238 Hems ley . — The Flora of 
F. Muell. Key Viet. PL t. 40, figs, a , b\ Fragm. ix, p. 77; 
x, p. 84. 
Australia generally, Tasmania, and New Zealand; chiefly in saline 
districts. 
43. Sesuvium Portulacastrum, L. Syst. Nat. ed. x, p. 1058 ; 
Benth. FI. Austral. iii 3 p. 328 ; F. Muell. Fragm. ix, p. 77 ; 
Bot. Mag. t. 1701 ; Hemsl. Rep. Vo y. Chall. Bot. i, 3, p. 155 ; 
Mart. FI. Bras, xiv, II, t. 70. 
Generally diffused in tropical and subtropical maritime districts. 
XXII. Umbelliferae. 
44. Hydrocotyle hirta, R. Br. in Annal. Sci. Phys. vi 
(1820), p. 64 ; Benth. FI. Austral, iii, p. 339 ; F. Muell. Fragm. 
ix, p. 77 ; Mart. FI. Bras, xi, I, p. 281, t, 75, f. 2. 
Tasmania and Australia, except the north. 
This is one of a group of very closely allied species, or forms of 
one species, scattered over tropical Asia, Africa, and America. 
45. Apium prostratum, Labill. Relat. i, p. 141 ; Vent. 
Jard. Malm. t. 81; Benth. FI. Austral, iii, p. 372; Labill. 
PI. Nov. Holland, i, p. 76, t. 103; F. Muell. Fragm. ix, p. 77, 
Australasia, Polynesia, South Africa, and extratropical South 
America. 
XXIII. Araliaceae. 
46. Panax eissodendron, C. Moore & F. Muell. in 
F. Muell. Fragm. vii, p. 96 ; viii, p. 280; ix, p. 77. 
Endemic. 
Allied to the New South Wales P. Murrayi , F. Muell. It is locally 
known as pine wood, on account of its whiteness. 
XXIV. Rubiaceae. 
47. Randia stipulosa, C. Moore & F. Muell. in F. Muell. 
Fragm. vii, p. 47 ; ix p. 77, 
Randia macrophylla , C. Moore, Rep. p. 3, nomen tantum. 
Gardenia stipidosa , C. Moore & F. Muell. loc. cit. 
Endemic. 
Closely allied to R. Fitzalani, F. Muell. ; a native of Queensland. 
