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* TRICHINIUM alopecuro'ideum. 

 Foxtail Trichinium. 



MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Amaranthace^, 



TRICHINIUM. R. Br. F lores hermaphroditi, tribracteati. Perigo- 

 nium 5-phyllum, foliolis linearibus. Stamina 5, basi connata ; filamenta fili- 

 formia; antherae biloculares ; staminodia interjecta nulla. variu7n unWoculare, 

 uniovulatum ; stylus simplex ; stigma capitatum. Utriculus evalvis monosper- 

 mus, perigonii foliolis basi conniventibus, apice patulis, plumosis inclusus. 

 Semen lenticulari-reniforme ; testa Crustacea. Embryo annularis, peripbericus, 



albumen farinaceum cingens ; radiculd centrifuga. Y{e.\h?£ annua v. perennes , 



in Nova Hollandia intra et extra tropicos provenientes ; foliis alternis, flori- 

 bus terminalibus capitatis v. spicatis, bracteis scariosis nitentibus. Endl. 

 gen. plant, no. 1963. 



alopecuroideum ; caule ramose sulcato glabro, foliis lanceolatis subtiis sca- 

 briusculis integris vel denticulatis, spicis cylindraceis elongatis, bracteis ro- 

 tundatis, calycibus herbacei.s sursum calvis acutis, rachi pilosa, cvatho 

 staminum dentato. 



alopecuroideum. Lindl. in Mitchell's Australian expeditions, vol. ii. 

 13. ed.2. 



The singular genus to which this species belongs is ex- 

 clusively Australian. Six species only are described by Dr. 

 Brown, but many more are known, and their number will 

 probably be found considerable. It is remarkable for the 

 great quantity of delicate knotted hairs with which the 

 densely spiked or capitate flowers are covered. 



That now figured, the first which has been known to 

 flower in Europe, was raised from Swan River seeds by 

 Robert Mangles, Esq. of Sunning Hill ; 1 possess wild speci- 

 mens from the same country, for which I am indebted to 



* TpiyivoQ, composed of hairs, in allusion to the shaggy flowers. 

 May, 1839. l 



