168 XCVI. CHENOPODIACEJE. [ Atriplex. 
Leaves narrow, usnally green, 3 to L in. long.. Fruiting perianth 
sessile, rhomboidal, the valves not broader than the tube 16. A. semibaccata. 
Leaves 2 to 3 lines long. Fruiting perianth rhomboidal, about 
1 line diameter, with a short solid base . 17. A. exilifolia. 
Fruiting Leica with a globular ovoid or slig ghtly compressed 
tube enclosing the fruit, the valves shorter than the tube. 
Spreading ( (or erect ?). Leaves ay mostly toothed and 2 in. 
Jon Fruiting perian 1 to 14 lines diameter. . 18. A. Muelleri. i 
ie Sele 8 obovate or ce rarely above 2 lines long. 
Fruiting sena 1 to 1} lines diamet -19. A. elachophylla. 
Procumbent. Leaves narrow, } to fin in Fruiting perianths 
er, SAU 1 line diameter 20. A. microcarpa. 
Pros 8 narrow, 1 dn 2 lines long. Fr ruiting perianths 
clustered, Moy 4 lino dia 21. A. prostrata. 
Proc Leaves ovate, 1 " ui es long. Fruiting peri- 
ae gre the axils, scarcely 1 lin ne diameter . . 92. A. pumilio. 
Fruiting perianth tnd e valves free, 2 me ng. Small erect 
plant glabrous and gree Tastes 2 lines long 23. A. glomulifera. 
Fruiting perianth Se an reed erar itin slightly c com- 
pressed tube wi endages on the shorter face. Valv 
toothed, unequal e scarcely appressed . . . « 24. A campanulata. 
LOL Tn DC i eee 
SERIES 5. RR PUMP ing or procumbent herbs or unders 
scaly-tomentose or Inflores igi jer the Glomerate. Fruiting perianths not 
compressed, en owing a fruit, the ete small closed by small erect appressed waa 
Fruiting perianth cylindrical, narr 
Va aye s of the fru uiting perianth vati entire, without ipod 
dag . 95. A. leptocarpa. 
beet 2 horned with E: à minute central lobe and a dorsal appen- 
ween the 26. A. limbata. 
Fruiting eran inflate tentis ongy. 
perianth hemispherical or turbinate with an almost 
‘top and acute or winged margin. Radicle ikast or ; 
almost inferior . 27. A. halimoides. 
Priting por porianth turbinate- -globular, 4 to 6 lines diameter, 
. 28. A. holocarpa. 
Fruiting pertanth depressed globular, not 2 lines diameter. 
Radicle superior 9. A. spongiosa. 
Series 6 (or SEcrI M .2). Theleophyton.— Monecious prostrate crystalline herb. 
SU: axillary. Tanth peer — short valves. pr pressed, à t right 
angles with, not Dur to the valves 
d specie . 80. A. Billardieri. 
* A. Meet nsis, , Linn. (Atriplex | sect, Dichospermum Moq. i DO. Prod. xiii. it. 
91), an erect green annual of 4 or 5 ft., res large broad leaves, and numerous flowers 
crowded in g terminal Miri the frui ing perianths broad, thin, a 
intermixed with a few small regular 5-cleft ini Karia ith horizontal seeds, a plant 
east European or west Asiatic origin, very long cultivated as a vegetable a the 
Pom of Orache, has been sent from N. S. Wales and from Victoria as an escape from 
gardens. 
SERIES 1. PANICULATÆ.—Di iœcious or semidicecious or paca d 
tose a the dd clusters in mor less branched or panic "€ 
ense or interrupted cue PERS the females either also paniculate 0 - 
spicate or in vun 
l. A. stipitata, B Benth. An erect bushy rather slender "m : 
scaly white or somewhat fulvous all over. Tous from obovate t0 
