204 XCVI. CHENOPODIACEJE. [ Salicornia. 
thickened ay not lobed at the top. Spikes numerous, nearly sessile 
and opposite at the nodes or terminal, cylindrical, compact, } to near 
at ards s numerous, at first rather distinet with their obtuse 
in. 
margins cm prominent, but at length very emi packed into an 
jk ; h : 
pacis sverse lines. owers in threes, wholly anii and closely 
packed side by side (not in a triangle as in S. herbacea), all hermaphro- 
dite and monandrous, but often only the central one perfecting its seed. 
—— thickened upwards, with a narrow triangular obliquely trun- 
n p- Seed apparently compressed and vertical but not seen very — 
ect. 
N. Australia. Sandflats about Providence Hill and between M‘Adam Range and 
pke aco Pearce, F. Mueller ; Kyejeron Creek, Central Australia, M‘Douall St uart's Ez- 
w. Australia, Drummond, (Herb. F. Mueller.). 
5. S. bidens, Ben Stems procumbent, hard and puo 
15 Leh with as ued Big o or erect branches, from under 6 in. to above 
h. Articles mostly under 4 in. lon ng, dilated at the top into 
2 opposite lobes with prominent keels to a breadth of 2 lines or e 
lobes scarcely or not at all prominent. Spikes terminal, at le ae oe 
ceeding - in., the articles at first but little more than 1 ine long, but 
T" prominent. Flowers in threes, at first ruo in a line, more 2 
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w. Australia. ‘Salt tlagons! Ni e Trde: Range, F. Mueller ; Swan river, Preiss 
n. ied. Murchisen river, Oldfield "ge Bay, Milne 
s species seems to be closely dnd o the E. 1nd "E brachiata, Roxb., cid 
jéniMy prove not to be really distinct hos it, but di; precise structure of t the flo 
and seeds requires further investigation in th. 
. tenuis enth. A divaricately-branched or diffuse i i 
more slender ae i other Australian species. Articles of the brane 
scarious 1 margin. Flowers apparently dicecious, both sexes 1 
i wer 1 
he sp 
seen, probably at length elongated, the : articles larger and broader 
in the females, with a SAGT Perianths ell three mean 3 
merum with 1 stamen in each, and no trace of pistil. eec 2 2 
S ae 1 to 2 in. long, the articles 4 to above vii 
‘first almost ina li e, at length in a triangle, clava ate, tur 
whew in fruit white, much dilated at the top hich is obliquel ye 
