274 64. AMARANTHACE^. 65. CHENOPODIACE.ffi. 
[P. armaria (W. & K.) ; a brancliing leafy plant has been 
found abundantly on Burnham Sand-hills, Som.] E. 
2. Littobel'la Linn. Shore-weed. 
1. L. lacus'tris (L.).—E. B. 468.— Fl. white. Fertile fl. .ses- 
sile. Stalks of the male fl. 1 — 2 in. long. L. all radical, linear, ^ 
fleshy, somewhat channeled. — Margins of lakes. P. VI. VII. 
E. S. 1. 
Division IV. MONOCHLAMYDE^. 
With only a single perianth ; that is, the cal. and cor. not dir 
stinguishable, or wanting. — Ord. LXIV. — LXXVII. 
[Order LXIV. AMARANTHACE^.] 
[Perianths — 5-parted, scarious, persistent. Stam.hypogjTious'. 
Ovary free, 1-celled ; ovule 1 or several, suspended from a free 
central seed-stalk. Style 1 or 0. Stigma simple or compound. 
Embryo curved round central farinaceous albumen. — L. without 
stipules or sheaths. — G. F. G. Monochl. 71.] 
[1. Amabanthus. Fl. monoecious. Perianth 3 — 5-parted. 
Stam. 3 — 5. Styles 3. Caps. 1-celled, 1-seeded, bursting 
transversely.] 
1. Amakan'thus Linn. 
\_A. BUtum (L.) ; fl. 3-fid 3-androu8, clusters small lateral the 
upper ones in a small naked spike, st. diftuse glabrous. — E. B. 
2212. — Waste places near towns. A. VIII.] E. 
Order LXV. CHENOPODIACE.E. 
Perianth 5-parted, persistent. Stam. from the base of the 
perianth. Ovary fi-ee or adhering to the tube of the peiianth ; 
ovule 1, attached to the base of the cell. vStyles 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 hile. — L. without stipules or 
sheaths. — For figures of the genera see G. F. G. Monochl. • 
Tribe I. SALSOLF^K Fl. uniform, perfect. Seeds without 
albumen. Embryo spii'al. St. continuous. L. semici/lin- 
drical or terete. 
