306 
Tecticornta, Hook. f. 
l. T. cinerea, (F. v. M.) Hook. f. in Benth et Hook, 
Gen. pl. iii., 65, ann. 1883. (Pl. xxxvii) A low plant, j 
which I have only seen one rooted specimen (from Darwin 
This has procumbent, woody stems and erect or ascending 
. long, 
the summit, which is dilated and rather acutely lobed, the 
scarious margin prominent; spikes usually terminal and 
solitary 10 to 25 mm. long, 6 to 8 mm. thick, obtuse; fertile 
articles 15-30, each article divided to the axis and thus trans- 
formed into 2 scarious spreading scales, the outer margin of 
which is thickened and herbaceous below, scarious above, and 
flattened vertically (i.e. at right angles to the scale), so that 
the scarious portion shelters the flowers of the scale next above 
it; flowers in 6's (not in 3's, as stated by Bentham), usually 
bisexual, horizontal, at first attached to the lower face of the 
1j mm. long, much resembling that of Arthrocnemum 
halocnemoides, but the granules or papillae along the centre 
of the back ar 
cle. 
i., 140 (1859); 
(1868) ; Benth. 
3 
Halocnemum cinereum, F. v. . Fragm., 
Salicornia cinerea, F. v. M. Fragm., vi., 251 
Fl. 
ueensland. Townsville (Rev. N. Michael, June, 1918); 
Archer River (Rev. N. Hay; both in Queensland Herb.). 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 
Pram XXXIII. 
Arthrocnemum  haloenemoides, Nees. The central figure 
shows fruiting 6, 3 iting perianths, seen from above, 
e River). 7, seed (Drummond’s Western 
8, embryo. 9, perianth with : 
uart’s specimen). 10, seed (the same). : 
