446 CHENOPODIACE (Wright). [ Atriplex. 
appear turbinate with a horizontal wing and small central opening ; 
seed brownish, lenticular. Benth. Fl. Austral. v. 178. A. Lindleyi, 
Coast Reeton: Albany Div. ; Grahamstown, Schénland ! 
Introduced from Australia. 
10. A. rosea (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. ii. 1493); stem much-branched 
from the base, herbaceous or slightly woody, obtusely angled, 
1-3 ft. high; leaves alternate, spreading, rhomboid to oblong, 
sinuate, 1-2 in. long, }~-14 in. wide, cuneate at the base, silvery 
lepidote on both surfaces; nerves rather prominent beneath ; 
petiole 3-6 lin. long; flowers monecious, in terminal leafy spikes 
up to 2 in. long, reddish; bracteoles sessile, obcuneate, shortly 
cuspidate, 2-3 lin. long in fruit, connate half-way up, strongly 
nerved on the back; seed beaked, thick at the margin, fuscous. 
t. 267. 
CentraL Recion: Graaff Reinet Div. ; near Graaff Reinet, 2600 ft., Bolus, 
656 ! 
Also in Eurore, the Orient and North Africa. 
ll. A. laciniata (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 1053) ; a herb 2-5 ft. high ; 
stem simple or sparingly branched above, obscurely angular ; leaves 
alternate or the lowest opposite, hastate-deltoid, acute or subobtuse, 
sinuately toothed, 1-3 in. long, }-} in. wide, glabrous above, silvery 
pulverulent beneath ; petiole 5—10 lin. long ; bracts in fruit 14—2 lin. 
long, rhomboid, acute, sometimes 3-lobed, toothed at the sides, 
connate half-way up; spikes up to 2 in. long, | lin. in diam., 
paniculately arranged, with the clusters closely placed, naked or 
leafy only at the base. Moguin in DO. , Sh Riis: 4s: 93s 
A. tataricu, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 1053; Reichenb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 
xxiv. 142, t. 269. Chenopodium laciniatum, Thunb. Prodr. 48. 
C. sinuatum, Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult, 245, 
SoutH Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
Also in Europe, the Orient and North Africa. » 
Imperfectly known species. 
12, A. microphylla (Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. ii. 958, not of F. Muell.) ; 
stem shrubby, branched from the base, erect, scarcely 1 ft. high, 
ashy-grey ; branches terete, virgate ; leaves scattered, ovate, obtuse, 
entire, glaucous, 1 lin. long; flowers in the axils of the leaves. 
Moquin in DC. Prodr, xiii. ii. 104; Burch. Trav. 8. Afr. i. 225. 
Chenopodium microphyllum, Thunb. Prodr. 48, and Fl. Cap. ed. 
Schult. 245, 
Soutn Arrica : without locality, Thunberg. 
