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Otago, Waitaki valley and lake district, Hector and Buchanan. An abundant tropical and 
subtropical weed ; the seeds are described as sometimes vertical. 
5. C. carinatum, Br.; — FI. N. Z. i. 213. A branched, erect, glan- 
dular-pubescent, strong-scented herb ; stem 1-2 ft. high. Leaves petioled, 
small, -j-l in. long, ovate-oblong, obtuse, sinuate-toothed. Flowers very 
minute, copious, in axillary glomerules, green. Perianth-segments 5, incom- 
pletely covering the fruit, oblong, with prominent, thick, but not succulent 
back. Stamen 1. Seed erect, compressed, brown, minutely punctate. — 0. 
Botrys, A. Cunn. not Linnaeus. 
Northern Island: Bay of Islands, Cunningham , etc.; Auckland, Sinclair. I have 
seen no authentic Australian specimens of C. carinatum, Br., but suppose this to be it ; it is 
the C. glandulosum, Moq. Tand., also a native of Australia. 
6. C. pusillum, Hook. /., n. sp. — C. Bumilio, Br. ; FI. N. Z. i. 214. 
A small, much-branched, pubescent and glandular plant ; stem very short ; 
branches 3-6 in. long, very slender, leafy. Leaves petioled, g- in. long, ob- 
long-ovate, obtuse, quite entire or obscurely sinuate, pubescent on both surfaces. 
Flowers in very minute axillary glomerules. Perianth 3-5-cleft, membranous, 
segments not thickened, not closing over the fruit. Stamen 1. Seed very 
minute, erect, compressed, brown, minutely punctate. 
Northern Island : shores of the east coast aud sandy shores of Lake Taupo, abundant 
in native cultivated ground, Colenso. This differs from Brown’s C. Pumilio in the mem- 
branous perianth-segments. 
2. SXJ2EDA, Forskal. 
Erect or prostrate, succulent herbs, sometimes shrubby at the base. Leaves 
terete, fleshy. Flowers minute, clustered in the axils of the leaves, herma- 
phrodite ; bracts 2, minute. — Perianth urceolate, 5 -partite, fleshy, tumid in 
fruit. Stamens 5. Ovary truncate; styles 2-5. Utricle compressed, in- 
cluded in the tumid perianth. Seed free, vertical or horizontal ; albumen little 
or 0 ; embryo spiral. 
A small genus of chiefly maritime plants, scattered over the globe. 
1. S. maritima, Bumortier ; — FI. N. Z. i. 316. Erect, branched, 
perfectly glabrous ; stem shrubby at the base ; branches slender. Leaves 
sessile, in. long, subcylindric, linear, glabrous or farinose. Utricle mem- 
branous. Seed punctate, horizontal or oblique ; margin rather acute. — Cheno- 
vodiurn australe , Br. ; C. maritimum, A. Cunn. ; Salsola fruticosa, Forst. 
Northern and Middle Islands : not uncommon in maritime swamps, muddy shores, 
etc., as far south as Otago, Banks and Solander, etc. A frequent plant on most temperate 
and many tropical coasts. 
3. ATRIPLEX, Linn. 
Herbs or shrubs, often fleshy, sometimes scaly or powdery. — Flowers small, 
green, crowded in clusters, which are axillary or sessile on the terminal naked 
tips of the branches, unisexual. Male ebracteate. Perianth 3-5-parted. 
Stamens 3-5. Ovary rudimentary. Female 2-bracteate. Perianth 0 or 5- 
partite. Ovary small ; styles 2, united at the base. Bracts in the fruit 
much enlarged, erect, dilated, closely pressed together and enclosing the utricle. 
Seed horizontal ; albumen farinaceous ; embryo annular. 
