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CL CHENOPODIACEjE. 
Tribe I. Euelienopodiene . — Stem not jointed. Flowers clustered, all similar. Leaves 
flat. Stamens perigy nous. Embryo usually annular. 
Perianths equally 5 or 4-lobed, herbaceous, not much enlarged in fruit. 
Fruit a small succulent berry . 1. Rhagodia. 
Fruit a dry nut enclosed in the perianth 2. Chenopodium. 
Tribe II. Antripliceee.— Stems not" jointed. Flowers dimorphic; males ebraeteolate, 3 to 
5-lobcd or parted ; female usually without perianth and enclosed in 2 free or connate bracts. 
Stamens perigy nous. Testa crustaceous or coriaceous ; embryo annular. 
Female bracteoles flat, edges united or not 3 . A triplex. 
Tribe III. Chenoleeae.— Stem not jointed. Flowers all similar. Utricle included in the 
usually enlarged perianth. Stamens liypognous. Seed usually horizontal ; testa membranous or 
coriaceous, adhering to the scanty albumen ; embryo annular. 
Fruiting-perianths globular or depressed, membranous, herbaceous or 
succulent, the lobes horizontally (or rarely conically) closing over the 
fruit. Seed horizontal or oblique. 
Fruiting-perianth membranous or herbaceous, enveloped in wool or long 
hairs, without any or with horn-like or spinescent dorsal appendages . 4. Ciienolea. 
Fruiting-perianth surrounded by 3 to 5 distinct or by 1 continuous annular 
horizontal wings 5. Kochia. 
Fruiting-perianth without appendages, succulent or coriaceous, glabrous 
or the lobes slightly pubescent . : 6. Enchyl.ena. 
Fruiting-perianth hard, at least at the base, the lobes usually membranous 
and withering. 
Fruiting-perianth with dorsal wings. Flowers solitary. Wings 2 or 3, 
nearly vertical. Seed horizontal 7. Babbagia. 
Fruiting-perianth without any or with spinescent dorsal appendages. 
Fruiting-perianth tomentose or woolly, with 2 opposite diverging dorsal 
spines rarely wanting. Seed horizontal or oblique 8. Sclerol/Ena. 
Fruiting-perianth glabrous or slightly hairy, with 3 to 5 divaricate 
dorsal spines. Seed vertical 9. Anisacantha. 
Fiuiting- perianth glabrous, without appendages or rarely with 5 small 
erect spines. Seed horizontal or oblique 10. Tiirelkeldia. 
Tribe IV. Salicorniese . — Branches articulate, fleshy. Leaves none. Flowers 2-sexual 
or hermaphrodite , more or less immersed. Testa various. Embryo curved or folded with little or 
no albumen. 
Perianth tubular, mouth lacerated. Radicle inferior. Strobili terminal, 
1 to 3-ni., scales persistent , ... 11. Tecticornia. 
Perianth ovoid or pyramidal, mouth narrowed, 3 to 4-fid. Seed albuminous. 
Testa membranous 12. Arthrocnemum. 
Seeds without albumen. Testa hispid, hairs hooked 13. Saeicornia. 
Series II. Spirolobeae.— Embryo spiral; albumen scanty or wanting. 
Tribe V. Suiedeie. — Utricle enclosed in the simply enlarged perianth. Stem not jointed. 
Perianth small, herbaceous, without appendages. Testa crustaceous. 
Embryo coiled in a flat spire 14. Su.eda. 
Tribe VI. Salsoleai.— Utricle enclosed in the transversely-winged perianth. Stem jointed 
or not. 
Perianth rigid, with dorsal horizontal wings. Testa membranous. Embryo 
coiled in a conical or biconvex spire. (Leaves and bracts pungent) . . 15. Salsola. 
Suborder II. Baselleze. — Stem twining. Bracteoles 2 broad, adnate to the face of the 
perianth. Filaments straight or curved in bud. 
Tribe VII. Boussing'aultieae. — Stamens reflexed in bud. Embryo semi-annular, 
albumen farinose. 
Bracteoles oblong, obtuse, shorter than the perianth 16. *Boussingaultia. 
1. RHAGODIA, R. Br. 
(Fruit berry-like). 
Flowers polygamous, mostly hermaphrodite or female, but sometimes almost 
dioecious. Perianth deeply 5-cleft, the lobes or segments obtuse, concave, 
scarcely enlarged in fruit, and either closing over the fruit or expanded under it. 
Stamens 5 or fewer, filaments more or less flattened. Ovary globular or nearly 
