10 Aug., 1917.] 



Avstralian Fodder Shrub. 



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wheel, and from its tender green colouring and oblong-lanceolate leaves, 

 is often supposed to be a grass. It seems specially adapted to flourish 

 in the strongest alkali soil, but like all the saltbushes, it will grow 



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Atriplex mummularia. 

 Lindley in Mitchell's Tropical Australia (1848). 



1. Portion of a branchlet with unex- 



panded staminate flowers. 



2. An expanded staminate flower. 



3. Front and back view of a stamen. 



4. Pollen grain. 



5. A pistillate flower. 

 6 and 7. Fruit-bearing calyces. 



All enlarged, but to various extent 



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8. A fruit-bearing calyx- 

 it removed. 



!'. Longituilinal section of two fruit- 

 bearing calyces. 



10. A fruit — separated. 



11. A seed. 



12. Transverse section of a seed. 

 1.3. Longitudinal section of a fruit. 



