582 CHENOPODIACEZ. [| Chenopodium. 
Easily distinguished by the erect glabrous habit, strong aromatic smell, large 
comparatively narrow leaves, and long slender spikes of very small flowers. It 
is widely distributed in many warm climates. 
6. C. carinatum, #. Br. Prodr. 407._-A much-branched strong- 
smelling glandular-pubescent herb; stems usually decumbent at 
the base, erect or ascending above, 6-18in. long. Leaves on 
slender petioles; blade variable in size, +-?in. long or more, 
oblong-lanceolate to oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, cuneate at the 
base, sinuate-lobed or -pinnatifid, rather thick, both surfaces rough 
with glandular pubescence. Flowers small, very copiously pro- 
duced, in dense glomerules occupying almost all the axils, some- 
times elongated into short leafy spikes. Perianth-segments 5, erect, 
incurved over the fruit, more or less glandular-pubescent. Stamen 
usually 1. Utricle small, compressed, erect, the pericarp adherent 
to the seed.— Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 213; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 231; 
Benth. Fl. Austral. v. 162. C. botrys, A. Cunn. Precwr. n. 362 
(not of LIinn.). Blitum carinatum and B. glandulosum, Mog. in 
D.C. Prodr. xiii. ti. 81, 82. 
NortH anp SoutH Istanps: Warm dry soils from the North Cape to 
central Otago, rare and local. December—March. 
A common Australian plant. It was collected at the Bay of Islands 
by Cunningham, and may be truly native in the North Auckland peninsula. 
Elsewhere it is doubtless naturalised. 
7. C. pusillum, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 231.—A much- 
branched decumbent or prostrate glandular-pubescent little plant ; 
branches spreading on all sides, 2-6in. long, slender, leafy, as- 
cending at the tips. Leaves on slender petioles; blade very vari- 
able in size, 4-1 in. diam. or more, broadly oblong to ovate-oblong 
or orbicular, rounded at the tip, quite entire or obscurely sinuate, 
rather thin, both surfaces glandular-pubescent, veins prominent 
beneath. Flowers very minute, in small and dense few- or many- 
flowered axillary glomerules. Perianth-segments usually 4, erect, 
linear-oblong, concave, membranous, pubescent, incurved over the 
fruit but not completely concealing it. Stamen usually 1. Utricle 
small, erect, ovate, compressed, the pericarp not adhering to the 
seed.—C. pumilio, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 214 (not of &. Br.). 
NorrH Istanp: Sandy shores of the Hast Coast and Lake Taupo, 
Colenso! SoutH Istanp: Near Nelson, Captain #'. W. Hutton! Lake Lyndon 
(Canterbury), Hnys! Kirk! T. F.C. Sea-level to 2500 ft. 
I have had no opportunity of comparing this with the closely allied 
C. pumilio, R. Br., from Australia According to Hooker, it is mainly dis- 
tinguished by the membranous perianth-segments. 
3. ATRIPLEX, Linn. 
Herbs or shrubs, usually more or less mealy or scurfy-tomen- 
tose. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite. Flowers unisexual, 
usually in clusters arranged in simple or panicled spikes, the 
sexes distinct or mixed in the clusters. Male flowers ebracte- 
