belongs to the natural order Salsolaceae. The shrubs of the order are not peculiarto Australia, but are commoner there than elsewhere.
1837. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 906:
«Passing tufts of samphire and salsolaceous plants.»
1859. H. Kingsley, `Geoffrey Hamlyn,' c. xlii. (`Century'):
«It is getting hopeless now . . . sand and nothing but sand.The salsolaceous plants, so long the only vegetation we haveseen, are gone.»