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Trichinium Drummondii Moq. (B. V. 235). 
, Est planta habitu valde variabilis atque per longos Australiae occiden- 
falis tractus pervulgata. Caules semper stricti nunc non misi basi parce 
ramosi nunc (praeserlim ramis primariis pecore destructis) ramosissimi 
virgati eaespitosi; folia nunc lineari-lanceolata plana nunc sparsa linearia 
vel filiformia; flores amplitudine variabiles nunc purpurei mune pallidi fere 
albi; ovarium glabrum vel vertice sparse pilosum. 
Habemus specimina quae sequuntur: in distr. Irwin pr. Champion 
Bay septentrionem versus in declivibus aridis glareosis (caespitosa micro- 
tephala pallida) deflor. m. Sept. (D. 4182); pr. vic. Northampton in lapi- 
doso-lutosis frequens (subsimplex macrocephala pallida) deflor. Novemb. 
(D. 5684) pr. Watheroo in glareoso-lutosis (D. 2120) — in distr. Darling 
pr. flum. Swan River in arenosis (basi ramosa, flores purpurei) flor. m. 
Novemb. (E. Pnrrzet Pj. Austr. occ. 21, D. 1548). Formae affines nuper 
in interioribus distr, Austin detectae e. g. haud procul a municipio Menzies 
in fruticetis apertis lutoso-arenosis (basi ramosa, microcephala rosea) flor. 
m. Oct. (D. 54941). 
Triehinium Drummondii Moq. var. Georgei Diels (an spec. nov.?). 
Fruticulosa? foliis paucis linearibus minulis; caulibus gracilibus strictis ; 
spicis parvis subglobosis; bracteis hyalinis ad medianum purpureo-striatis ; 
perianthio roseo; squamulis intrastaminalibus tenerrimis ciliatis; ovario 
vertice pilosiusculo. 
Hab. in distr. Austin pr. Murrinmurrin (W. J. Georce in hb. Berl.!). 
Nescimus an forma microcephala a cl. Se. Moore Journ. Linn. Soc. 
XXXIV. 219 commemorata ad eandem varietatem pertineat. 
Trichinium procerum Diels n. sp. 
Stirps elata ramosa, ramis glabris glaucescentibus strictis; foliis 
*rassiusculis glaucis linearibus acutis; spicis terminalibus valde elongatis 
angustissime eylindricis demum pendulis, rhachi tomentella; bracteis 
late ovalibus pilosis, bracteolis glabris hyalinis acutis; perianthii segmentis 
linearibus apice obtuso glabris ceterum extus longe albo-pilosis; interioribus 
basi lanuginosis; staminibus 4 basi coalitis; squamulis intrastaminali- 
bus hyalinis ciliolatis; ovario vertice tenuiter piloso, stigmate globoso. 
(ales 4,5—3 m alt.; folia 2—3 X 045 em.; spicae 5—15 cm long.; bracteae 
ZZ mm; perianthii segmenta exteriora 5—6 mm long., interiora 4—3 mm long. 
Bab. in regione tropica boreali-occidentali a sinu Nichol Bay 
D 200) versus in lutosis lapidosis apertis graminosis flor. m. April. 
peces T. Drummondii Moq. forlasse affinis habitu elato spicis pendulis valde 
Primo visu separatur, 
Trichiniam Polakii F. v. M. in Wings South. Scienc. Rec. II, 271. 
mu eulos 0,3—0,4 m alt., foliis subcarnosis praeditus viget in distr. 
pr. Cue in lapidosis lutosis fl. m. Jul. (D. 39821). 
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