266 65. CHENOPODIACES. 
short, stigma bifid. Pericarp membranous. Seed vertical, 
covered by the persistent perianth. 
Tr. IV. ATRIPLICEA. F1. monecious, of two forms, rarely 
perfect. Seeds and embryo as in Tr. II. St. continuous. 
6. AtripLex. Perianth 3—5-parted, stam. 5, style 0. Pe- 
rigone compressed, of 2 more or less connected parts. Stig- 
mas 2. Pericarp membranous, free. Testa crustaceous. 
Seed vertical, attached by a lateral hilum either near the 
base or by means of an elongated seed-stalk in the middle 
of the side; radicle basal. 
7. Oprone. Perianth 3—5-parted, stam. 5, style 0. Peri- 
gone of 2 parts connected to the extremity, 3-toothed, 
wedgeshaped below. Stigmas 2. Pericarp very thin, ulti- 
mately adhering to the tube of the perigone. Testa membra- 
nous. Seed vertical, pendulous from an elongated seed- 
stalk, radicle terminal. 
Tribe I. Salsolee. 
1. Suapa Forsh. 
1. S. fruticosa (Forsk.); st. erect shrubby, J. obtuse semi- 
cylindrical, styles 3, seeds smooth and shining.—E. B. 635, 
Salsola Sm. Schoberia Mey.—St. 2—~3 feet high, with nume- 
rous erect leafy branches and axillary flowers. Seed horizontal. 
—On the south and east coasts, rare. P. VII. VIII. E. 
2. S. maritima (Dum.); st. herbaceous, 7. acute semicylindrical, 
styles 2, seeds reticulate-striate shining. —E. B. 633.—Chenopo- 
dium Sm.—St. erect or procumbent with numerous spreading 
branches. Seed horizontal.—Sea-shore. A. VIJ—IX. 
2. Sausoxa Linn. 
1. S. Kali(L.); minutely hairy, st. diffuse, 1. subulate spinous 
rough, fl. axillary solitary, segments of the enlarged perianth 
cartilaginous as long as their patent rather coloured roundish 
wings.—E. B. 634.—St. angular, rigid, much branched.—Sandy 
sea-shores. A. VII. 
Tribe II. Betee. 
3. CHEnopopium Linn. 
* Perianth enveloping the fruit, seed horizontal. 
+ Leaves undivided. 
1. C. olidum (Curt.); 1. ovate-rhomboidal entire mealy, fi. in 
