. 
Chenopodium. | CHENOPODIACEAE. 407 
North Istanp: East Coast, Colenso! Has also appeared as a naturalized plant 
near Wellington. SoutH Isnanp: Not uncommon, especially in South Canterbury and 
Otago. Sea-level to 1000 ft. December—March. 
A common European weed, which has become naturalized in North America and 
some other countries. It is probably not.a true native of New Zealand. 
5. C. ambrosioides Linn. Sp. Plant. (1753) 219.—An erect much- 
branched strong-smelling glandular annual herb 1-3ft. high; | branches 
slender, strict, leafy. Leaves shortly petiolate, 1-4in. long, ovate- or 
se, 
s - ot, 
Chenopodium ambrosioides, Linn. Na 
ars. 
not native to N.Z. see T.N.2.1],. s 
vol. 57%, pe 63. (Ckn. & Allan). es 
wt 
(1353) 218; Handb, N.Z. #1. (A864) 250: Benth. Hl. Austral. V (1S1V) 162 ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 581. 
Nortn Istanp: Warm lowland stations from the North Cape to Taranaki and 
Hawke’s Bay, not common, Was much more abundant 30 years ago. Has appeared 
as a naturalized plant near Wellington. December—April. 
6. C. ecarinatum f&. By. Prodr. (1810) 407.—A much-branched strong- 
smelling glandular-pubescent herb; stems usually decumbent at the base, 
erect or ascending above, 6-18 in. long. Leaves on slendar naticle=- Made 
_ ite- 
a oF cher 
Chenopodium carinatum, H.Dr. all, 
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not native to Res see Th. Wit, ale Lagi P 
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vol. O7, Des OD» (Ckn. & Allan). 31: 
82. 
i , - 4 Sa WS — — es Ye Uriagery OUT 
and B, glandulosum Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii (1849) 81, 82. 
NortH anp Sout Istanps: Warm dry soils from the North Cape to central 
Otago, rare and local. December—March. 
A common Australian plant. It was collected at the Bay of Islands by Cunningham, 
and may be truly native in the North Auckland Peninsula. Elsewhere it is doubtless. 
naturalized, 
7. ©. pusillum Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 231.—A much- 
branched decumbent or prostrate glandular-pubescent little plant ; branches. 
spreading on all sides, 2-6in. long, slender, leafy, ascending at the tips. 
Leaves on slender petioles; blade very variable in size, +,-2in. diam. 
or more, broadly oblong to ovate-oblong or orbicular, rounded at the tip, 
quite entire or obscurely sinuate, rather thin, both surfaces clandular-- 
pubescent, veins prominent beneath. Flowers very minute, in small and 
dense few- or many-flowered axillary glomerules. Perianth-segments usually 
4, erect, linear-oblong, concave, membranous, pubescent, incurved over the 
fruit but not completely concealing it. Stamen usually 1. Utricle small, 
