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1. Halopeplis perfoliata (Forssk.) Bunge ex Schweinf. & Aschers., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 289. 1867; Ung.-Sternb. l.c. 329. 1867; Boiss., l.c. 935; Blatter, Fl. Aden. 307. 1915; Blatter, Fl. Arab. in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 8(4): 407. 1923; Täckh., St. Fl. Egypt (ed.2): 118. pI. 30. fig. A. 1974; Hedge, l.c. 124. (Fig.18, F-G2).
Salicornia perfoliata Forssk., Fl. Aeg. -Arab. 3. t. 1. 1775; Halostachys perfoliata Moq. in DC., Prodr. 13(2): 148. 1849 - ex parte.
A stout, juicy-succulent shrub, erect or ascending, up to 1 m. Leaves alternate, short, almost globose, perfoliate, 2-3 (-4) x 3-5 mm, fleshy- thick, with rounded apices, looking like obliquely swollen nodes. Spikes short, compact, 10-15 mm long, axillary from the upper nodes. Flowers perfect or pistillate, in groups of three.
Fl. Per.: June-August
Type: Saudi Arabia, Jiddah & Ghomsodae, Forsskhal (C-Herb.Forsskål).
Distribution: N.E. Africa, Nubia, Arabia to Pakistan, Baluchistan extreme S.W. coast (cf. Freitag, Fl. et Veg. Mundi 9: 282. fig. 1. 1991).
An easily identified shore species.
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