Ptilotus.] XCVII. AMARANTACER, 243 
m short eup. —Moq. in Prod. xiii. ii. 989 ; Trichinium corym- 
sun, Spreng. Syst. i. 816 not of Gaudich 
Filaments Eme to the top, slightly dilated at the base and united in 
DC. P 
N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; N.W. Coast, 
Bynoe ; Victoria river and Sturt's Creek, F. Ji 
Var. aeu acutiflorus. Pe hae more sh dei and bracteoles almost aris- 
late. —Arnhem's Land, M‘Kin 
"i dis F. Muell. e o i : 237. An erect slenge 
arly so 
r developed. Bracts and bracteoles 
ad aent, mucronate, 2 to 24 Ser long, the bract rather md 
ipe the a eet teoles narrow 2: ge. 4 to 5 lines long, surrounded 
a. 
ars, the phus rather short, all nearly equal, with perfect anthers. 
ary glabr 
Va S erus, Champion Bay and Murchison river, Oldfield. 
I "wpidus. Spikes and flowers smaller, the perianth pig above 3 fines long. 
ER detect no other difference.— P. lepi idus, F. Muell. Fr. ragm. i v. 89.—Sharks Bay, 
Segments - 3 Bo 
; gments free from the base, the upper our 
(pink or red), obtuse and quite glabrous, the 3 inner ones woolly inside 
, I the middle. Staminal cup very ena the filaments not very un- 
qua iom, scarcely dilated at the a 
ler, i ii 125, Victoria river, F. Mueller. ad in P. corynbosus by uel- 
y rop 
tui leianthus uie or lower portion of the perianth-segments without any or 
Expedition alia. Gul? of Carpentaria, Leichhardt ; Attack Creek, M*Douall 
d. Flinders’ river, Bowman, Sutherland. 
small ais 
V P. Murr A 
urrayi, F. Muell Fragm. iii. 1 
203; te br ranching annual (or perennial » our specimens not exceeding 
T 9 in. but not the entire plant. Leaves nee obtuse, — j in. 
