Chenopodiastrum carinatum, R. Br. Prod

George Bentham & Ferdinand Mueller, 1870, Chenopodium & Dysphania, Flora Australiensis, London: L. Reeve & Co., pp. 157-165 : -1

9. C. carinatum, R. Br. Prod . 407.

Stems much-branched and procumbent or prostrate at the base, ascending to from ½ to 1 ft. or more, the whole plant more or less glandular-pubescent. Leaves on long petioles, ovate or oblong, obtuse, coarsely sinuate-toothed, usually rather thick and rugose, glandular-scabrous on both sides, ½ to 1 in. long, the upper floral ones often much reduced, and sometimes all the leaves almost orbicular and small. Flowers small, in dense globular clusters in almost all the axils, the upper ones sometimes forming interrupted more or less leafy spikes. Perianth-segments erect, incurved, broadly oblong, concave and almost boat-shaped, with a thickened broad obtuse keel, more or less pubescent or hirsute. Stamen usually 1. Fruit small, ovoid, erect, the pericarp inseparable from the seed. - Salsola carinata, Spreng . Syst. i. 923; Ambrina carinata , Moq. Chenop. Enum. 41; Blitum carinatum and B. glandulosum, Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 81, 82; Chenopodium glandulosum, F. Muell. Fragm. vii. 11.

Queensland. Moreton Bay , W. Hill, F. Mueller, and others; Peak Downs , F. Mueller; Rockhampton , O'Shaunesy; Armadilla , Barton.

N. S. Wales. Port Jackson ,' R. Brown, J.D. Hooker; Bengalla , Leichhardt; Clarence river , Beckler; Murray and Darling rivers , Victorian and other Expeditions.

Victoria. Yarra-Yarra , F. Mueller; Skipton and Creswick , Whan; Lockwood , Bissil. S. Australia. Bethanie , Behr.; Mount Barker , Lofty Ranges , Lake Torrens , F. Mueller. W. Australia, Drummond, n. 165, 715.

The species is also in New Zealand and New Caledonia. In most of Drummond's specimens and in some others, the fruiting perianth has a tendency to dry black and become rather thick, showing an approach to the European typical Blita.