60 PINK ORDER 



x. Calyx of 1 sepal 



(x) Leaves arrow-shaped, 3-lobed Monolepis 



(y) Leaves linear, entire Corispermum 



y. Calyx of 2-5 united sepals 



(x) Leaves thread-like, entire Kochia 



(y) Leaves linear-oblong to ovoid, 



mostly toothed or lobed Chenopodium 



(2) Flowers with stamens or pistils alone 



(a) Fruits densely long-silky Eurotia 



(b) Fruits not long-silky 



x. Fruiting bracts flat, united by the edges 



at their bases to beyond the middle Atriplex 

 y. Fruiting bracts folded, completely unit- 

 ed by the edges into a sack 

 (x) Leaves entire; sack entire, ovoid 



to round Grayia 



(y) Leaves wavy-toothed ; sack hastate, 



2-toothed at tip Suckleya 



2. Leaves none; stems jointed Salicornia 



Atriplex Linne 1753 Saltbush 



(The Latin name) 



PL 10, fig. 1-5. 



Sepals 3-5, united in the stamen flowers, none in the pistil flowers, 

 petals none, stamens 3-5, ovary 1-celled, stigmas 2, fruit 1-seeded, enclosed 

 in two scales or bracts, which are often winged, crested or warted ; flowers 

 of two sorts, in spikes or head-like clusters ; leaves alternate, simple, often 

 silvery-scurfy ; annual or perennial, the latter usually shrubby. 

 1. Plants shrubby, at least the base woody and per- 

 sistent 



a. Fruits with broad wings ; shrubs 1-5 ft. high 



(1) Bracts of the fruit with 4 toothed wings; 



leaves oblong to oblanceolate A. canescens 



(2) Bracts extended above the fruit in a broad 



wing; leaves ovoid, to obovoid A. confertifolia 



b. Fruits not winged, the bracts crested, warty 



or lobed; low shrubs 1-2 ft. high 



(1) Bracts covered with crests or warts A. NnttaUii 



(2) Bracts lobed at apex, but not crested or 



warted . A. pabuldris 



