Chenopodiacea^] flora of tasm 8W 
more long. Leaves small, opposite. \-\ inch long, petiolcd, hastaic, given on both 
diandrous, in small, slender. i panicles. 
Gen. II. CHENOPODIUM, L 
Flores ebracteati, hermaphroditi v. abortu unisexual - 
auctum. Stamii t 5 (rarissin \ iciora), fund ; rianthii insert : >t ! ' 
sum; stalls 2-3 interne stigmatiferis. I'lnci'h^ depressus, perianthio in\ lutus, membran;; < 
horizontale v. verticale; testa Crustacea; albumine central! farinaceo; 
rurnque jiuhereo v. >jl d >>.$, ; I ■ Si 1 - • iioribus 
The Australian species of this extensive genus much resemble their European a!', - 
lilies: about eight are known, most of which are eonndeved to he p ■ 
some will prove to be varieties of widely diffused plants. The genu- dilh - 
and in having a membranous utrieulus, with the see,! tree. (Xante from xn v > a U 00!i ^ aiul 7rovs » " ■' 
to the form of the leaf of the English " Goose-foot.") 
1. Chenopodium glaucum (Linn. Sp. PL 320) ; caule herbaceo ramoso pi 
tibus sulcatis, foliis petiolatis rhombeis v. oblongo- v. lanceolato-rhombei obtusu nnua 
pando-dentatisve tenuibus supra glabris subtus farinosia glaucisve, Uuo Iructi cm 
imperfecte clauso, semine erecto v. horizontali niiido mai 
Prodr. xiii. 72; Fl. N. Zeal. i. 213. 
Var. ambiguum; iacemis fbliaee cimni imr«- colt i c 1 — ( 1 Br. 
Moq. Tand. I. c. 67. {Gwm, 384, 8G8.) 
Hab. Common on the beach, near high-water marie— (FL Nov.) (r. v.) 
DlSTElB. Extratropical interior and coasts of Australia; New Zealand; South Chili; thlOB 
perate Europe and Asia. 
1 have several times studied this with other Australian Chenopodia**, which so perfectly resemble Bmopeea 
species in general appearance, that they can only be separated bj eharacfc n of dighl rotoe, and I !... 
myself compelled to merge this, the C. ambiguum of Brown, in C.glauao,, Mo 4 uin-Tandon's eicelh ..* 
the two are almost identical in every point, except in the Australian plant i ! ■ ^ ^ 
to the seed ; but I find that the opposite of these characters are not constant in C. glaucum (which as o 
leafv racemes and blunt edges to the seed), whilst the two plants agree so entirely in habit, foliage, general appear- 
ance, and in all other characters, even to that of the variable position of the seed, and number of the Kgment. 
of the perianth, that I should hesitate before regarding the abow diffi i to , area H e wtnfc » . ■ i 
-The Australian plant is extremely variable in size, from 1-3 feet, and in the stoutness of the ranc e s an size 
of the leaves, which are f-2 inches long, and deltoid, ovate, oblong, rhomboid, or various modiflcations of that 
• i " te dentate or toothed, rarely laciniate. Racemes short, m the axils ol the 
leaves,' sometm^ebVgate^Tnml long, and leafless. In Australia it is not confined to the sea-coast. 
2 Chenopodium erosum (Br. Prodr. 407); caule herbaceo suberecto sulcato-angulato rarnr.se., 
foliis longe petiolatis patulis triangulari-ovatis v. oblongo-tnangulanbus subcordat. 
eroso-sinuatis (dentibus obtusiusculis) tenuibus parce pnlvcrulcntis utrinque palhde vindibu*, racemis bre- 
viter paniculatis sublaxis foliatis, perianthio fructifero imperfecte clause valde carmato, semme maigine 
obtusiusculo rugoso haud nitido.— Moq. Tand. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 68. 
Hab. Tasmania, Brown. 
Distrib. South coast of Australia, Brown. 
