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159 XCVI. CHENOPODIACER. | Rhagodia. 
concave, scarcely enlarged in fruit, rA ae closing over the fruit or - 
expande d under it. Stamens 5 or fewer, filaments more or less flattened. 
rry. Seed flattened, horizontal ; testa rettet: Embr o circular, 
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small, scri Or Fi. -— pedicellate, in clusters or rarely solitary, 
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The genus is exclusively aid. gos from Chenopodium in the gaias 
icarp and usually in the more shrubby habit. e species are often very varia vs 
s ie 
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a e represented in herbaria T id specimens so imperfe ect as to leave a large 
vary Mgr a even in the ipn from red o pu rple to yellow, but perhaps 
usto 
Pe s much branched. 
rs polygam 
ous. 
weed most all alternate, € fie B Barrow e Breen 
above, paler or whiter e mar- 
gins often recurved 1. R. Billardieri. 
Leaves alternate or t opposite, mostly broad, flat, green or 
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; . R. parabolica. 
Flowers dicecious, ery Fanal Leaves oblong c or broad, flat, 
pale or white on ds sides 8. R. dioica. 
— nearly single or poe nof much branched. 
Leaves rather thick and fleshy, flat or concave, mostly alter- 
? até . Plant not "ines 
dei perianth 2 5 lins "pte when open and , 
uch larger Hay the fruit. Leaves mostly hastate 4. R. Gaudichaudiana. 
Fruiting perianth i to 14 ines diadar and usually not 
broader than the fruit. 
NANT rarely eid did in. Tong, TE cuneate or TAON. 
vate A 
5. R. crassifolia. 
Leav "^ linear, 3 to n. Jon 6. R. Preissn. 
Leaves bro oadly ve iode din ng, i to n. lon oo. *. E. obovata. 
Lum flat, mae thin, — alternate ee ad emit s 
Plant spine . . . 8. R. spinescent. 
— hee qn opposite ' or alternate, Plant usually 
sle 
Leaves mostly opposite, ovate or hastate, very obtuse . . 9. R. hastata. 
Leaves scully opposite, lanceolate or broad, all acute . . 10. R. nutans. 
Leaves alternate , lin . 11. R. linifolia. 
R. chenopodi FR Mog. n DC. Apes xiii. ii. 52, from 
Port Jackson, Gaudi; Mog, Ql Em. a ‘ nd in r given agrees with that : 
rdieri, except that the flowers are said to be pedicellate, ps may have 
an Socideittel animals 3 in the specimens described 
l. R. Billardieri, R. Dr. Prod. 408. A shrub Ls strap 
iffuse, or erect and attaining 5 or 6 ft., the foliage and young pe 
somewhat fleshy, rarel quite green, but usually with less of the p» se 
tomentum a m e except on the inflorescence. Leaves 
nate or pes, igi and there opposite or nearly so, usually t = 
lanceolate or inear-oblong, but varying to quite Sane or when sm 
e been 
