284 64. AMABANTHA0E^l=:.-~.65. CHENOPODIACEiE. 



[Order LXIV. AMAEANTHACEJE.] ;. w 



[Perianth 3 — S-pai-ted-, scarious, persistent. Stam. hypogynbiis. 

 Ovary free, 1 -celled; ovule 1 or several, suspended from a free 

 central'Seed-stalk. Style 1 or 0.. Stigma sittiple or compound. 

 Embryo curved round central farinficeou a albumen. — L. witbovit 

 stipules or sheaths. — Q. F. O. Monoehl. 71.] 



,[1. Amahanthus, F1. monoecious. Perianth 3 — 5-parted. 

 -1 , Stam. 3^5. Styles 3. Gaps, l-pelled, l-segded, bursting 

 transversely^] - , ', ;: 



1. .Amaean'ihtjs Zimn. ,1, 



\_A. Blltum (L.) ; fl. 3-fid 3-androtis,' clusters small lateral the 

 upper ones in a small naked spike, st. diifuse glabrous. — Waste 

 places near towns. A. VIII.] , E. 



Order LXV. CHENOPODIACE^. 



Perianth 5-parted, persistent. Stam. from the base of the 

 perianth. Ovary free or adhering to the^tube of the peiianth ; 

 ovule 1, attached to the base of the cell. Styled- divided, or 

 rarely 1. , Fr. not, bursting, dry, membranous, included in the 

 perianth which often becomes enlarged or iieshy. Embryo curved 

 round farinaceo,us albumen, or spiraj, or doubled together with- 

 out albumen; radicle nex!t the hile!—L. without ' stipules or 

 sheaths. — For figured of the genera see (?. F, G. Monoehl. 



Tribe I. SALSOLFJE. Fl. uniform, pei-feot. Seeds without 

 albumen. Embryo spiral. St. continuous. L. semicylin- 

 drical or terete. 



1. SuiBDA. Perianth 5-parted, without appendages. Stam. 

 5, from the receptacle. Stig-mas 2 — 3, sessile. Pericarp 

 membranous. Seed horizontal or vertical ; testa' crustaceous. 

 — With bracts. 



2. Salsola. Perianth 5-parted; segments ultimately with a 

 transverse dorsal appendage. Stam. o, from an hypogynous 

 ring. Styles 2. Pericarp membranous. Seed horizontal; 

 testa membranous. — With bracts'., 



Tr. It BETEM. Fl. uniforrtt, perfect. Seeds with albumen. 

 Embryo curved round the circumference of the seed. St. 

 continuous. L.Jlat. 



3. CHENOPODitTM:. Perianth 3 — 5-parted, persistent, un- 

 altered. Stam. 5, from the receptatde. Stigmas 2 — 3. 

 Pericarp thin, free. Tqsta erustaceous. ; Seed vertical or 

 horizontal.— Without bracts. ,.. 



