Gomphrena. XCVII. AMARANTACER, : Db. 
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variable. Perianth-segments 3 to 4 lines long, pink, rather broad, 
obtuse or scarcely acute, woolly outside to above the middle. Staminal 
tube longer than the ovary, usually bearing a few woolly hairs outside 
the filaments lanceolate, acuminate, broad or narrow; without inter- 
vening teeth —Mogq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 418; Philowerus humilis, Poir. 
Dict. Suppl. iv. 399. 
N. Australia. Albert ri ver, Henne. 
Queensland. Broad Sound, R. Brown; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Suttor and 
Bowen rivers, Bowman. 
5. G. Brownii, Mog. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 907. An erect branching 
anual of 6 to 9 i i 
Leaves linear, mostly 2 to 1 in. long, acute and soft. p 
ar depressed, 4 to 5 lines diameter, sessile or very short 
within the last leaves, or pedunculate in the upper axils without floral 
leaves. Bracteoles transparent, rather broad, acute, as long as the 
Warcely 14 lines lon 3 acute, with a narrow opaque centre, densely 
woolly outside with Vx hairs. Staminal tube not lon han the 
ovary though not much shorter, the filaments short, with oblong or 
lanceolate entire or denticulate teeth or lobes between them as long as 
the anthers.— @, lanata, R. Br. Prod. 416, not of Poir; Philowerus 
lanatus, Poir, Dict. Suppl. iv. 802 ; Alternanthera Baueri, Moq. in DC. 
Prod. xiii, ii, 354. 
N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown.’ 
Queensland. Suttor river, Bowman. 
6. G. brach i iii. 194. Stems branchin 
ystylis, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 124. em ng, 
above ] ft, long, clothed as well as the foliage with soft woolly hairs. 
hairs, the glabrous tipe very pale pink. Staminal tube shorter than the 
ts : 
ovary, the fil tb ‘nate, with long anthers; the 
i ut narrow, acuminate, W1 8 , 
a ening teeth or lobes as long M the filaments but broader and den- 
e at the end. Style rather short. i 
ia. Hooker's Creek, F. Mueller. 
A i i lly hairs, the 
o th white woolly , 
iuis oos pene deny lethal EUER je 
ete, Cg e with rather long straight hairs, white 
Spikes elobular or depress 
cem € between tlie Mit» ir of leaves a here and there on long pedun- 
. — without floral leaves, Bracteoles white, very acute, about as long 
