L71 



In the original specimens the fruiting perianths were all 

 ovoid, but some of the plants which I grew developed globose 

 perianths. 



Chenopodiaceae. 



Bassia divaricata, (R. Br.) F. v. M. Marree; Nil- 

 pena ; Leigh Creek. Spines slender, yellow, divaricate, the 

 2 longest 6-16 mm. long; leaves cylindrical or subcompressed, 

 glaucous, fascicled, broad and persistent at base, hairy in 

 the axil. 



B. enchylaenoides, F. v. M. Loxton, Mannum (Dist. 

 M); Gawler Ranges (S. A. White), Yalata (Mrs. D. M. 

 Bates; Dist. W). 



B. tricornis, (Benth.) F. v. M. Marree (Dist. C). 



Atriplex angulatum, Benth. Marree; Hookina ; Haw r ker. 

 In the large-leaved form the male clusters form an inter- 

 rupted terminal spike 2-4 cm. long, with a few males accom- 

 panying the females in the upper axils ; in the small-leaved 

 form there are no spikes, the males accompanying the females 

 in the upper clusters, the fruiting bracteoles are smaller and 

 narrower, and the petioles much shorter. Both these forms 

 ^eem to be indicated by Bentham, but further investigation 

 may show the advisability of treating them as distinct species. 

 The narrow bracteoles show an approach to A, leptocarpum, 

 but the leaves are different. 



Atriplex crassipes, nov. sp. (tab. xvi.). Herha cano- 

 farinosa (specimine meo 17 cm. alto), caule ramisque erectis 

 rigidis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis integris J/--8 mm. longis 

 brevissime petiolatis, floribus monoids, glomeruli^ confertis 

 -axillarlbuSy masculis in apice brevium ramiilorum sitis et 

 aliquot fiorihus femineis circumdatis, glomeruli* inferioribus 

 omnino femineis, bracteolis fructiferis parvis (circiter 2 mm. 

 longis) rkomboideo-subtrilobis reticulatis fere ad medium 

 usque co?inatis in stipite crasso cylindrico fere aequilongo 

 -stantibus semine orbicular i nigro, radiculd supera. 



Marree (Hergott). Near .4. humile, F. v. M., but the 

 male flowers are not spicate, the fruiting bracteoles are 

 smaller, distinctly stipitate, and more or less 3-lobed. It is, 

 perhaps, nearer to the small-leaved form of A. angulatum , 

 but the bracteoles are differently shaped and the stipes longer 

 and* thicker. 



Atriplex nu mmularium , Lindl. "Oldman Saltbush." 

 On plains at Marree and near the bed of the Frome River. 

 The drifting sand often forms small hillocks around each 

 shrub or cluster of shrubs. Fruiting bracteoles Fometimes 

 10 mm. long by 15 mm. broad. 



