1288 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



Chenopo x DIUM L. Flowers bisexual. Calyx inferior, with 5 sepals, perma- 

 iuMit. Stamens 5, hypogynous ; opposite to, and of about the length of, 

 tin- sepals. Anthers with round lobes. Ovary orbicular, depressed. Ovule, 

 according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Styles 2, short. 

 Stigmas obtuse. Fruit a utricle, invested by the calyx. Seed lens-shaped. 

 Leaves alternate, generally lobed, bearing a friable, unctuous scurf. Flow- 

 ers numerous, small, green, in groups that are disposed in leafy spikes or 

 naked panicles; or the flowers solitary, or 2 — 3 together, in the axils of leaves. 

 (Smith Eng. FL ; Lindley Nat. Syst. of Bot.; and observation.) 



-J'tritlex L. Flowers some bisexual, some female; those of both kinds 

 upon one plant. — Bisexual flower. Calyx inferior, with 5 sepals, perma- 

 nent. Stamens 5, hypogynous; opposite to, and about as long as, the 

 sepals. Anthers with round lobes. Pistil and fruit much as in the female 

 flower ; but, in Britain, in the native species, seeds are scarcely produced 

 from the bisexual flowers. — Female flower. Calyx inferior, deeply divided 

 into two large, flat, equal, or nearly equal, lobes, and so compressed that the 

 lobes have their inner faces approximate ; permanent. Ovary compressed. 

 Ovule, according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Fruit a 

 utricle, invested by the calyx, which is now enlarged. Seed compressed, 

 orbicular. — Leaves alternate or opposite, undivided or jagged, bearing a 

 meal-like scurf. Flowers numerous, 6inall, greenish, in groups that are 

 axillary or disposed in spikes. (Smith. Eng. FL ; Lindley Nat. Syst. of Bot. ; 

 and observation.) 



Dio'tis Schvcb. Flowers unisexual, those of both sexes upon one plant. 

 — Male flower. Calyx inferior, with 4 sepals, permanent. Stamens 4, in- 

 serted at the bottom of the calyx; opposite to, and prominent beyond, the 

 sepals. — Female flower. Calyx inferior, of one piece deeply divided, and 

 ending in 2 horns, permanent, and, possibly, adnate to the ovary. Ovule, 

 according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Fruit a utricle, vil- 

 lous at the base, partly invested by the calyx. — Leaves alternate, lanceolate, 

 entire, bearing hoary pubescence. Male flowers in axillary groups that are 

 disposed in leafy spikes. Female flowers about 2 together, axillary. 

 ( Encycl. of Plants; Nuttall Gen. ;\Lindley Nat. Syst. of Bot.; and observation.) 



Genus I. 



CHENOPO'DIUM L. The Goosefoot. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Digynia. 



tdt nhjictition. Lin. Gen., 121., but with some modification since. 

 Sipnun/mts. Saltbla, Sp. ; Anserine, Fr. ; Gause Fuss, Get. 



I), •'ration. From the Greek words chen, a goose, and pons podns, foot ; many of the species having 

 large angular leaves extremely like the webbed foot of a waterfowl. 



Description, §e. A genus of which there are only three ligneous species 

 in British gardens: two of these formerly belonged to the genus Salsola, or 

 -alt wort; and, like the other plants of that genus, they contain a large pro- 

 portion of soda, more especially in their native habitats, near the sea. The 

 plants are of the easiest culture in any dry soil; and they are readily pro- 

 pagated by cuttings. 



• 1. C. Fiu/rico'siM Schrad. The shrubby Goosefoot, or Slonccrop Tree. 



Identification. Bcbradar, according to a. Don in Hort J'.rit. 



fynonyme*. Saloola fruticosa Lin. Sp. PI., SB*.. Uilld. Sp. PL, 1. p. 1316., ling. Bot., t. 635., FL 

 I ,,, Eng. Flora, 2, p. IS., N. Du llam.,V). p. 26'3. ; the shrubby Glasswort; Sonde en 

 ArUn-, Fr. ; fctraucTiartigcs Salzkraut, Cur. 



J.H,< Bot,LM5 | Flor Gra.-c.,t. 255. ; N. Du Ham., G. t.79. ; and out figs. 115fi, 1157. 



Spec, (liar., 8fC. Shrubby, upright, evergreen. Leaves scmicylindrieal, blunt- 

 i h, imbricate. (Smith Eng, FL, and Willd.Sp. PL) This species is a low 

 shrub, <ldom exceeding 3 ft. or 1ft. in height, with numerous cylindrical 

 upright branches; and sessile, linear, fleshy, and alternate leaves, which are 



