104 XCVI. CHENOPODIACEJE. [ Chenopodium, 
shorter than ii etioles. Ferisnthosegnianite 4 or 5, erect, lanceolate, 
rather above 1 line long, the points somewhat spreading, the ed 
much d and irregularly ang ir at the base. Stamen 1. Seed 
erect, rugose, enclosed in the perianth. — litum. atriplicinum, F. Muell, 
in Trans. Vict. Inst. 1855, 133, and in Hook. Kew Journ. viii. 204. 
N. S. Wales. om — Victorian Expedition. 
Victoria. Wimmera, Dallachy. 
S. Australia. Flinders Range, F. Mueller. 
3. DYSPHANIA, R. Dr. 
um testa crustaceous with a very thin membranous inner integument. 
Embr yo ihe creme a mealy albumen ; radicle inferior. —Small 
annuals. Leaves alternate, flat, entire. Flowers minute, in clusters 
either all axillary or in pereina pues, the females numerous, the her- 
maphrodite ones few in each c 
The genus is limited to Australia. ra is hn allied to the Mo Orthosporum of 
Chenopodium, but readily distinguished by the remarkable per 
— ue mA of 3 (rarely 2 ris faling off with asi 
Sty Plant of 1 t 
ica Tesi "dira a dense ud hali eafless spike 1, D. plantaginella 
Flower-clusters closely ga pas but axillary, iuri a leafy 
2. D. littoralis. 
ike 
Fruiting 1 perianth ‘usually of a si ingle segment. Styles 2. Plant 
Flower-clusters all axillary and distinct Bou. myriocephala. 
lantaginella, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 61. An erect branching — 
d of 1 to 3 in. , slightly eile bey. Stem leaves in the lower ' 
art of the plant petiolate, ovate or obovate, obtuse, entire, 2 to 4]ines — 
long. Flowers resembling those of D. littoralis, but the cluster rerot 
in dense terminal cylindrical leafless. spikes o 
quently occupying the greater portus of the plant. "Perianth of 3 
obovate-clavate concave segments, about 1 line long, and falling off with 
the fruit. Style 1, very deciduous 
N. Australia. Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller. 
2. D. littoralis, R. Br. Prod. 411. A small plant tpparen ee m ? 
although sometimes hard and phone fleshy at the base, w = ; 
ing branching stems of 2 to 3 i s p M 
emen ovate or oblon obtuse, entire, rather thic 
rarely 2 segments falling off together an enclosing the fruit, the ire 
ments all equal, oo clavate, concave, contracted at the base, abon 
