Atriplex. | XCVI. CHENOPODIACER, 173 
in axillary clusters. Fruiting perianth nearly orbicular, 3 to 5 lines 
diameter, the valves membranous, very shortly connate, very obtuse or 
obscurely acuminate, the margins entire, flat but each wi mem- 
branous inflated appendage on the disk nearly as large as the valve 
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itself. Seed rather large, compressed ; radicle lateral. 
Queensland. In the interior, Mitchell. 
N. S. Wales. Molle’s plains, A. Cunningham; Murray and Darling desert, 
Victorian Expedition, F. Mucller. 
S. trali Crystal Brook, F. Mueller; Gawler Ranges, Sullivan (with more 
almost from the base, the margins entire, flat but each with a large 
membranous inflated appendage on the disk. Seed not seen ripe. 
W. ustralia, Drummond, n. 128 (4) and 129 (9). The specimens although 
numerous are not good, and the fruiting perianths are few, but all have the membranous 
appendages of A. vesicaria, which appears to have escaped Moquiu's attention. 
_ SERIEs 8. OLERACEJE.— Moncecious annuals, usually tall or spread- 
mg, green or slightly mealy. Flowers clustered in the axils and in 
terminal panicles. Valves of the fruiting perianth flat or muricate. 
12. A. patula, Linn.; Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 95. An erect 
spreading or prostrate annual, usually 1 to 2 ft. long, either quite green 
le hat mealy-white, never so thickly scaly as most species. 
"ers petiolate, the lower ones usually lanceolate-hastate, coarsely 
ate or 
thé valves united to near the middle, ate 
or toothed, smooth or muricate on the disk, very variable in size an 
Shape but l : i dicle lateral or ascending. 
E usually under 2 lines diameter. A DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 96. 
Mueller. 
N. S. Wales. p ; d, Herb. F. Mueller. 
di -. Paterson's river, R. Brown; Ash Island, Her 
Victoria. Abundant in gardens about Melbourne, Adamson, F. Mueller. 
The spectas : : f Asia, including several 
© Species is very common in Europe and a great part of Asia, Inc g SoTa 
n ibed as distinct by Moquin sehr 3 is probably only of modern introduction in 
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