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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART Ill.

Chenopo'dium L. Flowers bisexual. Calyx inferior, with 5 sepals, perma-nent. Stamens 5, hypogynous; opposite to, anil of about the length of,the sepals. Anthers with round lobes. Ovary orbicular, depressed. Ovule,according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Styles 2, short.Stigmas obtuse. Fruit a utricle, invested by the calyx. Seed lens-shaped.Leaves alternate, generally lobed, bearing a friable, unctuous scurf. Flow-ers numerous, small, green, in groups that are disposed in leafy spikes ornaked panicles; or the flowers solitary, or 2—3 together, in the axils of leaves.(Smith Eng. FI.; Lindley Nat. Syst. of Bot.; and observation.)

Atriplex L. Flowers some bisexual, some female; those of both kindsupon one plant. — Bisexual flower. Calyx inferior, with 5 sepals, perma-nent. Stamens 5, hypogynous; opposite to, and about as long as, thesepals. Anthers with round lobes. Pistil and fruit much as in the femaleflower; but, in Britain, in the native species, seeds are scarcely producedfrom the bisexual flowers. — Female flower. Calyx inferior, deeply dividedinto two large, flat, equal, or nearly equal, lobes, and so compressed that thelobes have their inner faces approximate; permanent. Ovary compressed.Ovule, according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Fruit autricle, invested by the calyx, which is now enlarged. Seed compressed,orbicular. — Leaves alternate or opposite, undivided or jagged, bearing ameal-like scurf. Flowers numerous, small, greenish, in groups that areaxillary or disposed in spikes. (Smith. Eng. FI.; Lindley Nat. Syst. of Bot.;and observation.)

Dio'tis Schreb. Flowers unisexual, those of both sexes upon one plant.— Male flower. Calyx inferior, with 4 sepals, permanent. Stamens 4, in-serted at the bottom of the calyx; opposite to, and prominent beyond, thesepals. — Female flower. Calyx inferior, of one piece deeply divided, andending in 2 horns, permanent, and, possibly, adnate to the ovary'. Ovule,according to the character of the order, 1, and erect. Fruit a utricle, vil-lous at the base, partly invested by the calyx.—Leaves alternate, lanceolate,entire, bearing hoary pubescence. Male flowers in axillary groups that aredisposed in leafy spikes. Female flowers about 2 together, axillary.(Encycl.of Plants ; Nuttatt Gen.; Lindley Nat. Syst.of Bot.; and observation.)

Genus I.

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CHENOPO'DIUM L. The Goosefoot. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Digynia.

Identification. Lin. Gen., 121., but with some modification since.

Synonymes. Salsbla, Sp- > Anserine, Fr .; Gause Fuss, Ger.

Dei'ivaiion. From the Greek words cken, a goose, and pans podas, foot; many of the species havinglarge angular leaves extremely like the webbed foot of a waterfowl.

Description, §c. A genus of which there are only three ligneous speciesin British gardens; two of these formerly belonged to the genus Salsola, orsaltwort; and, like the other plants of that genus, they contain a large pro-portion of soda, more especially in their native habitats, near the sea. Theplants are of the easiest culture in any dry soil; and they are readily pro-pagated by cuttings.

* 1. C. frutico 'sum Schrad. The shrubby Goosefoot, or Stonecrop 'Free.'

Identification. Schrader, according to G. Don in Hort. Brit.

Synonymes. Salsbla frutiebsa Lin. Sp. PL, 324., Willd. Sp. PI., 1. p. 1316., Eng. Bot., t 635., Fl.Grcec., t. 255., Eng. Flora, 2. p. 18., A’. JJu Ham., 6. p. 263. j the shrubby Glasswort; Soude enArbre, Fr. j strauchartiges Salzkraut, Ger.

Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 635. j Flor. Gra;c., t 255.; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 79. ; and our figs. 1156,1157.

Spec. Char., fyc. Shrubby, upright, evergreen. Leaves semicylindrical, blunt-ish, imbricate. ( Smith Eng. Fl., and Willd. Sp. PI.) This species is a lowshrub, seldom exceeding 3 ft. or 4 ft. in height, with numerous cylindricalupright branches; and sessile, linear, fleshy, and alternate leaves, which are