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36. PORTTJLACACEiE. 
f+2. TeTRAGOXIA L. 
New Zealand Spinach, 
tfl* T. expansa Murr. 
St. herbaceous diffuse or ascending; 1. stalked ovato-rliom- 
boid subcordate; fl. shortly stalked subsessile; stam. in little 
tufts of 2-4 or 5 alternate with sep. ; fr. 4-horned 6-8-seeded. — 
“Murr. in Comm. Goett. 1783, 13. t. 5;” Thunb. in Linn. Tr. 
ii. 335 ; DC. PI. Gr. t. 114 ; Haw. Syn. 199 ; BM. t. 2362 ; Spr. 
ii. 526 ; DC. iii. 452. — Herb. ann. Mad. reg. 1, rr. Roadside near 
the Casa Branca to the W. and edge of the seacliff just out of 
Funchal to the eastward near the Jews’ Cemetery ; also “ Brazen 
Head” S r Moniz. Apr., May. — A somewhat coarse leafy suc- 
culent smooth dark-gr. pi. with numerous spreading stout ribbed 
or furrowed st. 6-18 in. long. Upper 1. deltoid or hastate, lower 
cordate, all wedge-shaped or decurrent gradually at the base 
into the footstalk, 1-3 in. long and f— 2 in. broad, flaccid-suc- 
culent not thick finely papulose. FI. small inconspicuous soli- 
tary in the axils, y. or yellowish within. Fr. rather large hard 
and bony or woody. 
A mere outcast from gardens, but appearing likely to become 
established and prove useful as an esculent. It was first in- 
troduced about 1825 by the late Mr. Consul Veitch. 
3. Aizoon L. 
1. A. CANARIENSE L. 
Herbaceous pubescent; st. hard stiff woody altogether flatly 
prostrate thickly regularly and distichously branched in one 
plane from the crown of the root, leafy above, naked and bare 
beneath ; 1. alternate obovate- or spathulate-wedgeshaped, at- 
tenuated into the petiole ; fl. axillary sessile ; caps, with cal. in 
fr. woody crowded and adnate to the branches. — Desf. i. 399 ; 
Buch 197 . no. .‘570; DC. PI. Gr. t. 130 : DC. iii. 453; AVB. ! i. 
207. Glinus chrystallinus Forsk. Fl. /Egypt. Arab. 95; ejusd. 
Icon. t. xiv. — Herb. ann. Mad. reg. 1, r ; IN 1 ). rrr ; SI), reg. 2, cc. 
Dry barren sunny maritime hills and slopes. In Mad. only 
on P ta de S. LourenQo on the Ilheo dos Embarcadores beyond 
the bay called Labra. Abundant at the top of the SD., very 
rare in the ND., and not obs. in either GD. or PS. ! Apr.- 
J uly. — Root simple taper tough strong and woody though merely 
ann., pale or w. St. numerous from its crown spreading all 
round quite close to the ground from 6-12 in. long, flexuose, 
with crowded regularly distichous alternate branches all in the 
same plane, bearing 1. and fl. on their upper side only, naked 
and bare beneath and resembling some elegantly branched coral 
