llhaijodia . ] 
Cl. CHENOPODIACEiE. 
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in the axils of the upper leaves. Flowers very small, the males with 2 or 3 
stamens aud a rudimentary pistil, the females without any or with only 1 
stamen. Fruit about | line diameter, the pericarp red and succulent when fresh, 
thin when dry.- — Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 53 ; Hook. f. FI. Tasm. i. 312; F. 
v. M. Ic. Sal. PI. 21. 
Hab.: Biisbane Biver, F. v. Mueller; Curriwillinghie, Dalton. Not uncommon in southern 
localities. 
7. It. linifolia (Linum-leaved), Ii. Er. Prod. 408 ; Bentli. FI Austr. v. 157. 
A diffuse or procumbent herb or undershrub, more slender even than 11. nutans 
and like that species green or the young shoots very slightly mealy. Leaves 
alternate, linear or linear-lanceolate, rather acute, contracted into a short petiole, 
thin and green on both sides, from under -Jin. to nearly 2in. long. Inflorescence 
almost filiform, rarely above lin. long, simple or slightly branched or forming a 
slender divaricate leafy panicle. Flowers very small, solitary or in small clusters, 
the females mostly pedicellate. Perianth glabrous. Fruit smaller than in any 
other species, the pericarp red and pulpy when fresh, thin when dry. Moq. in 
DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 49 ; F. v. M. Ic. Sal. PI. 23. 
Hab.: Broadsound, R. Brown; Bay of Inlets, Banks and Solander; in the interior, Mitchell; 
Curriwillinghie, Dalton ; Darling Downs, Lau ; Bockhampton, O'Shanesy. Not uncommon. 
2. CHENOPODIUM, Linn. 
(From clien, a goose, and pous, a foot ; in allusion to shape of leaves.) 
(Ambrina, Moq., Blitum, Moq. (partly.) 
Flowers hermaphrodite or rarely polygamous. Perianth herbaceous, deeply 
divided into 5 or rarely 4 or 3 lobes or segments which are obtuse and concave or 
rarely acute and erect, scarcely altered or slightly enlarged after flowering. 
Stamens 5 or fewer, filaments filiform or flattened. Ovary globular or ovoid ; 
styles 2 or rarely 3, usually united at the base. Fruit depressed or ovoid, 
partially or completely covered by the persistent perianth, pericarp dry, mem- 
branous, distinct from or inseparable from the seed. Seed horizontally flattened 
or vertical and less compressed ; testa crustaceous ; embryo circular, enclosing 
a mealy albumen. — Herbs or rarely shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves alternate, 
flat, entire toothed or divided. Flowers small, sessile in clusters, either 
axillary or in interrupted terminal spikes or panicles. 
The genus is widely distributed over the globe, but appears to be really indigenous chiefly in 
temperate and subtropical regions. 
Sect. 1. Hhagodioides . — Spinescent shrub. Flower-clusters in terminal spikes. Seeds 
vertical. 
Plant hoary or mealy-white. Leaves entire 1. C. nitrariaceum 
Sect. 2. Chenopodiastrum .— Herbs mealy-white or glabrous. Flower-clusters in 
terminal or axillary spikes or panicles. Seeds all or mostly horizontal. 
Erect and mealy-white or almost glabrous. Spikes terminal, often 
paniculate. 
Leaves (usually very hoary or white) entire or very rarely hastate . . . 2. C. auricomum. 
Leaves (green or mealy-white underneath or on both sides) at least the 
lower ones coarsely sinuate-toothed 3. C. album. 
Erect green annual. Cymes or panicles axillary and loose. 
Leaves broad, coarsely toothed 4. C. murale. 
Stems weak and elongated. Leaves entire or hastate, green or scarcely 
mealy. Flower-clusters in terminal interrupted spikes. Stamen usually 1 5. C. triangular e. 
Sect. 3. Sotryois . — Erect glandular aromatic herbs or undershrubs not mealy. Seeds all 
or mostly horizontal. 
Leaves narrow, mostly sinuate-toothed. Flower-clusters axillary, forming 
a leafy panicle .... .... 
6, C. ambrosioides. 
