1216 
Cl. CHENOPODIACEiE. 
[Atriplex. 
Fruiting perianth turbinate-globular, 4 to G lines diameter. Kadicle 
superior 1G. -d. ltolocarpu. 
Fruiting perianth depressed-globular, not 2 lines diameter, lladicle 
superior 17. A. spoiigiosa. 
1. A. stipitata (stipitate), Bentli. FI. Austr. v. 168. An erect bushy 
rather slender shrub, scaly white or somewhat fulvous all over. Leaves from 
obovate to narrow-oblong, very obtuse, entire, contracted into a short petiole, 
mostly rather thick, | to fin. long. Flowers dioecious, the males numerous in 
little globular clusters scarcely 2 lines diameter, all distinct and somewhat 
distant, in slightly branched terminal panicles or almost simple spikes ; females 
in smaller clusters, the lower ones often solitary in the axils, the upper ones in 
a somewhat leafy spike or panicle, some of them sessile ovoid or globular shortly 
2-lobed, enclosing an apparently perfect ovary but soon falling off, the greater 
number more or less stipitate at a very early age with broad flat valves. Fruit- 
ing perianth on a slender stipes of 2 to 4 lines, with a small campanulate tube 
half enclosing the fruit; valves flat, reniform, entire, 4 to 5 lines broad. Seed 
orbicular, flat, 'the radicle superior. — F. v. M. lc. Sal. PI. 13; A. reniformis, F. v. 
M. Fragm. vii. 9, as to the eastern stations, not of R. Br. 
Hab.: Southern localities. 
2. A. Quinnii (after Edward Quinn), F. r. M., Viet. Fat. v. 96. Plant 
slightly shrubby, comparatively dwarf, grey from minute appressed scales. 
Leaves from rhomboid to linear-lanceolate, almost or quite entire. Male flowers 
mostly in clusters at the ends of the branchlets ; female flowers mostly lower 
down, few or 2 together or some singly scattered, their stalks finally conspicuous, 
hemi-ellipsoid-cylindric ; the tw r o segments of the involucre renate or somewhat 
verging into a rhomboid form, entire or distantly toothed, upwards rather mem- 
branous, at their base bearing a small but prominent and quite renate appendage. 
Fruit at the base of the involucral segments close to the stalk. Radicle ascend- 
ing. — F. v. M. Ic. Sal. PI. 12. 
Hab.: Given as a Queensland plant in Muell. 2nd Sijst. Cens. Austr. PI. 50. 
3. A. nummularia (shaped like a coin), Lindl. in. Mitch. Trop. Austr. 64; 
Benth. FI. Austr. v. 170. Old Man Salt Bush. An erect shrub, attaining 
several ft., with spreading branches, the whole plant covered with a scaly 
tomentum. Leaves on rather long petioles, mostly orbicular, rather thick, 
entire or scarcely sinuate-toothed, more rarely bordered by numerous small teeth, 
4- to lin. diameter, or on some luxuriant branches nearly 2in. Flowers dioecious, 
the male clusters forming dense oblong or shortly cylindrical spikes, in more or 
less branched terminal panicles, either leafless or sparingly leafy at the base, the 
females also clustered in dense terminal rather more leafly spikes or panicles, 
with a few flowers also in the axils of the upper stem-leaves. Fruiting perianth 
sessile, from ovate to orbicular, 2 to 3 lines long, rounded or truncate, not 
cordate at the base, the valves free nearly to the base, thickened and hardened 
over the fruit at the base, the remainder flat and herbaceous, entire or toothed on 
each side towards the base. Radicle superior. — Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 460 ; 
F. v. M. Ic. Sal. PI. 16. 
Hab.: Darling Downs and many other inland localities.. 
Sometimes on the fruit of this species is found the fungus, Camarosporium punctiforine, 
Ck. and Mass. 
4. A. cinerea (grey), Poir. Diet. SuppJ. i. 471 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 171. A 
branching shrub, sometimes low or slightly decumbent, more frequently erect and 
attaining several feet, white or ashy grey all over with a scaly tomentum. Leaves 
oblong or lanceolate, rarely almost ovate, obtuse, entire, contracted into a short 
petiole, mostly 1 to 2in. long, but in some specimens scarcely exceeding lin. or 
