156 XCVI. CHENOPODIACER, | Rhagodia. 
solitary in the upper axils. Fruit small (14 lines diameter when dry), 
the perianth expanded under it but not projecting beyond.—Moq. in 
DC. . xiii. 1i. 53. 
ueensland. Burdekin river, F. Mueller ; near Rockhampton, rare, O'Shanesy; 
Armadilla, Barton. ; 
. Ss. Liverpool plains and Lachlan river, A. Cunningham ; Darlin 
river, Mitchell; and thence to the Barrier Range, Victorian Expedition; Castlerea 
oor. 
* 
Victoria. Murray and Avoca rivers, F., Mueller 
ueller. E 
Spencer's Gulf, 2. Brown; Cudnaka and Murray river, F. Muel- 
e 
S. Australia. "; 
ler ; Gawler Ranges, Sullivan; N.E. of Lake Gairdner, Babbage. : 
R. prostrata, A. Cunn. Herb.; Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 52, is described from speci- 
mens which have no spines, but which in all other respects agree with R, spinescens, and 
may be either an unarmed variety or a mere state in which the spines are not yet de- 
veloped. 
9. R. hastata, 
branched undershrub, spreading to 2 or 3 ft., green or slightly mealy- 
u 
r 
white when young. Leaves opposite or rarely alternate, petiolate, 
lare, which this species sometimes resembles, Fruit 4 to 3 line diameter, 
. ii. 53. 
Queensland. ockhampton, Dallachy and others; Nerkool Creek, Bowman; 
Moreton Bay, Leichhardt, C. Stuart. 
N. S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown and others; Liverpool plains, A. Cun- 
ningham; New England, C. Stuart; Hastings river, Beckler. 
Victoria. Bacchus marsh, F. Mueller. 
p : 
gradually smaller. Inflorescence simple or with a few short branches . 
terminal or in the upper axils, under 1 in. long or rarely elongs 
Sometimes nodding at the end, sometimes slightly leafy at the a 
with one or two so itary flowers or small clusters in the axils ie : 
upper leaves. Flowers ver small, the males with 2 or 3 stamens : 
a rudim i M 
Queensland. Brisbane river, F. Mueller ; Curriwilli hie, Dalton. to the 
«S. Wales. Lachlan river, A, Cunningham ; Lackias and Darling rivers 
