152 FICOIDEZ. 
Chili, about Conception, and Valparaiso. Murr. comm. goett. 
1783. t. 5. Scop. inst. t. 14. D.C. pl. grass. t. 114. T. cor- 
nuta, Gærtn. fruct. 2. p. 179. f. 3. T. Japonica, Thunb. jap. 208. 
T. halimifòlia, Forst. prod. p. 223. Roth, abh. t. 8. Demidòvia 
tetragonoìdes, Pall. hort. dem. t. 1. Stamens 4-5 in each fascicle, 
1 fascicle in every recess of the calyx. From all the species this 
differs in the cells of the pericarp being double the number of 
calycine lobes, not equal to them in number, as in the rest of the 
species. The New Zealand spinach is a spreading, rather prostrate 
plant, with yellow flowers, and leaves an inch and a half long. 
The whole plant is studded with very minute crystalline dots. It 
is a native of New Zealand, by the sides of woods, in bushy sandy 
places, and though not used by the inhabitants, yet, being con- 
sidered by the naturalist who accompanied Cook, as of the same 
nature as the Chenopòdium, it was served to the sailors boiled 
every day at breakfast and dinner. It was introduced to this 
country by Sir Joseph Banks in 1772, and treated as a green- 
house plant; but it has been found to grow in the open garden 
as freely as the kidney-bean or nasturtium, and has been used 
as a spinach plant. In the Earl of Essex’s family, at Cashio- 
bury, no other spinach was used during the whole summer of 
1821, and it is now commonly cultivated for that purpose. It 
grows so fast that a few plants will suffice for a large family. 
There are three varieties of this species found in Chili: 1. with 
leaves smooth on both surfaces: 2, with leaves hoary beneath : 
and 3. a small grabrous variety. 
Expanded Tetragonia or New Zealand Spinach. FI. Aug. 
Sept. Cit. 1772. Pl. pr. 
2 T. crysra’Luina (Lher. stirp. nov. 1. p. 81. t. 39.) plant 
herbaceous, pruinose; leaves ovate, sessile; flowers almost ses- 
sile; fruit tetragonal, incurved, 4-seeded. ©. or h. F. Na- 
tive of Peru and Chili, about Valparaiso and Coquimbo. D. C. 
pl. grass. t. 34. Calyx 3-4-lobed. Stamens 3-4 in each fas- 
cicle, 1 fascicle in each recess of the calyx. 
Crystalline Tetragonia. Fl. June. Clt. 1788. Pl. 4 foot. 
3 T. ecuina‘ra (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 177.) plant herbaceous ; 
leaves petiolate, ovate-rhomboid; flowers on short pedicels ; 
fruit echinated, 3-4-seeded. ©. or 4. F. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. D.C. pl. grass. t. 113. Calyx 3-4-lobed. 
Stamens 3-4, 1 in each recess of the calyx. Calyx beset with 
crystalline papule. : 
Echinated-fruited Tetragonia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1774. 
PI. 4 foot. 
Secr. II. Txrtraconoca’rpos (from rerpa, tetra, four, ywvia, 
gonia, an angle, and kaproc, karpos, a fruit; in reference to the 
fruit being usually furnished with 4 wings). Comm. ex D.C. 
prod. 3. p. 452. Stamens disposed in 1 series at the base of 
the calycine lobes. Fruit usually winged.—Herbaceous, peren- 
nial, or suftruticose plants. Flowers on long pedicels. 
4 T. uirsu'ra (Lin. fil. suppl. 258.) plant herbaceous, de- 
cumbent; leaves ovate, villous, sessile; flowers 3 together, on 
short pedicels; fruit tetragonal, with a wing on each angle, 4- 
seeded. 2/.D,G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. 
fl. cap. 408. Stamens numerous, inserted in the middle of the 
calyx by bundles, as described by Thunberg. Perhaps not 
distinct from T. villosa, Poir. dict. 7. p. 604. 
Hairy Tetragonia. Pl. decumbent. 
5 T. seica‘ra (Lin. fil. suppl. 258.) plant herbaceous, erect; 
leaves petiolate, glabrous: lower ones ovate : upper ones lan- 
ceolate ; flowers pedicellate, branched. %. D. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 409. where itis called 
T. racemosa. Pedicels numerous, aggregate. 
Spiked-flowered Tetragonia. Fl. Jul. Clt.1795. Pl. 1 ft. 
6 T. wersa'cea (Lin. spec. 687.) plant somewhat herbaceous 
rather decumbent, smooth ; leaves ovate, petiolate ; flowers = 
II. Terraconia. 
III. Sesuvium. 
long pedicels ; fruit 4-winged, 4-6-seeded ; root strumose. Y, 
D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 409, 
Haw. misc. 121.—Comm. hort. amst. 2. t. 102. Pedicels 1-3 
together, nearly an inch long. Flowers 4-cleft, but the terminal 
ones are 5-cleft. Root fleshy. 
Herbaceous Tetragonia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1752. Pl. dee, 
7 T. pecu’mBens (Mill. dict. no. 2.) plant suffruticose, de» 
cumbent, pruinose ; leaves on short petioles, obovate-oblong ; 
flowers 3 together on short pedicels ; fruit 4-5-angled, with a 
wing on each angle. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. D. C. pl. grass. t. 23. Mill. fig. t. 263. f.1. Flowers 
4-5-cleft. Styles 4-5. Calyx and anthers of a pale sulphur 
colour. 
Decumbent Tetragonia. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt.1758. Sh. dee. 
8 T. rruticosa (Lin. spec. 687.) shrubby, erect; leaves ob- 
long, on very short petioles; flowers 1 or 3 together, on short 
pedicels ; fruit bluntly 3-4-angled, each angle furnished with a 
wing. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.—Comm, 
hort. amst. 2. t. 103.—Séba, thes. 2. t. 11. f. 8. Haw. mise. 
p. 120.—Mill. fig. 2. t. 263. f. 2, Calyx green without and 
yellow within. : 
Shrubby Tetragonia. FI. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1712. Sh. 2to 4 ft. 
9 T. rerra’prerts (Haw. misc. p. 121.) plant suffruticose, 
erect; leaves oblong-lanceolate, nearly sessile ; flowers pedicel- 
late, racemose ; fruit furnished with 4 large wings, and other 4 
alternate small ones. h. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Tetrdpteris, &c. Pluk. amalth. t. 200. Nut 4-seeded. 
Four-ninged-fruited Tetragonia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1794. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. i 
10 T. tinza‘ris (Haw. rev. p. 73.) plant shrubby and dif- 
fusely decumbent ; leaves linear, rather revolute at the sides, 
engraven above by a dorsal line; flowers terminal, racemose. 
hk. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves greenish. 
Linear-leaved Tetragonia. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1819. Sh. dee. 
11 T. ogova`ra (Haw. rev. p. 73.) plant suffruticose, decum- 
bent, pruinose ; leaves obovate or oval; petioles winged, stem- 
clasping, somewhat decurrent. h.D.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Flowers unknown. Very like 7. dectimbens, 
but one half larger. 
Obovate-leaved Tetragonia. Clt. 1821. Shrub dec. 
Cult. The same culture, propagation, and treatment as that 
recommended for Mesembrydnthemum will suit the species of 
Tetragonia. The T. expánsa, when wanted for spinach, may 
be planted out in the open ground, about April or May. 
II. SESU‘VIUM (aname.not explained by the author). Lin. 
gen. 624. Lam. ill. t. 434. D.C. prod. 3. p. 453. od 
Lin. syst. Jcoséndria, Tri-Pentagynia. Calyx 5-partedy 
permanent; lobes coloured on the inside. Petals wanting 
Stamens 15-30, inserted at the top of the calycine tube, whic 
is short. Ovarium distinct, sessile. Style wanting. Suga 
3-5. Capsule 3, rarely 4-5-celled, circumcised, having the p% 
centiferous axis permanent. Seeds numerous. Embryo hooked: 
—Smooth fleshy herbs, inhabitants of the sea-side ; with oppo 
site, quite entire, veinless leaves ; and axillary, solitary, alternate 
flowers, which are either sessile or on short pedicels. Calyx 
purplish inside. ` 
1 S. Porturaca’srrum (Lin. spec. 446. exclusive of the sy 
of Rumphius) leaves linear or lanceolate-oblong, flat; flowers 
pedicellate. Y%. D. G. Native of the West Indies, — 
and Senegal, by the sea-side.—Plum. ed. Burm. t. 223. na 
—Jacq. amer. t. 95. Aizdon Canariénse, Andr. bot. rep- 20 
Calyx green outside, and reddish within. Stamens 25-30. o 
Var. a, pedunculàtum; flowers pedicellate. S. pedunculàtu ; 
Pers. ench. 2. p. 39. Lam. ill. t. 434. f. 1. 
Var. B, séssile ; flowers nearly sessile. S. séssile, 
Pers. ench. 
