CHENOPODJE/E. 



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TRIBE II. 



686. KOCHIA. 



A. Calyx of Fruit furnished with thorns or 

 callous poirds. 



1. hyssopifolia. Erect. L. flat, lanceo- 

 lato-linear, villous. El. very hirsute, generally 

 in pairs. Spines of Cal. uncinato-involute. 

 a. 5, 6. Baise. 



2. hirsuta. Villous. Stem much branched. 

 L. semiterete, obtuse. El. axillaiy, generally 

 in pairs. Back of Cal. of Ei-. with conical, 

 callous points, a. 8, 9. Salt marshes, mdt. 

 Er. Holstein. Nap. Query, if not rather a 

 Chenopodium, to which genus it has previously 

 been attached, or a Suseda. Both Bertoloni 

 and Koch make it a Kochia. Its habit would 

 unite it with Schoberia maritima and C. seti- 

 gerum. 



S. Calyx of Fruit with wing-like ap- 

 pendages. 



3. Scoparia. Branches numerous, rod- 

 like. L. lanceolato-linear, quite entii-e, ciliate. 

 Rac. axillary, leafy, hirsute. El. generally in 

 pau's. Appendage with 8 cuspidate lobes, a. 

 7-9. lield.^. Trieste, lower Aust. Boh. Bo- 

 logna. Bergamo. 



4. arenaria. Hairy. L. subulato-filiform, 

 somewhat fleshy, channeled beneath. El. in 

 pairs or threes, very hirsute. Appendages 

 unequal, obtuse. Cal. of Fr. scariose. a. 

 7-9. Sand. s. Er. G. n. e. It. 



5. prostrata. Woody, pubescent. L. li- 

 near, flat. El. sohtaiy, the upper approximate. 

 Appendages short, rounded, w. 7-9. Sandy. 

 mdt. Er. lower Aust. Morav. Aosta. 



687. CHENOPODIUM. 



A. L. fleshy, terete. Sp. 1. 



H. L. flat, sometimes scaly or mealy, but 

 without hairs or glands. 



i. L. undivided, not angular. Sp. 2-4. 



ii. L. more or less toothed, divided, or 

 angular. 



a. Seeds mostly erect. Sp. 5-9. 



b. Seeds aU horizontal. Sp. 10-17. 



C. L. and Branches with glands supporting 

 hairs. Sp. 18-20. 



Not well known. Sp. 21. 



A. L. fleshy, terete. 

 \ . setigerum. IMuch branched. L. hair- 



less, tenniuatiug in a long straight seta. El. 

 clustered, axillary, a. Salt marshes. Montp. 

 Nai-bonne. 



B. L.flat, without hairs or glands. 

 i. L. quite entire. 



2. aristatum. Stem ascending or erect. L. 

 lanceolato-linear. Cymes dichotomous, awned ! 

 El. secund. Cal. of Fr. spreading. Seeds 

 minute, a. 8, 9. Gardens aiid vineyards. 

 St. Giobbe, Venice. 



3. polyspermum. Stems spreading. L. 

 rhombeo-ovate, mucronate, not mealy. Cymes 

 divaricate. Cal. of Er. spreading, shining, 

 finely dotted, a. 7, 8. JJncult. 



p. acutifolium. Erect. L. acute. 



4. Vwlvaria. Stem procumbent. L. rhom- 

 beo-ovate, mealy. Spikes leafless, crowded. 

 Seeds with minute dots. a. 7, 8. Hich. 

 Smells like bad fish. 



ii. L. toothed or angular. 

 a. Seeds mostly erect. 



5. glaucnm. Stem decumbent. L. oblong 

 or ovato-oblong, obtuse, repando-dentate, glau- 

 cous beneath. Spikes intenaipted, nearly leaf- 

 less. Seeds granulate, a. 7-9. Rich moist. 

 Eng. rare. Er. G. n. It. 



6. Soiius-SIeiiricus. L. triaugulari-sa- 

 gittate. Margin entire. Spikes terminal, 

 compound, leafless, p. 5-8. Rich. 



7. botryoides. Decumbent. L. triangu- 

 lar or hastate (cuneato-ovate. Beet.), nearly 

 entire, obtuse. Spikes cylindrical, thick, 

 spreading, leafy at base. Seeds smooth, shining, 

 keeled, a. 7-9. Moist sandy shores. Cornw. 

 Suff. Northumberland. Eiumicino. PozzuoH. 



8. rubr'am. L. deltoid or nearly ovate, 

 attenuate, usually laciniato-dentate. Clusters 

 in compound spikes, generally leafy. Seeds 

 very minute, about -^ inch in diameter, 

 rounded on edge. a. 7-9. Rich. 



9. blitoides. " L. lanceolate, acuminate, 

 cuneate and inciso-dentate at base, somewhat 

 fleshy. Clusters in axillary spikes, forming an 

 erect, leafy raceme, a. Along the walls of- 

 Paris." — DuBY. Seehis to differ from the 

 preceding only in the narrower L. 



b. Seeds all horizontal. 



10. iirbicuKi. L. deltoid, attenuate, re- 

 pando-dentate, shining. Clusters -in long, 

 compomid spikes, generally leafless. Seeds -^ 



