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406 CHENOPODIACEAE. [| Chenopodium. 
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2. ©. triandrum Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 129.— A much-branched 
prostrate or trailing herb, pale-green, glabrous or more or less mealy- 
tomentose; stems slender, 6-18in. long, sometimes almost woody at 
the base. Leaves opposite or alternate, petiolate, j-lin. long, very 
variable in shape, broadly oblong or orbicular to broadly triangular- 
hastate, obtuse or rounded at the tip, cuneate or rounded or truncate 
at the base, thin and membranous, green and glabrous or slightly mealy; 
petioles slender. Flowers very minute, farinose, in axillary or terminal 
lax-flowered spikes or panicles. Perianth-segments 4, oblong, obtuse. 
Stamens 2-4. Styles 2-3. Utricle depressed, more or less covered by the 
persistent perianth. Seed horizontal, minutely punctate, adherent to the 
utricle.—A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 212; A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 361 ; 
Raoul Choix (1846) 43; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 212; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. (1864) 230; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 580; Ll. N.Z. Fl. ii (1914) 
t. 164. 
Norta anp Sovrm Isnanps: From the North Cape southwards to Foveaux 
Strait, not uncommon near the sea, rare and local inland. November-March. 
3. C. glaueum Linn. Sp. Plant. (1753) 220.— A much-branched pro- 
strate fleshy and succulent annual herb; branches widely spreading, 
flaccid, glabrous, striate, 4-18 in. long, rarely ascending at the tips. Leaves 
petiolate, the lower ones 4-14 in. long, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-oblong 
or rhomboid, usually obtuse at the tip, cuneate at the base, coarsely and 
angularly sinuate-toothed or -lobed, fleshy when fresh, thin when dry, 
green and glabrous above, white with mealy down beneath; upper ones 
smaller and narrower and more entire. Flowers small, in little clusters 
arranged in simple or compound axillary or terminal spikes, which are 
usually more or less farinose. Fruiting-perianth 3-5-partite ; segments 
short, obtuse, appressed to the fruit but not altogether concealing it. Seed 
horizontal or occasionally vertical, smooth, margins obtuse.—A. Cunn. 
Precur. (1838) n. 363; Raoul Choix (1846) 43; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 
(1853) 213; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 230; Benth. Fl. Austral. v (1870) 
161; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 580. C. ambiguum R. Br. Prodr. 
(1810) 407. 
Nort anp Sours Istanps, Stewart Istanp: Common throughout in muddy 
or sandy places near the sea, also occasionally found in saline localities inland. Novem- 
ber—March. 
Also occurs in Australia and Tasmania, and common in many parts of Europe and 
temperate Asia, &c. The New Zealand and Australian plant is sometimes kept as a 
separate variety or species (C. ambiguum R. Br.), but the differences appear to be slight 
and inconstant. 
4. C. urbieum Linn. Sp. Plant. (1753) 218.—A coarse erect or spread- 
ing branching herb 1-2 ft. high or more, green and glabrous or rarely 
slightly mealy; stem angled, grooved. Lower leaves on slender petioles 
4-lin. long; blade #-14in., triangular or rhombic-ovate, coarsely and 
irregularly toothed and lobed, rather thin, green on both surfaces, veined ; 
upper smaller, narrower, more acute. Flowers small, in little clusters 
arranged in dense leafless axillary spikes, or in terminal panicles which are 
leafy below. Stamens 5, exserted. Styles short. Fruiting-perianth 7; in. 
diam.; segments obtuse, not completely covering the utricle. Seed hori- 
zontal, much depressed, minutely punctulate, margins obtuse.—Hook. f. 
Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 218; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 280; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 581. 
