Kochia. | XCVI. CHENOPODIACE, 187 
alternate, linear, obtuse, thick and soft » the typical form, terete or 
flattened, from under lin. to about 4 in. long. Fioxdrs solitary in the 
axils, Fruiting perianth depressed, from quite glabrous exce a a slight 
E the edge of the lobes t to tomentose all over inc uding the 
membranous and very finely veined, spr to from 1 to i 
in. diameter. Styles 2 or 3, usually long, united at the base.—Moq. 
in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. ; Maireana fomento osa, Mak in Ann. Dese Nat. 
Ser. 2, xv. 97. t. 13; and in DC. Prod. xiii. ii chia tomentosa, F 
Muell, Rep Babb. Exped. 20; K. pubescens, Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii 
as to the Australian but not as to the S. African plant. 
3 Australia. Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller. 
Queensland. ren riveri Mitchell; Suttor domes, ue "e 
N. alge Lachlan river and Liverpool ains, ngham ; Bogan river, 
Leichha the M LO “Dilig and [Menge rivers d m. Bari Range, Vic- 
torian and eee Expeditio 
Vi urray river, n Mueller ; Little river, Fullagar ; Wimmera, Dallachy ; 
fa Wlan. 
Vincent's Gulf, R. Brown (im — ELE referred with 
LT to K rei) ner rd and veas Boda Gulf, F. Mu wi ui 
of » Dru ur n. 125, 4th coll. n. 24); ark Bay, Milne; 
the = ght, Delisser 
fot’ Pec 8 varies exceedingly i in foliage - indumentum as well as in the size of 
Pe ig which, moreover, although usually quite entire, is sometimes irregu- 
: following forms appear the most si nct. 
tuu umilis, a low undershrub with ascending stems not sedie 6 in,—Not un- 
any in the dec country of Victoria tes vium EL of N. 8. Wales 
microcarpa Branches very cottony. Leaves mall (u ASA in.), rather Mae 
ES glabrous, Fruiting perianth 14 lines diiit within the wi ng $ — 
ditions er including the wing.—Darli ing and Lachlan rivers, Victorian and other Expe- 
? tenuifolia, F, Muell. Nearly glabrous. Leaves |o 2 to 4 lineslong. Pe- 
jou rather small and late in, developing the wing. Perhaps a distinct s T 
hes. Downs, Woolls ; Curriwillighie, Dalton; Armadilla, Barton; Cooper s ree 
fh. ide in Leichhardt co ollection. eec wel 
* Preceding K, eriantha, and the following four species might almost eq 
am, ioe Siristi of K. villosa, us lines of fne e on between them bein 
vague, 
planifolia, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 213. An erect divaricately 
ton shrub of 2'to 3 ft, (Old field), th the eue and young ancl 
covered with a soft m which wears off fro 
the older leaves, 
stinct petio , i 
gen aaa that of K. villosa, glabrous or tomentose, the wing 
up e, membranous and attaining 5 to 6 lines diameter. P 
only T strain Murchison river, Oldfield i F. Mueller). Perhaps a variety 
K. sedif 1855, 194, and i 
H sedifolia, F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. Inst. í 
Ph. Kem Journ . Viii. 205. A stout very ely "branched shrub he 
