292 65. CHENOPODIAOE^. 



7. Obione. Periantli S — 5-parted. Stam. 5. Style 0.— 

 Perianth of 2 parts free only at the top, 3-tootlied, wedge- 

 shaped below. Stam. 0. Stigmas 2. Feiicarp very thin, 

 ultimately adhering to the tube of the periantli. Testa mem- 

 hranous. Seed vertical, pendulous from a long seed-stalk ; 

 radicle terminal. 



Tribe I. Salsolete. 



1. SiJiB'DA Forsk. Sea-BIite. 



1. S. fruticdsa (Forsk.) ; st. erect shrubby, I. blunt semi- 

 cylindrical, styles 3, seeds Tsrtical smooth and shining. — Salsola 

 Sm. E. B. 635. Schoberia Mey.— St. 2—3 feet high, with 

 many erect leafy branches and axillary flowers. — Sandy and 

 shingly shores of south and east of England, rare. P. VII. 

 VIII. E. 



2. S. marit'ima (Dum.) ; st. herbaceous, I. acute semicylin- 

 drical, styles 2, seeds horizontal netted shining. — S!, B. 633. — 

 St. erect or procumbent, with many spreading branches. — 

 Muddy sea-shores. A. Vn.— IX. E. S. I. 



2. Sal'soia Linn. Saltwort. 



1. 8. Kdli (L.) ; minutely hairy, st. diffuse, 1. subulate spinous 

 rough, fl. axillary solitary, segments of the enlarged perianth 

 hard and tough as long as their patent rather coloured roundish 

 wings. — E. B. 634.— St. angular, rigid, much branched. — Sandy 

 sea-shores. A. VIII. E. S. I. 



Tribe II. Betea. 



3. Chenopo'dittm Linn. Goose-foot. 



* Flowers all pentamerovs. 



t Leaves undivided. 



1. C. Vulvdria (L.) ; I. ovate-rhomboidal mealy, fl. in leafless 

 dense spikes, perianth covering the fr., seed shining slightly 

 rough (very small), st. diffuse. — E. B. 1034. C. olidum Curt. — 

 L. stalked. Whole herbage covered with a greasy pulverulent 

 fetid substance. — Dry waste places ne£^r houses. A. VIII. IX. 



B. S. I. 



2. C. polysper 'mum (L.) ; /. ovate-elliptic, fl. in axiUary leafless 

 cymose racemes, perianth not covering the fr., seeds shining 



