PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
397 
252. SESELI. Gen.pl.4Q2. 
1. S. foliis 3-ternatis, foliolis longo-linearibus, umbellis he- 
misphaericis, involucellis poly phyllis : foliolis linearibus 
longitudine umbellularum. 
On the waters of Columbia river. M. Lewis. % . April, 
May. v. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers deep yellow. 
The fusiform root of this species is one of the grateful 
vegetables of the Indians: they use it baked or roasted. 
253. SALSOLA. Gen. pi. 437. 
1. S. herbacea diffusa : foliis triquetro-subulatis mucronatis 
lineatis, calycibus marginatis axillaribus .—-Willd. sp. 
pi. I. p. 13 iO. 
Icon. Pali, illustr. t. 28 & 2Q. 
Near the sea-coast, in gravelly dry soil : frequent ; 
plentifully in the city of New York. ©. July. v. v. 
Flowers very small ; seeds in a membranaceous calyx. 
2. S. herbacea, decumbens, glabra ; foliis dilatato-subulatis 
spinescentibus, gemmis fructificantibus valde turgidis, 
calycibus fructiferis explanato-alatis. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. 
p. 1 /4. Walt.Jl. car. 111. 
In Carolina. Michaux. -f. Probably only a variety 
of the preceding species. 
3. S. herbacea, erectiuscula, ramosissima ; foliis linearibus 
muticis carnosis, glomerulis confertis subspicatis, ca- 
lycibus fructiferis depresso-subrotundis. — Willd. sp. 
pl. 1. p. 1312. Mich.Jl. amer, l.p, 174. 
Icon. Jacq. hort. 3. t. 83. 
On the mouth of the river St. Laurence. Michaux. 0 . 
v. s. 
4. S. herbacea, humifusa, ramosissima ; ramulis distichis, 
foliis succulentis linearibus acutis glabris, floribus ax- 
illaribus sessilibus, staminibus exertis. 
Sueda prostrata. Pali, illustr . 55. t. 47. 
On the volcanic plains of the Missouri. Nuttall. 0, 
June. +. 
254. CHENOPODIUM. Gen. pl. 435. 
1. C. foliis triangulari- sagittatis integerrimis, spicis compo- 
sitis aphyllis axillaribus. Willd. sp. pl. 1 . p. 12QQ. 
Icon. Engl. bot. 717. 
Jn Virginia. Gronov. 1/ . June— ^ Aug. v. v . I never 
triternatum. 
Rali. 
caroliniana . 
salsa. 
depressa . 
Bonus Hen- 
ricus. 
