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1 . Amaranthus Linn. 
*1. Blifum (L.); fl- 3-fid 3-audrous, clusters small lateral 
the upper ones in a small naked sj)ike, st. diffuse glabrous. — 
E. B. 11212. — Duugliills and wiiste jdaces near towns, a very 
doubtful native. A. VIII. E. 
Order LXVI. CIIENOPODIACE^. 
Perianth 5-]>arted, persistent. Stain, from the base of tbe 
jierianth. Ovary free or cobering with the tube of the perianth ; 
ovule 1, attached to the base of the cell. Styles divided, or 
rarely 1. Fr. not bursting, (by, membranous, ineluded in the 
perianth which often becomes enlarged or fleshy. Embryo curved 
round farinaceous albumen, or spirsd, or doubled together with- 
out albumen ; radicle next the hilum. — L. vifithout stipules or 
sheaths. 
Tribe I. SALSOLEuE. FI. uniform, perfect. Seeds without 
albumen. Embryo spiral. St. continuous. 
1. ScHOBERiA. Perianth 5-\}avte(\, without appendages. Stam. 
5, springing from the receptacle. Stigmas 2 — 3. Pericarp 
membranous. Seed horizontal ; testa crustaceous. — Brac- 
teated. — G. F. G. Monochl. 62. 
2. Salsola. Perianth 5-parted : segments ultimately with a 
transverse dorsal appendage. Stam. 5, springing from an 
hyjiogynous ring. Styles 2. Pericarp membranous. Seed 
horizontal; testa membranous. — Braeteated. — G. F. G. 
ilonochl. 61. 
Tr. II. CHENOPODEjE. FI. uniform, jierfect. Seeds with 
albumen. Embiyo curved round tbe circumference of the 
seed. St. continuous. 
3. Chenopodium. Perianth 3 — 5-parted, persistent, un- 
altered. Stam. 5, springing from the recejitaele. Stigmas 
2 — 3. Pericarp thin. free. Testa crustaceous. Seed verti- 
cal or horizontal. — Without bracts. — G. F. G. Monochl. 56. 
4. Beta. Perianth 5-jiarted, jiersistent. 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. — G.F.G. Monochl. 67. 
Tr. III. SALICORNEyE. FI. 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 
