236 XCVII. AMARANTACER, [ Trichinium. 
he general resemblance of this plant to T. esquamatum is so close that it is not 
Lr ar distinguished without examining the flowers. The spikes are, however, usually 
but not quite Copain E considerably smaller 
93. T. calostachyum, F. Muell. An erect slender slightly branched 
annual of 1 to 2 ft. "qb few, very narrow-linear a v Mm 
cup with linear or lanceolate exceedingly thin scales between them 
inged or glandular on the margin. Ova ary glabrous.—Arthrotrichum 
fri 
d F. Muell. in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb. vii. 500; Ptilotus 
ost F. Muell. Fragm. vi. 231. 
N. Pid Islands of the A of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Upper 
psu, “apenas and Sturt’s Creeks, F. Mueller ; Nichol Bay, Walcott ; peer M en 
arti 
The habit approaches that of some of the annual Piloti, the scales between the 
Stamens are somewhat variable but present in all the flow ers s examined, usually about 1 
line long, the other characters are entirely those of T'richin 
34. T. Fraseri, 4. Cunn.: ; Moq. in D C. Prod. xiii. ii. 295. Stems froma 
woody but meris slender branching | par slender, about 6 in. 
high, glabrous as well as the folia ge. , ver narrow-linear, 
almost terete. Spikes ig prob wis iie when perfect. Bracts 
t 
teeth or scales. Leaves mostly wpatliahite: 
6. T. ulatum, R. Br. Prod. 415. A persuni wit 
woody rhizome and si reading g prostrate stems of 3 to 
spike, glabrous as well as the foliage or nearly so. Radios 
ovate or spathulate, obtuse, 4 to 1 in. long and more or less 
on the long g petiole; stem-leaves smaller narrow more acute an 
ha thick 
petiolate, those atey under the spike again rather larger. Mur 
ovate, at length cylindrical, sessile within the last leaves, 2 to4i 
without the 
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