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XLIV. Plantagineae. 
100 . Plantago varia, R. Br. Prod. p. 424 ; Benth. FI. 
Austral, v, p. 139; Turner, Forage PI. Austral, p. 45; F. 
Muell. Fragm. ix, p. 78. 
Throughout Australia. 
An exceedingly variable species, of which nearly a dozen forms 
have been described as species. 
XLV. Nyctaginaceae. 
101 . Boerhaavia diffusa, L. FI. Zeyl. p. 4; Benth. FI. 
Austral, v. p. 277 ; F. Muell. Key Viet. PI. f. 44 ; F. Muell. 
Fragm. ix, p. 77. 
Boerhaavia procamhens, Roxb. FI. Ind. i, p. 146 ; Wight, Ic. 
t. 874* 
Australia, Polynesia, and tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa. 
102 . Pisonia umbellifera, Seem, in Bonpl. x, p. 154 ; FI. 
Viet. p. 195 ; Hillebr. FI. Haw. p. 368 ; Drake, FI. Polyn. 
Frang. p. 157. 
Pisonia Brunoniana , Endl. Prodr. FI. Norf. p. 43 ; Benth. 
FI. Austral, v, p. 280 ; F. Muell. Fragm. ix, p. 77 ; Kirk, 
For. FI. N. Zeal. t. 140. 
Pisonia excelsa , Blume, Bijdr. p. 735 ; Hook. f. FI. Brit. 
Ind. iv, p. 711. 
New Zealand, Norfolk Island, New South Wales, and Queensland, 
throughout Polynesia, Malaya, and the Andaman Islands. 
Authors by no means agree as to the limits of this species and the 
name it should bear. The synonyms are very numerous. 
XLVI. Chenopodiaceae. 
103 . Rhagodia Billardierii. R. Br. Prod. p. 408 ; Benth. FI. 
Austral, v, p. 152 ; F. Muell. Ic. Salsol. t. 21 ; F. Muell. 
Fragm. ix, p. 77. 
Chenopodiuni baccatum , Labill. PI. Nov. Holl. i, p. Ji 9 1 . 96. 
Throughout Australia, in salt-marshes and on the coast. 
104 . Atriplex cinereum, Poir. Encyc. Suppl. i, p. 47 1 ; 
Benth. FI. Austral, v, p. 171; Turner, Forage PI. Austral. 
