Enchylana.] 
CL CIIENOPODIACE^E. 
1235 
Leaves mostly above Jin. long. Flowers distant. 
Fruiting perianth depressed-globular, about 1J line diameter, quite 
smooth, with very short teeth ~ 2. E. 
Fruiting perianth coriaceous, depressed-globular, about 2 lines diameter, 
the lobes more or less gibbous outside 3. E. 
tomentosa 
villosa. 
1. E. microphylla (leaves small), Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 128; 
Benth. FI. Austr. v. 181. A diffuse divaricate (or erect?) shrub, with 
numerous slender branches, slightly pubescent. Leaves linear-terete, line or 
rather thick, 1 to 2 lines long. Flowers small, solitary in each axil as in the 
other species, but numerous and crowded into leafy spikes at or near the 
ends of the branches. Fruiting perianths f to nearly 1 line diameter, shaped like 
those of F.. tomentosa, but smaller, thinner (not succulent ?) and slightly angular. 
Styles usually 2. — Suada tamariscina , Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 239 ; Moq. 
in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 461. 
Hab.: Near Mount Kilsyth, Mitchell ; Darling Downs, Lair, and other localities. 
2. E. tomentosa (tomeutose), R. Br. Broil. 408; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 
181. “ Kooloo-loomoo," Cloncurry, Palmer. A procumbent or divaricately 
branched undershrub, sometimes with ascending slightly branched stems 
under 6in. long, sometimes much branched and attaining several feet, the 
branches hoary or silvery with a close or woolly tomentum, rarely glabrous 
or nearly so. Leaves linear-terete, entire, rarely above |in. long and some- 
times under Jin. Flowers all axillary, solitary and sessile and usually 
distant, with 1 or 2 minute bracts at the base. Perianth small at the time 
of flowering, 1J line diameter when in fruit and then depressed-globular, 
•red and succulent when fresh, black when dry and perfectly smooth, 
the orifice closed by 5 short connivent teeth quite glabrous or minutely ciliate. 
Stamens very shortly exserted, the anthers very deciduous. Fruit enclosed in 
the perianth, the pericarp membranous and glabrous or scarcely hairy in the 
normal state. Styles usually 8 but sometimes 2. — Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 
128 ; Nees in PI. Preiss. i. 635 ; F. v. M. Ic. Sal. PI. 85 ; F. parado.ru, R. Br. 
Prod. 408 ; Moq. l.c.; F. pubescent, Moq. l.c. (monstrous states, see below). 
Hab.: Burdekin River, F. v. Mueller '. Bokhara Creek, Leichhardt ; Rockhampton. O’Stianesij ; 
Suttor Kiver, Bowman ; Armadilla, IV. Burton -, Darr River, IF. de Burgh- Birch ; Diamantina, 
Br. Thos. L. Bancroft. 
Var. ? leptophylla. Leaves very slender. Perianths very small. — Near Gainsford, Bowman. 
— Perhaps a distinct species, but the specimens are very small — Benth, 
Var glabra. Stems and leaves quite glabrous. — Bay of Inlets, Banks and Solan dcr ; Brisbane 
River, F. v. Mueller ; Cooper’s Creek, Wheeler (F. v. M.). 
Besides the woolly globular galls to which this species is liable (like those of the Korhia 
villosa and other Chenopodiacese), it is subject to a monstrosity, apparently caused also by an 
insect, by which the pericarp becomes densely enveloped in woolly intricate hairs proceeding 
from near the base and bursting through the apex of the perianth ; whilst the ovary is abortive, 
and I have sometimes found its place occupied by a small grub. It is this monstrosity in 
the typical form that is described by Moquin as E. pubescent, and in the glabrous variety 
constitutes the E. paradoxa, Br.— Benth. 
Fruit eaten raw. — Palmer. 
3. E. villosa (villose), F. v. M. in Trans. Phil. Inst. Viet. ii. 76 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. v. 182. Stems branching at the base, procumbent or ascending, rarely 
exceeding 6in., the whole plant or at least the inflorescence villous, or the lower 
part or nearly all glabrous. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, 
contracted at the base and sometimes petiolate, rather thick, rarely |in. and 
often not Jin. long. Flowers in the upper axils but not crowded. Fruiting 
perianth depressed as in E. tomentosa, but more angular, about 2 lines diameter, 
coriaceous and not succulent, black when dry, shortly hirsute or rarely glabrous, 
the lobes connivent and closed over the fruit, larger and deeper than in F. 
tomentosa ; 2 or 3 outer ones broad and thickened near the apex into 2 obtuse 
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