314 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Chenopodiacea . 
I have seen no plant conforming to the above description, which is taken from Moquin's, in De Candolle's 
* Prodromus,' where it is further described as an erect, rather rigid herb, with leaves, including the petiole, %-%$ 
inches long. The large leaves, subcordate at the base, not farinose below, and opaque, rugose seed, will distinguish 
this from C. glaucum. 
Gen. III. ATRIPLEX, L. 
Flores mono-dioici. Masc. ebracteati. Penanthium 3-5-partitum. Stamina 3-5, reccptaculo in- 
serta. Pidilli rudimentum. Fcem. 2-bracteati; bracteis fructiferis erectis dilatatis appressis; perianthio 
0, vel masculis conformi sed staminibus destitute Styli 2, filiformes, inferne coaliti, intus stigmatiferi. 
Utriculus compressus, bracteis inclusus; pericarpio membranaceo. Semen plerumque liberum, verticale; 
testa coriacea, albumine farinaceo; embryone peripherico.— Herbaj v. suffrutices, plerumque salsa, smpissime 
fur/uracea; foliis alter nis ; floribus confertu, glomerulatis, glotnerulis spicaiis. 
A considerable number of species of Jtriplex are found on the temperate coasts of Australia, and in the desert 
interior ; about seventeen are known, of which the majority inhabit the south-western quarter. Though many of 
these are certainly peculiar, some will no doubt prove to be varieties of widely diffused plants ; most of them are 
shrubby, and densely clothed with white, farinaceous scales.— Herbs or shrubs, often saline, with alternate leaves, 
and minute flowers aggregated into spicate glomerules. Flotcers unisexual. Males bractless, with a three- to five- 
partite perianth, and as many stamina, and a rudimentary pistil. Females with or without a perianth, bibracteate, 
the bracts enlarging and enclosing the fruit; without stamens. Ovary small, with two styles. Utriculus mem- 
branaceous, with one horizontal seed. (Name from a, privative, and Tpe^eiv, to nourish; in contradistinction to 
Chenopodiii,,!, which contains several pot-herbs.) 
1. Atriplex cinerea (Poiret, Diet. Suppl. i. 471); frutex dioicus cinereo-lepidotus, ramis robustis 
sulcatis et angulatis, foliis anguste oblongis ovato-oblongisve subdeltoideisve obtusis integerrimis coriaceis 
m petiolum angustatis, bracteis fructiferis reniformi-rhombeis integerrimis coriaceis disco convexis Iambus. 
—Moq. Tand. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 101; PI. K Zeal. i. 214. A. Halimus, Br. Prodr. 406; Nees ab 
Esenb. in Plant. Preiss. i. 633. (Gunn, 395.) 
Hab. Abundant upon all the coasts near high-water mark.— (Fl. Sept., Oct.) 
Distrib. Extratropical coasts of xAustralia, New Zealand. 
A dioecious shrub, 2-5 feet high, everywhere covered with appressed, white scales. Branches stout, grooved. 
Leace* iianw-oblong or ovate-oblong or subdeltoid, quite entire, coriaceous, 1-2 inches long. Male flotcers 
branched spikes ; females axillary.— This is distinguished from the European A. Ha- 
r being dioecious. 
lihius cliicllv, if V. 
&. Atriplex patula (Linn. Sp. PL 1494) ; berbacea, erecta, ramosa, glaberrima v. parce furfuracea, 
[ 0liis ?**?* ^eari-ovatis v. subdeltoideo-ovatis lanccolatisve integris sinuato-dentatis lobatisve summis 
lmeanbus infimia samius hastatis utrinque glabris viridibus, racemis spicisve interruptis, bracteis hastato- 
rhombeis denticulatis disco kevibus tuberculatisve subcoriaceis.— Moq. Tand. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 96; Engl. 
936 ; FL X. Zeal. 
Australasica, Moq. Tand. I. c. ( Gun n , 8 8 9 . ) 
Hab. Abundant in saline marshes near Launceston, Gun*.— (FL all Sumu._. v 
Distrib. South coast of Australia; Victoria; New Zealand; throughout Europe, North Africa, and 
temperate Asia. 
. l " ' ~ ll '"~ i r1) > 2 ~ J '"-' li'gh, sometimes covered more or less with furfuraceous scales. Stem and 
-' '> " ! l "V tiolal . 1-3 inches long; uppennost linear; lowermost hastate ; intermediate 
a combination of these forms with the ovate or rhomboid, entire or lobed or cut. Mowers minute, the glomerules 
tCl v Z 2 7 and teminal PedUUCleS " Bracts enclosin S the frait !- 2 l^es broad, rhomboid, toothed, with 
the back of the valves smooth or tubercled. 
