LVIL CHENOPODIA‘CEE: CHENOPO'DIUM. 675 
or fewer, inserted in the bottom of the perianth. Ovarium 1-seeded, usually 
free. Style 2—4-cleft, rarely simple. Stigmas undivided. Pericarp mem- 
branous, valveless, seldom baccate. Eméryo inarching a farinaceous albumen , 
or spiral or forked, without albumen.— Only distinguished from Amaran- 
thacez in the insertion of the stamens. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, or opposite, exstipulate, deciduous or sub-ever- 
green ; entire or lobed. Flowers terminal.—Shrubs, natives of the South of 
Europe and North America. The genera are three, which are thus 
contradistinguished : — 
CuENopo'’pium LZ. Flowers hermaphrodite. 
A’rRiPLEX L. Flowers polygamous, 
Dio‘r1s Schreb. Flowers moneecious. 
Genus I. 
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CHENOPO‘DIUM L. Tue Gooseroor. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Digynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., 121., but with some modification since. 
Synonymes. Salsdla sp.'; Anserine, F7. ; Gause Fuss, Ger. ; Chenopodio, Ital. 
Derivation. From the Greek words chén,'a goose, and podion, a little foot; many of the species 
having large angular leaves extremely like the webbed foot of a waterfowl. 
Gen. Char., §c. Flowers bisexual. Calyx inferior, with 5 sepals, permanent. 
Stamens 5, hypogynous. Anthers with round lobes. Styles 2.  Stigmas 
obtuse. Fruit a utricle, invested by the calyx. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous or sub-evergreen ; generally 
lobed, bearing a friable unctuous scurf. Flowers axillary, in leafy spikes 
or naked panicles, numerous, small, greén.— Shrubs, deciduous or sub- 
evergreen; natives of the South cf Europe; of the easiest culture in any 
dry soil, and readily propagated by cuttings. 
«2 1. C. Frutico’sum Schrad. The shrubby Goosefoot, or Stonecrop Tree. 
Identificetion. Schrader, according to G. Don in Hort. Brit. a, 
. Salsdla fruticdsa Lin. Sp. Pi. 324.; the shrubby Glasswort ; ay 
Soude en Arbre, Fr. ; strauchartiges Salzkraut, Ger. ; 
Sopravvivolo legnoso, Ital. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 635.; Flor. Grec., t.'255. ; 
and our jigs. 1316. and 1317. 
Spec. Char., ce. Shrubby, upright, ever- 
green. Leaves semicylindrical, bluntish, 
imbricate. (Smith.) A low, sub-evergreen, 
glaucous shrub. South of Europe, and 
England, on the sea coast. Height 3 ft. 
to 4ft. Flowers greenish, axillary ; July 
and August. 
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Not unworthy of a place in gardens or 
shrubberies, being sub-evergreen and tolera- 
bly hardy, remarkable for the glaucous hue of 
the leaves, and very durable. The branches 
are very brittle, and apt to break off. ey Gaeinek: 
1316. C. fruticdsum. 
« 2. C. parviro‘Lium R. & S. The small-leaved Goosefoot. 
Identification. Reem. et Schult. Syst. Veg., 6. p. 266. 
frati 
. fruticdsum Bieb. ii Fl. fae ane 1 p18. exclusively of all the synonymes ; C 
yn0 Bieb. in Suppl. to Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 1. p. 275.3; Salsdla fruticdsa Bieb. Casp. p. 149 
‘App. 10. 20 Pal It. P59. ; Suaéda microphflla Pall. Tilust. 3. t. 44. sig 
Engravings. Pall. lll., 3. t. 44.; and our fig. 1318. 
Spec. Char., Se. Imperfectly evergreen, frutescent, much-branched, spreading, 
glabrous, about 2 ft. high. Leaves taper, oblong, obtuse, glaucescent, fleshy ; 
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