Trichinium. | XCVII. AMARANTACER, 239 
40.? T. villosum, Nees in Pl. Preiss. i. 628. An annual with pros- 
trate simple slender villous stems. pp petiolate, the radical ones 
spathulate, the stem ones narrow- iancegltie, acute, "undulate, clothed 
vith rather long woolly hairs, about 1 in g. pikes solitary, ovate- 
conical, obtuse, 5 lines long. racts rale , finel pointed, 1 nerved, 
whitish transparent and shining, loosely villous, as long as the perianth. 
os greenish white, about 3 pu long, the M ems mucronate- 
^ tra Sw r, Preiss. n. 1365 (Nea es). I have seen no specimen 
corresponding with the alio. cese The plant is peak d be allied to T. incanum, 
m does not appear to have any stellate tomentum, and the habit must be widely 
tb nt. da internal structure of the flower and the podio position of the wool Ed 
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linear, very obtuse, contracted into a petiole, rather thic 
tarely above 1 in. long. Spikes terminal, solitary and shortly in 
late, or 2 together md almost sessile, * first AS a len gone 
eylindrie al j to 3 . long and 4 t diam nd 
bracteoles ^ broad, fhin; ke ihe? or dee minu oe ey scarcely 
above 1 line long. Perianth 1) to 2 lines long, the tube rediosi to a 
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bane unequa ual, 1 or 2 sometimes without anthers. TAR kg abrous. 
' Australia » F. Mueller. Included by F. Mueller, Fra as a lanu 
i y ueller, gm. v 3, 
ginous variety in 7r disti d in s habit and in- 
ordin aà E gren but appears to me to be distin 
QT arthrolasi ial ndershrub with 
oggi ium, F. Muell. erennial or u 
à thick thizome and erect much esie stems under 1 - high, A 
age w 
a almost Woody at the base, clothed as well as the 
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Cres ‘ eon outside with straight hairs ^g muc 
„asai Ones, all glabrous inside, but a few of 
ones turned inside, nud cup free, truncate, not sur- 
