.— Aiternanthera.] XCVII. AMARANTACEJE. 949 
Bracteoles as long as the perianth. Perianth-segments 14 to 
A long, the inner ones smaller and woolly inside at Aa 
Sikes all Aniar, ovoid. Bracteoles and perianth-seg- 
ments very ac Anthers 5 . : he A. decipiens. 
Spikes mae ‘and LUNES lobular. ` Bracteoles and peri 
anth-se cely mucronate. Anther: a apad ae a polycephala. 
Saminal c at with prominent teeth or lobes between. the fila mn 
eave 
spike ito shortly ig ovoid. Lobes of the staminal 
cup m wh shorter than the filaments at. al leptaphy 
Spikes on long peduncles, globular. Lobes “of the staminal ‘cup 
rather ns than the filament 8. A. longipes. 
ave 
the lo es 1 to 2 in. long. Spikes globular, about 4 lines diameter when 
etimes l in. diameter, interspersed with a few small fl 
eaves. Bracts, bracteoles ae rianth-segments narrow, acuminate 
with fine e points, rely about 14 lines long or rather more 
tamens 
uil mar (about } line), the filaments unequal, me at the base and 
3 bea 
ustralia. Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller ; Ble se river, Flood ; in the interior, 
M Doul Stuart's Eden; Albert y river, Hein 
te oad d, R. 
Mitchell, d. Soun Brown; icd Barton; in the interior, 
e t; pb 
ales. Gwydir river, Leichhardt; New England, C. cnt 
E: locke d eir ed Darling desert, 7. Mueller, | Victorian Expeditio 
- Murray ie F. Mueller ; Skipton, 
wA astralia. S. of Wills’ Creek, Howitt's Ezpeditio on, 
m ustralia. Dr ummond, n. 220. t always 
ai Decies appears to be widely spread over E. India and Africa, but is p. T he 
Rod aie gush from A. denticulata, A. sessilis, pa erliaps E uon iculata. 
Whe: a Specimens iria first in flower are very mu k. like Pho ed s e acuminate 
the frnit ly developed the perianths and bracts are aoe longer and mor d th notch, 
athe "it shorter in proportion = broader than in A. den ticulata, and the 
ough variable, usually much se 
2. A. denti ticulata trate, creeping 
> R. Br. Prod. 417. Stems Pr d 
"d Tooting at the lowes nodes, often extendin to 2 aie and shortly 
ascending, olah d 
r r in E 
"e a glabrous or minutely pubescent en ES ute roe 
“hse? mostly 3 to 14 in. long. Spikes globular or at length ovoid 
us 5 T : 
ey on labrous. Perianth-segments un er : line as ei 
ough shorter pointed than in A. nodjflora. Stamens y 
