54. Microcnemum Ung.-Sternb.

Mzcrocnemum Ung.-Sternb., Atti Congr. Bot. Firence 1874 268, 269, 280 (1876).

Small annual like Salicornia, but flowers free, minute, concealed by the bracts; central flower in each cyme bisexual, the laterals usually pistillate; stamen 1. Seed coat crustaceous. Zn = 18. One sp., M. coralloides (Loscos et Pardo) Buen, Spain, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran.