C/teuopodiacea.] FLORA of Tasmania. 
3. Atriplex (Theleopbyton) Billardieri (Nob. in 11. X. Zeal. 
crystallinis operta, caule prostrato, ramis ascendent djn>, hdiis ;■::■;.: 
lobatisve, floribus nionoicis, masculis glomeratis brew pedicelktis, perunthio 5-lobo, 
biuisve sessilibus, bractcis i'nierit'itis earinatu 
subacutis integris lobulatisve contrario. — A. crystallina, A 
Billardieri, Moq. Tand. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 115. Obionc Billardieri, 
(Gunn, 875.) (Tab. XCV. A.) 
Hab. Sands close to high-water mark, Georgetown, Qu*n. — (FL Jan.) 
Distrib. Australia, Labillardiere {Moq. Tand.) ; New Zealand. 
A much-branched, slender, glabrous, diffuse, prostrate, succulent herb, with the leaves 
with watery, shining papillae. Stems 8-18 inches long. Lea* 
blunt, entire, or rarely lobed. Male flowers clustered, perianth live-lob. ,1. / 
contained in an urceolate, two-lipped perianth, funned by the e 
opposite the lips of the somewhat fleshy perianth.— Plate XCV. A. Kg, L, male flower; 
perianth laid open ; 3, female flower ; 4, ovary ; 5, frail in perianth; U, diagram ot ditto, si 
the seed to the lips of the perianth; 7, ripe fruit; 8, seed; 9, vertical section tA seed, UOi 
magnified. 
Gen. IV. THEELKBLDIA, Br. 
Flores hermaphroditi, ebracteati. Purianthanii uraoluiuin, baaatum, supcrne tn 
intus pubescens, dentibus 3 membranaceis erectis auctum. Stamina 8, hypogyna, nidus; 
Styli 2, setacei, intus apice stigmatiferi, inferne coaliti. f meulnt pemntbio druparco i 
membranaceo ; semine libera ; albumine centrali parco ; embryone hip] 
cxAi littorei, erecti v. diffusi ; foliis alternis, semiteretibus : f 
The only hitherto described species of this genus is a small, diffuae, much and d.ns, ; 
bushy plant, with slender, prostrate stems, woody at the base, and leafy, short, ascending hi 
ceolate, acuminate, alternate, semiterete, about \-\ inch long, glaucous. T 
hermaphrodite. Perianth cylindrical, truncate, gibbous, striatal, with thru minute membranoi 
and as many hypogynoos stamens. Ftnculus at the base of the hardened perianth, which is 
1-2 lines long. Styles two. Seed erect, ovate. (Named in honour of Dr. Caleb Threlkeld, a 
of Irish Plants.') 
1. Threlkeldia diffusa (Br. Prodr. 410).— Moq. Tand. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 127 
Hab. Sea-shore, on the face of the rocks at the Five-mile Bluff, east of George 
Jan.) 
Distrib. South coast of Australia, Brown. 
Gen. V. SILEDA. 
Flores hermaphroditi, minute 2-bracteati. Perianthium urceolatum, carnosum, I 
inflatum. Stamina toro v. fundo perianth* inserta. Discus hypogynus annularis v. 0. 
apice truncatum ; stylis 2-5, papillosis. Utriculus compresses, calyce clauso^inclusus^ 
simo. Semen liberum, verticale v. horizontale ; testa Crustacea ; albutmnr — - 
-Herbse v. suffruticuli glabra 
i alternis, sessilibus, snbterelibu. 
The genus Suceda, including Chenopodina, which differs only in the position of the see. 
not even of specific value in some species of the Order), consists of maritime, succulent he, 
