P XCVI. CHENOPODIACES. [ Atriplez. 
stralia. Swan river, Drummond, n. 230; Champion Bay and Murchison 
river, er, duc. 
8. A.r Sb gto raid: F. Muell. in Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. ii. 74. A 
divaricately branched chem ene scrubby shrub, closely allied to 
and perhaps a variety of A. cinerea. Leaves shortly petio olate, ovate or 
lanceolate, often eile A or almost hastate at the base, otherwist entire, 
acute and under + in. long when narrow, more obtuse and larger when 
broad. Flowers semidicecious, the male clusters forming an inte rrupted 
terminal spike or slightly branched panicle, the fe males solitary 0r 
nearly so in the axils of the upper stem-leaves in the male plant, more 
numerous and often clustered when there are no males. Fruiting peri- 
anth bilo orbicular or nearl enira 1j to nearly 3 lines diameter, 
the valves thick convex an orky, united about half way "P the 
margins entire. Seed bilia with the DES : nid or nearly 
superior, but in many i sree the seed is abor 
Victoria, or S. Australia. Murray scrub, F. oie 
W. Australia. Mitelinen river, Oldfield, 
The spec imens are insufficient to determine whether ^: is more than a variety 0t 
state of A. cinerea. The foliage however is rather differen 
R : 
Mueller). ' Fruiting perianth mis orbicular, ms 5 lines y 
the valves much thickened with a narrow flat m in, quite sm 
outside. Fruit raised to the hir of the aera, on à v ery broad 
flattened solid base. Seed not seen ripe. 
S. Australia. ik springs, Babbage's Expedition. 
y prove not to be distinct from A. rhagodioides, it is however but ve 
This 
perfectly jefa xad I have only seen a few detached enlarged but unripe perianths 1 
Herb. F. Mueller. 
re 
Series 2. VESICARIJE -—Small bushy or vade shrubs, more - 
w 
o 
on each face. 
10. A. vesicaria, Heward, MS. A bushy shrub, appare ently è o 
covered with a scaly tomentum. Leaves oblon ng oblo ong- pe i 
rac 
iin n ming 
cious (or sometimes dicecious ?), the males in eal clusters fo ther 
rather dense terminal leafless spikes of 4 to 1 in.; females few toge 
