Bhagodia.] CHENOPODIACES, 579 
KerMabeEc Isntanps, NortH Istanp: Rocky places near the sea, not un- 
‘common. Also plentiful in east Australia, from Queensland southwards. 
Closely resembles Chenopodium triandrum in habit and foliage, and is 
easily mistaken for it in the absence of fruit. It probably occurs in the South 
Island, but I have seen no specimens from thence. 
* 2g, CHENOPODIUM, Linn. 
Annual or perennial erect or prostrate herbs, rarely woody at 
the base, mealy or glandular-pubescent, seldom glabrous. Leaves 
alternate, entire or lobed or toothed. Flowers minute, greenish, 
usually hermaphrodite, sessile in clusters; clusters axillary or in 
terminal spikes or panicles. Perianth 5-partite, rarely 3—4-partite ; 
segments obtuse, incurved and concave, not at all or very slightly 
altered in fruit. Stamens 5 or fewer; filaments filiform or flat- 
tened, sometimes connate at the base. Ovary depressed or ovoid, 
styles 2-3, free or united at the base. Fruit an ovoid or depressed 
membranous utricle, wholly or partially included in the persistent 
perianth. Seed horizontal or vertical; testa crustaceous ; embryo 
annular, enclosing the copious mealy albumen. 
A widely distributed genus of from 50 to 60 species, most abundant in 
temperate climates. Of those described below, three are common in many 
parts of the world as weeds of cultivation or wayside plants, and may not be 
true natives of New Zealand. 
* Seed horizontal (rarely vertical in C. glawcum). 
Intensely fcetid, prostrate or decumbent, mealy-pulveru- 
lent. Leaves 4-3 in., triangular-ha-tate, entire. Flowers 
in small dense axillary clusters’ , 1. C. detestans. 
Prostrate or trailing, often glaucous, mealy- pulverulent. 
Leaves }-lin., triangular- oblong or hastate, entire. 
Flowers in lax axillary or terminal spikes or panicles 
Prostrate, fleshy. Leaves 4-14in., oblong or deltoid, 
sinuate-lobed, mealy beneath. Flowers in aaTlay or 
terminal spikes os qe poa © 
Erect or spreading, green or " slightly mealy. Leaves 
$-14in., triangular or rhomboid, toothed or lobed. 
Flowers in axillary or terminal pikes or panicles .. 4. C. urbicwm. 
Erect, aromatic, glandular-pubescent, not mealy. Leaves 
1-4 in., ovate-lanceolate, sinuate-toothed. Flowers very 
numerous, in slender axillary spikes .. +: .. 5. C. ambrosioides. 
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. triandrum. 
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. glaucwm. 
** Seed vertical. 
Glandular-pubescent. Stems 6-18in., decumbent below, 
erect above. Leaves }-$in., oblong, sinuate-lobed or 
pinnatifid. Flowers in dense axillary fascicles . 6. C. carinatum. 
Small, glandular- pubescent, much branched, prostrate, 
2-6in. long. Leaves ~-4in., broadly oblong or orbi- 
cular, obscurely sinuate. Flowers in axillary glomerules 17. C. pusillwn. 
1. C. detestans, 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. ix. (1877) 550.— 
A much-branched prostrate or decumbent herb, more or less clothed 
with a whitish granular meal, and with a strong and offensive 
