C. H. Ostenfeld: Contributions to West Australian Botany. II. 59 



Stem and leaves strigose-tomentose, otherwise the plant 

 agrees with Bentham's description. Fruiting; perianth bearing 

 two long spines and one very short; seed vertical. 



Kalgoorlie (No. 339, 7. Oct. 1914). 



VI. Koch i a Schrad. 



14. K. villosa Ldl., in Mitch. Trop. Austr. (1848) 91 ; quoted from 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. V, (1870) 186; F. v. Müll. Iconogr. 6 (1890) tab. 

 53; Diels in Engl. Jahrb. 35 (1905) 185. 



A low erect shrub, young stems white-tomentose, leaves 



Fig. 21. Fruit of Kochia Ostenfeldii in longitudinal section. The section 



was somewhat excentric; the stipled line shows the extent of the inner 



cavity in center. About 4 /i- 



terete, silky-tomentose, glabrescent; fruiting perianth 17 — 19 mm 

 diam., glabrous, yellowish-brown. 



Kalgoorlie (No. 342, 7. Oct. 1914). 



15. K. villosa Ldl. var. humilis Benth. Fl. Austr. V (1870) 187. 



Agrees with F. v. Müller's specimens from Murray desert 

 (Herb. Berlin). A low sufTrutex, very hairy. Flowering and fruiting; 

 fruiting perianth lanate, with reddish tint, diameter 7 — 9 mm. 



Kalgoorlie (No. 325, 7.-8. Oct. 1914). 



