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APPGHANISTAN FLORA. 



ledons separated. Affinities obscure Jussieus view of calyx per- 

 haps the correct one. Corolla no analogies with usual structure. 

 If the sepals are bractes, if a species should occur with single 

 envelopes, the inflorscence ought to be dichotomous. 



85. Betas sp. — Herba carnosa, pedalis vel bipedalis radix extus ru- 

 bra, fol. inferior pinnatisectis, lobis varia lobatis, etiam irregu- 

 lariter pinnatifidis, caulinis, superior deltoido hastatis, varia lo- 

 batis axiUis. Dioica est Inflorescent mascula paniculata, floribus 

 sessilibus concervatis, sepala 4, herbacea 1. venia. Stam 4 his 

 opposita. Anth maximje viridescentis, bilocularis, longit dehis 

 cent, demum corrugata, saturato viridis Pollen globosa, sub- 

 lenteo quasi in locellis obscure divis. Rud cert o. Flores fse- 

 minei axillares, dense congesto in conspicua, basi inter se sub 

 cohserent, periant carnosum, tubo ovarium arete includent, 

 limbo bi partite. Stam oo, stigmata 4 6 filiformia. Stylo ? Ovar 

 1 locular evenium ! ovulum reniforme curvatum erecta. Planta 

 fceminea robustior, 



86. Urticea Baehmeria. — Herbacea. Caulibus procumbentibus suc- 

 culentis, foliis oblongo spathulatis vel spathulato obovatis, flori- 

 bus monoicis, axillaribus, bracteis irregulariter ? interspersis, 

 inflorescentiae ramis subternis, lateralibus majoribus, in his 

 flores ascendentis dense, foeminei nuraerosiores. Sepalis 3 

 masculor. marginibus membranaceis. Stam tria opposito 

 rudi, Ovar centrale vacuum. Fcemin stam oo, sepali magis 

 foliacea. Ovar bi, scepius tri carpellum, foliolis cum sepalis al- 

 ternant ! styli subo, stigmata papillosa tria longiuscula, utricu- 

 lus laxus membranaceus. Calyce immulato duplo fere longior, 

 apice rubescent. Semen orbiculare reniform lucid, castaneum 

 erectum. Testa Chartacea ? membrana interna peripherum em- 

 byonem curvato centrum albuminis massum majusculum cor- 

 nosam involvens. 



Ovulum unicum ascendens reniforme, hilum prope foramen. 

 In agris Shikar pore. 

 SQa. Chenopodii sp. — Sub erect ramoso. 1 J pedale caule angulato 

 purpureo rubrove tinct, folia carnosa deltoideo ovata, lobato 

 dentata, flor. panniculis terminalibus vel in axillis foliorum ; 

 flores dense congest inconspicui viridis hermaphrodito. 



Extus cellulis rotundat. Calyx 5 sepalus, sepalis herbaceis 



