9249 XCVII. AMARANTACEX. [ Ptilotus. 
short character nita is voee whether it be ^ same as - — PNE of that 
name, or even amabilis, Span., from Timor, bas nev cribed ; 
P. ovatus, sg from d dis, with dpporitb Jaos, is a Psilotrie Rete p Sa i wicensis, 
A. Gray, from the Sandwich Islands, is an anthes 
The genus ay differs from some of the smaller flowered Trichinia, in tha a absence s 
Perianths cabs tele except a few hairs round the base. 
. aves lin 
Spikes g tbbolan or scarcely ov 
Filaments dilated under ne peak ee ieee ME UP NNRNNE 
Filaments filiform except at the base. 
Perianth died a ge 2 lines. Bracts mostly acute ` 
and a 
Perianth. m n p lines Tong. Bracts broad, mostly obtuse ; 
and loose 8. P. grandiflorus. 
. spicatus. 
Pikot enveloped in dense white ony wool proceeding 
om the lower half. Leaves oblong caste or obovate. 
- Spikes cylindrical. Leaves oblon 
Spikes sessile : 
un 
pais ein 
uy P. gm olius. 
bov 
Perianths enveloped in long dense articulate hairs proceeding 
y im the lower half. Leave 
Stont plant. Spikes s din. diam — 4$ £ macrotrichus. 
Smali slender sient. Spikes 1 in. ne dnmeier p ic ^c. x RR Pea du 
Spikes cylindrical. Leaves lin in zt. ` 10. P. humi 
1 conicus, R. Br. Prod. 415. An erect glabrous a — closely 
resembling P. corymbosus, but usually more rigid, 1 to 2 feet high, 
Y 
at the base, 21 to ne arly 3 lines long. Filaments much dila 
towards the duse, and again — dilated dnd obcordate under the 
ponens ped af Doa ng. 
Syst. i, 816 
yst. 
N. d s e Islands of the Gulf pf t arproinrias R. Brown; Goulburn islands, 
A. Cunningham ; Port Essington, Armat, 
2. P. corymbosus, R. Br. Prod. JAM An erect slender glabrous hal 
annual of about 1 ft. or rather more, loosely and corymbos ely brane 
at the top or — from A base. Leaves very narr hes 
xo p lo ower ones often pede in. long, those of the branche’ 
all t about 2 to p lines jen acute, the two outer on 
almost fr m the fees) labrous inside as well as ou ut, th half or -e 
