FLOitA OF ADEN. 
308 
Halopeplis amplexicaulis Ces. Pass. & Gib. Compend, FI. Ital. 
271, t. 41, Fig. 2. 
Description A woody branched glabrous shrub, 1 — 2 feet high ; 
branches with closely placed nodes, not jointed Leaves inch long, 
obovate or orbicular, sessile and minutely decurrent at the base. 
Spikes of flowers small, dense ; floral bracts similar to the leaves, with 
usually 3 flowers under each bract, more or less adnate thereto. 
Mowers and Fruits : —August 1898 (Birdw.). 
Locality : — Eastern shore of Isthmus (Schweinf.) ; near Barrier-Gate 
(Busse) ; without locality (Birdw.) . — Hinterland near Bir Achmed 
(Defl.). 
Distribution : — -Arabia, Coast of the Red Sea, northwards up to Jedda 
and Koser, Nubia, N.-E. Africa. 
3. Sureda Forsk. 
Herbs or shrubs usually growing in saline places. Leaves fleshy, 
ternate, terete (rarely flattish). 
Flowers minute, axillary, usually hermaphrodite, bracteate and 2- 
bracteolate. Perianth short, globose or urceolate, 5-lobed or 5-parti te; 
segments equal or unequal, simple, gibbous or almost winged. Stamens 
5 ; filaments short ; anthers large. Ovary ovoid or orbicular, usually 
sessile, with a wide base, adnate below to the perianth, rounded or trun- 
cate at the apex ; ovule solitary, subsessile ; style 0 ; stigmas 2 — 5, minute, 
subulate, recurved, papillose throughout. 
Fruit a small membranous or spongy utricle included in the perianth. 
Seed erect, horizontal or oblique ; testa coriaceous or crustaceous ; albu- 
men 0 or scanty ; embryo slender, somewhat spiral. 
Species about 10. 
Distribution : — On saline shores and in deserts scattered nearly 
throughout the world. 
Each leaf without a tubercle supporting its base. 
Upper leaves nearly 1 inch long; flowers unisexual 
Upper leaves much less than 1 inch long — 
Perianth in fruit fleshy 
Perianth in fruit berry-like 
leaf with a tubercle supporting its base 
1 . S. monoica. 
2. S. fruticbsa. 
3. S. baccata. 
4. S. vermiculata. 
1. Suaeda monoica Forsk. FI. Aeg.-Arab. p. 70; DC. Prodr. XII, 2 
p. 156 ; Boiss. FI. Or. IV, 940 ; Hook. FI. Brit. Ind. V, 13. 
Suseda nudiflora Thwaites Enum. 246 
Arabic Name Assal. 
