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conico- v. ellipsoideo-ovatum, compressum, biloeulare, 4-gemmu- 
latum, cingente annulo basali accreto tumescens. Capsula 8-12" 
longa, erustaceo-lignescens, clavato-ellipsoidea, in valvas dissiliens, 
loeulis haud ad basin extendentibus. Retinacula lineam paulo 
excedentia, adscendentia. Semina circiter 2" longa, leniter com- 
pressa, subcordato-rotunda, basi oblique emarginata v. truncata, 
apice acutiuscula, costa media hie ad apicem illic sxpius tantum 
ad medium  extendente. Testa fere membranea, fuscescens, 
demum badia, glabra, nitidula, foveolis copiosis rugulata. Albumen 
eod Cotyledones plano-convexe.  Radicula brevissima, in- 
era. 
AMARANTACEJE., 
Trichinium nanum. * 
Pumilum, annuum, foliis euneato-oblongis in petiolum sensim 
contractis caulibusque glabris v. glabrescentibus, spicis ovatis v. 
cylindraceis densifloris, bracteolis ovato-orbiculatis, exteriore bre- 
viter acuminata ad basim villoso-barbata, interioribus cuspidulatis 
glabris sepalis parvis bracteolas vim semisuperantibus pallidis 
apicem versus glabris, staminibus omnibus fertilibus calyce ali- 
quoties brevioribus, stylo perbrevi. 
In locis uliginosis ad Kalgan. A. Oldfield. 
, Herbula 1—-3' alta. Caules smpius spicis breviores quam lon- 
giores. Folia addito petiolo 1-1" longa. Spies 1-1" longe. 
: Bracteol; hyalinz, enerves, tenerrims. — Sepala vix ultra 2" longa, 
villis erebre et prominulo nodosis vestita. Stamina perbrevia, 
longitudine squalia.  Antherse flavse, didymo-rotundm. Stylus 
tantum 1-1" longus zque ac fructus glaber. 
Trichinium brachytrichum. 
* 
Erectum, lanuginoso-pubescens, foliis lato- v. lanceolato-lineari- 
bus, capitulis subglobosis, bracteolis glabris, exteriore ovata acuta 
interiores ovato-orbiculatas conspidulatas superante, sepalis bre- 
viter villosis bracteolas paulo excedentibus apice rubellis, stami- 
nibus inzquilongis, quinto ceteris longiore anthera destituto, stylo 
longiusculo. 
In planitiebus arenosis Australie centralis legit J. Maed. 
Stuart anno 1860. . 
Herba sspe spithamam alta, forsan annua. Folia pollice paulo 
longiora v. breviora.  Bracteole hyaline ; exteriores tenuissime 
uninerves ; interiores enerves. Sepala circiter 3" longa, villis 
subtilissime vix distincte nodosis usque infra apicem breviter 
induta, Stamina trientem v. dimidium ealycem zquantia. An- 
therz cordato-ovatz, fere didymze, lutem. Stylus glaber. Fructus 
lanugine involutus. 
