209 XCVI. CHENOPODIACEZ. [Salicornia 
whole tribe of Salicornieæ as defined by Moquin in DC. Prod., has a wide range oy er the 
seacoasts and saline marshes of most parts of the globe, more Mm in the Old Worl. 
Of the seven Australian s cies, one extends to New a aland, another is possibly the 
same as an Asiatic one, the remaining n appear to be endemic. e speci 
ever, require much furt her m living n beféPé the value of Re 
ferences in the flowers, which are etd dareble can be properly appreciated. lag 
a of the dried specimens before me are not in a state to be 3 fa y 
Secr. 1, Hal — Periantlis not dilated at the top, usually narrow, Spikes 
usually short. Fie i in pas big all or the central one hermaphrodite. 
Spikes ovoid or shortly oblong, with few articles, the margins forming 
al lobes. 
opposite thick triangular-conica 
E E ikes 5 to 6 lines thick K CISS mT 
y br a shrub. Spikes not 2 lines th " 53190 E 
Spikes iiad -cylindrical, the articles numerous, short 
closely imbri Bete the aein dilated into semicircular opposite 
scarious scales . . &. cinerea. 
Secr. 2 y UEM, (i EEY z T dilated into a d transverse oF 
Spikes Doa often elong 
Flowers i in threes, all or m. central one oem tm 
the "i sas of the articles broad obtuse and 
. 4. 8. leiostachya. 
Aen mesa by the very prominent 2-lobed margins ‘of the | 
icles 5. S. bidens. 
Flowers in threes, unisexual | (diecious ‘). ` Articles of the spikes with ; 
promine ent 2-lo w ma 6. S. tenus. 
owers in fives o P pean,” most y hermaphrodite, ‘Articles of the | 
spikes ‘with slightly prominent enis argins . 8. australis 
eld ed above, I am unable to identify th sibs NVE sicum, me 
Chenop. Enum. 110, and in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 149, from King Georg e's Sound, A a 
Mus. hr, “which ave not seen. Itis certainly not a, BE 
ving herbaceous ascending stems, with the articles of vem pesce 24 bie, ae 
of the spikes broad concave and very obtuse (as in S. leiostachya D. = t the spikes a” 
said to be very large, conico-cylindrical and 6 to 15 lines long, wh oes not agree 
with ie 5 our species. The perianth is described as that of Do» actin Halocnemum. 
SEC HarocNEMUM.—Perianths ar dilated at the top, 
hyaline ied narrow. LE P 8 
. S. robusta, F. Muell. Fragm. snis nd Pl. Viet. t, 89, WE 
(i Mueller). Sheubby a ind inueh stoutér iik "the ers ‘species gin 
enam 
opposite p iUe lobes or ES pbi. Teaves "prope 
? lines. 
N.S. Wales. "dei desit i near the junction of the Darling and Murray; 
g an , 
DS Victoria, Murray js F. Mueller. 
ave not yet received the plate above referred to. 
usually 
gm. (m "199. wer 
