234 XCVII. AMARANTACEJE. [ Trichinium. 
ing to the top of the stamens and some of them proceeding from the 
filaments themselves; anthers often all 5 perfect. Ovary on a long 
stipes, woolly at the top. 
N. Australia. Dampier's Archipelago, N. W. coast, A. Cunningham. 
larger ones 1 to 2 in. long, much smaller on the b anches, all contracted 
into a petiole kes at first globular, at len ore ovoid, about 
in. t ssile within the last leaves of the numerous branches 
tips and very few hairs inside below the middle. Staminal d es 
amen 
Ovary glabrous.—Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii 984; Ptilotus sericostachyus, 
F. Muell Fragm. vi. 930; 7. floribundum, Moq. l.c. 283; Ptilotus 
Sloribundus, F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 233. 
tracted at the base and the lower ones petiolate, green and usually 
loosely villous underneath ; the larger ones 1 in. long, : 
small and distant. Spikes globular or at lenth ovoid, 1 in. diameter 
rather more. Bracts and bracteoles thin, mucronate-acute, with pro 
5 to 6 lines long, recurved, plumose outside with fine but not very long 
hairs, the outer ones with glabrous tips slightly dentate, the inner ones 
shorter with small acute tips, all glabrous inside. Staminal cup very 
) ? 
small without anthers or quite obsolete. Ovary glabrous ; style very 
excentrical, ‘le 
w. Australia. Swan river, Drunimond, 1st coll. n. 433; Murray rM. 
field ; Vasse river, Mrs. Molloy (a more glabrous form, with rather smaller flowers). 
90. T. fusiforme, R. Br. Prod. 415. A perennial with a yo 
rhizome and slender erect branching stems of 1 to 2 ft. Leaves -— 4 
near or almost filiform, the lower ones often 2 in. long, the upper long | 
few small and distant. Spikes ovoid, about 1 in. diameter, 0? : 
