessile clusters. 

 Cal. of Fr. rounded, much inflated, juicy, a. 

 Salt marshes. Montp. Narb. 



