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216 XCVII. AMARANTACEZE. [ Amarantus. 
3 in. long, the lateral ones few and short. Bracts and bracteoles nar- 
row, not exceeding the pue Perianth-segments 3, narrow, erect, 
scarcely $ line long, falling off with the fruit. Pericarp rugose, inde- 
hiscent, free fro tyle 
3.—Euxolus viridis, Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 273. 
Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller ; Rockhampton, Dallachy 
and others; Nerkool Creek, Bowman. 
N. S. Wal Glendon, Cassilis, Leichhardt. 
W. Australia, , ^. 105, 
Common in waste and cultivated places in the warmer regions of Europe, Asia, and 
Uie Aa now frequent in several parts of America. Possibly introduced only into 
ustralia. 
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none of our specimens above 6 in. and some, although the whole plant, 
pointed segments sometimes slightly dilated below the point. Fruit 
oblong or almost bottle-shaped, 13 to 14 lines long, much exceeding the 
Queensland. Armadilla, Barton; Dawson river, Leichhardt. : n 
— Wales. Junction of the Murray and Darling, F. Mueller; Darling river, 
oolls. 
Var. pallida. Fruit of a pale green when dry. Perianth smaller and often reduced 
to 1 or 2 segments.—Curriwillighie, Dalton. 
upper ones more sessile. Flowers small, in dense axillary clusters, 
p 
mostly females in our specimens, the males not seen perfect. md 
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Fruit scarcely half so long slightly tubercular, rugose, indehiscent, 
10. A. enervis, F. Muell. A small annual, branching at the base; 
with decumbent or erect stems not exceeding 6 i s linear 
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