Emex  

• Emex Campd., Monogr. Rumex. 56. 1819.; nom. conserv.; Boiss., Fl. Or. 4: 1005. 1879; Mandaville, Fl. East Saudi Arab. 104. 1990; Boulos, Fl. Egypt 1: 24. 1999; Chaudhary, Fl.Kingd. Saudi Arab. 1: 311. 1999.   

Annual glabrous herbs. Leaves alternate, entire, ochreate, ochrea membranous, soon becoming lacerate, petiolate, ovate-lanceolate to oblong-cordate. Flowers unisexual (plants monoecious), rarely bisexual. Perianth segments 6, greenish, distinct in staminate flowers; connate in pistillate flowers, arranged in 2 whorls of 3 each, inner ones erect, outer ones spinescent, indurated in fruit. Stamens 4-6. Styles 3, dilated and fimbriate above; stigmas 3. Nut 3-angled, enclosed in the spiniscent perianth. Seeds turbinate-trigonous, erect.