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CHENOPODI ACEiE. 
Order LXVI. CHENOPODIACE7E. 
Perianth 5-parted, persistent. Stam. from the base of the 
perianth. Ovary free or cohering with the tube of the perianth ; 
ovule 1, attached to the base of the cell. Styles divided, or 
rarely 1. Fr. not bursting, dry, membranous, included in the 
perianth which often becomes enlarged or fleshy. Embryo curved 
round farinaceous albumen, or spiral, or doubled together with- 
out albumen ; radicle next the hilum. — L. without stipules or 
sheaths. 
Tribe I. SALSOLEjE. Fl. uniform, perfect. Seeds without 
albumen. Embryo spiral. St. continuous. 
1. Schoberia. Perianth 5-parted, without appendages. Stam. 
5, springing from the receptacle. Stigmas 2 — 3. Pericarp 
membranous. Seed horizontal ; testa crustaceous. — Brac- 
teated. 
2. Salsola. Perianth 5-parted : segments ultimately with a 
transverse dorsal appendage. Stam. 5, springing from an 
hypogynous ring. Styles 2. Pericarp membranous. Seed 
horizontal ; testa membranous. — Bracteated. 
Tr. II. CHENOPODEJE. Fl. uniform, perfect. Seeds with 
albumen. Embryo curved round the circumference of the 
seed. St. continuous. 
3. Chenopodium. Perianth 3 — 5-parted, persistent, un- 
altered. Stam. 5, springing from the receptacle. Stigmas 
2 — 3. Pericarp thin, free. Testa crustaceous. Seed verti- 
cal or horizontal. — Without bracts. 
4. Beta. Perianth 5-parted, persistent. Stam. 5, springing 
from a fleshy ring. Styles 2 — 3. Pericarp immersed and 
adhering to the tube of the perianth. Seed horizontal, at- 
tached laterally. Testa membranous. 
Tr. III. SALICORNEJE. Fl. uniform, perfect. Seeds and 
embryo as in Tr. II. St. jointed. 
5. Salicornia. Perianth fleshy, tumid, undivided, imbedded 
in an excavation of the rachis. Stam. 1 — 2. Style very 
short, stigma bifid. Pericarp membranous. Seed vertical, 
covered by the persistent perianth. 
Tr. IV. ATRIP LICE 'M. Fl. monoecious, rarely perfect. Seeds 
and embryo as in Tr. II. St. continuous. 
6. Atriplex. Perigone of 2 more or less connected parts. 
Stigmas 2. Pericarp membranous, free. Testa crustaceous. 
Seed vertical, attached by a lateral hilum either near the 
base or by means of an elongated funiculus in the middle of 
the side ; radicle basal. Stam. 5. 
