184 XCVI. CHENOPODIACE;E | Kochia, 
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Leaves mostly } to 4 in. long, linear or terete, tomentose i 
or near imes small and slender), 
spreading. Perianth glabrous or tomentose . . . . 8. K. villosa. 
Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, flat, 1 to 3 in. long. Pe- 
rianth of K. villosa. . . . el bite d Va ME. 
Leaves oblong-clavate, almost terete, densely cottony, not 
exceeding 4 in. Perianth of K. villosa . . . . . . 
Leaves cottony, erect and appressed, rarely exceeding 1 
ine. Perianth of K. villosa |. . . . . . . . .11. K. appressa. 
Leaves minute, distant. Branches spinescent. Perianth 
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Fruiting perianth very flat at the top, surrounded by an annular 
more or less rigid horizontal border or thick wing, quite entire 
or regularly toothed. 
Annular border of the perianth entire, densely ciliate. . . . 13. K.cil/a!a. 
Annular border 5-angled, tube vertically 5-winged . . . . 14. K. brachyptera. 
Annular border with 10 to 12 radiating points, tube smooth — . 15. K. stelligera. 
9. K. planifolia. 
10. K. sedifolia. 
ere is in each sinus a narrow spathulate reflexed appendage, 
shorter than the horizontal dorsal wings and concealed under them. 
Styles usually 2. 
N. S. Wales. High sandy banks of the Darling river, Victorian Expedition. 
_ 9. K. lanosa, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 88. An erect or spread- 
ing undershrub or low shrub, the branches and foliage silky-woolly as 
fü 
wings, erect on their upper side and varying from j to 1j lines in 
length. Styles 3 or rarely 2.—Moq. in DC. Prod xiii, ii, 461. 
Queensland. Narran river, Mitchell. 
N. S. Wales. Darling river, Dallachy, Mrs. Ford. , Cocper's 
Oed CIE urray desert, near Morunda, F. Mueller; towards "T 
Var. minor. Fruitin g 
the erect sinus-appendages of K lanosa. 
Murchison river, Oldfield 
: erianth smaller, th j i ore connate, almo — 
as in K. villosa, but "dba ; the horizontal wings mor ; ‘ 
Australia. 
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