, TR ay “TS, 
406 CHENOPODIACEAE. | Chenopodium. 
Free Vrms. “TA ' Boat 
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, ¢-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. Preeur. (1888) n. 361 ; 
Raoul Choir (1846) 43; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 212; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. (1864) 230; Cheesem. Man, N.Z. Fl. (1906) 580; Ill, N.Z. Fl. 11 (1914) 
t. 164. 
Norra anp Sovri 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 Ic : 
or rhomboid, us 
angularly sinua 
green and glabr 
TUNOPODTUM 
smaller and nai ts Ne 
arranged in sin Uv, glaucul narrow LVS. p pr. lobes 
usually more o ver, seed ex, 
short, obtuse, aj 
horizontal or occasionally” VeTucal, SMOOTH, “WTareiis OVUUSE ~~ zrr owt. 
Precur, (1838) n. 363; Raoul Chore (1846) 43; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 
(1853) 213; Handb. N.Z, Fl. (1864) 230; Benth. Fl. Austral. v (1870) 
x 
161; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 580. ©. ambiguum R. Br, Prodr. 
(1810) 407. 
Norra anp Sours Istanps, Stewart Isnanp: 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. 
at Chenopodium urbicum, Linn. 
irl not native to N.Z. see T.N.Z.I1. 
uy 
- vol. ov, De 64. (Ckn. & Allan). 
aime 
(eaters 5 ee SO a, Mls — 
zontal, much depressed, minutely | punctulate, margins obtuse.—Hook. f. 
Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 213; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 230; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 581. 
