580 CHENOPODIACES, [ Chenopodiwm. 
odour of stale fish; branches numerous from the root, slender, 
spreading, 6-18 in. long. Leaves on slender petioles; blade 4-4in. 
long, rarely more, triangular-hastate or rhomboid-ovate, acute, 
cuneate at the base, entire or with a single tooth on each side. 
Flowers small, abundantly produced, in dense oblong or globose 
axillary fascicles, often becoming leafy spikes at the tips of the 
branches. Perianth-segments 4 or 5, oblong, obtuse, membranous, 
not completely concealing the fruit. Stamens usually 4. Utricle 
small, horizontal, depressed, brownish-black, minutely punctulate. 
Sourn Isntanp: Canterbury—Broken River Basin, Hnys! Kirk! T. F.C. ; 
Lake Coleridge, Hnys! Otago—Lakes Wanaka and Hawea, Kirk! Petrie! 
Maniototo Plain, Cromwell, and other localities in the north and central por- 
tions of the province, Petrie ! 1000-3000 ft. January—March. 
Closely allied to the northern C. vulvaria, Linn., but a smaller plant with 
smaller often hastate leaves, and with the flowers in dense globose fascicles. 
2. C. triandrum, Forst. Prodr. n. 129.—A much-branched pro- 
strate or trailing herb, pale-green, glabrous or more or less mealy- 
tomentose ; stems slender, 6-18 in. long, sometimes almost woody at 
the base. Leaves opposite or alternate, peviolate, +-lin. long, very 
variable in shape, broadly oblong or orbicular to broadly triangular- 
hastate, obtuse or rounded at the tip, cuneate or rounded or truncate 
at the base, thin and membranous, green and glabrous or slightly 
mealy ; petioles slender. Flowers very minute, farinose, in axillary 
or terminal lax-flowered spikes or panicles. Perianth-segments 4, 
oblong, obtuse. Stamens 2-4. Styles 2-3. Ultricle depressed, 
more or jess covered by the persistent perianth. Seed horizontal, 
minutely punctate, adherent to the utricle—A. ich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. 
180; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 361; Raoul, Choiw, 43; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. i. 212; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 230. 
NoRTH AND SOUTH ISLANDS: From the North Cape southwards to Foveaux 
Strait, not uncommon near the sea, rare and local inland. November-— 
March. 
3. C. glaucum, Linn. Sp. Plant. 220.—A much-branched pro- 
strate fleshy and succulent annual herb; branches widely spread- 
ing, flaccid, glabrous, striate, 4-18 in. long, rarely ascending at the 
tips. Leaves petiolate, the lower ones 4-l4in. long, oblong- 
lanceolate to ovate-oblong or rhomboid, usually obtuse at the tip, 
cuneate at the base, coarsely and angularly sinuate - toothed or 
-lobed, fleshy when fresh, thin when dry, green and glabrous above, 
white with mealy down beneath; upper ones smaller and narrower 
and more entire. Flowers small, in little clusters arranged in 
simple or compound axillary or terminal spikes, which are usually 
more or less farinose. Fruiting-perianth 3-5-partite ; segments 
short, obtuse, appressed to the fruit but not altogether concealing 
it. Seed horizontal or occasionally vertical, smooth, margins obtuse. 
