396 - 7 LY. FICOIDEX. [Tetragonia, 
often extending to -several feet. Leaves petiolate, the larger ones ovate, 
Vier omg or broadly hastate, 2 to 4 in. long, entire, obtuse or-acute, the 
r ones narrower. ` eee small, dne on very short t 
ie as the tube. Stamens in clusters of 3 or 4 opposite each sinus of the ` 
calyx. Ovary half-inferior, oe free portion depressed-hemispherical, with 3 
to. 8 external furrows an many cells. Fruit hard, 3 to $ in. diameter, 
from nearly globular and e without protuberances to turbinate, angular, 
with 2, 3 or more hard ArT horns, the endocarp woody.—Hook. 18 ! 
Ton i 147; Bot. Mag. t. 2362 ; Payer in Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 3, xviii. t.13; 
T. inermis, F. Muell. in p xxv. 384. 
E Brisbane T Moreton Bay, C. Stu 
« B. ott cnp Port Jackson, J. D. Hooker ; etai river, Béckler ; in tie ine 
Ge at the camp at Meninv ve Vislorüm E zpediti ton. 
mo ap ria. "port Phillip, R: Brown ; Sealers’ Cove, F. Mueller. 
Northern. shores, J. D. Hooker. 
5. Australi Elders Range, Lake Torrens, F. Mueller - 
The species is also on the coasts of New Zealand, extratropical S. America, and Japan, | 
has been cultivated i in Europe as ** New Zealand Spina ach." i 
. implexicoma, Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 148. Decumbent oe 
atimbing: Leaves petiolate, ovate or Shamboull. usually smaller ai 
T. ezpansa, and often much narrower or quite oblong, usually covered Wi E. 
E vesicles like the Tce e-plant Pedicels filiform, solitary or : e i 
mens in clusters of 3 or 4 opposite the sinuses. P 
Ee à calyx-tube. Ovary 2-celled or tz 3-celled, the lower p Meo 
pendulous ovule in each cell, the free part conical, sometimes Frit 
erect ovule in each cell, and cireumscissly deciduous after flowering. vil - 
smaller than in 7. expansa, 3 to 4 lines long including the ps Le 
calyx, with irregularly prominent ribs or tubercles, but not "ah 
ha rarely 2.—F. Muell. Pl. Viet. t. 13; Tetragonella ot d 
y Hem Port Phillip, JA Mueller, Harvey, and others; mouth of the E r 
. Mue sho ` 
Tasmania. Abundant on all the coasts, sometimes festooning the bushes on the ; 
en. 
S. Australia. Lower Murray river, St. Vincent's Gulf, ete., F. Mueller. 
W. Australia. Rottenest Island, Preiss, n. 2393. 
Trise IL Arzorpem.—Calyx free, but with a distinct turbinal bs 
bearing the stamens at or below the top. $ 
3. AIZOON, Linn. 
Calyx free, deeply 4- or 5-lobed. Petals none. Stamens t: "T i 
«ere alternating with the lobes. A i "rg enclose more aay 
