929 XCVII. AMARANTACEZ. | Trichinium, 
down. Bracts and bracteoles very thin and ceto 1 to 13 lines 
long, the bracts very woolly outside. Perianth scarcely above 3 lines 
sen uer mes about 1 = ne long, hirsute with iieri hairs, the segments 
ng white dorsal hairs, the glabrous tips obtuse 
si oe a denticul tein in the outer r ones, shorter and acute i in e. inner 
ones, A om inside except that the long hairs which, as in T. obo- 
ns are rather more on the base of dn inner 
ones irm in that species. Stamens 3 or 4 perfect, filaments 
uiui; dilated at the base but scarcely amie above the perianth-tube. 
Ov d 3 val Pra excentrical.—Ptilotus incanus, Poir. Dict. i 
Do. Prod. ra n vi. 228; T. gnaphalodes, A, Cunn. ; Moq. in 
5 - st? Baudin's Expedition ; Dampier's E 
DE Nichol Bay, PB Grae ory’ s seen a Cre ek, F. uellér. 
by a note of extat tion he indicates baving seen an d 
Brown's, but that must be a mis stake ; Brown never gathered either species M but 
described T. inca "m from specimens of — 8, corresponding with those descri ribed 
by Moquin under the name of T. gnap 
3. 'T. parviflorum, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 13. A perennial 
or undershrub with a thick woody stock and erect branching stems, 
hoary as well as the foliage with a stellate tomentum, closel allied to 
T. obovatum and T. incanum. Lower leaves sometimes obor ate, at mos stly 
lanceolate or almost linear, tul, thinner than in those two species, 
the stellate tomentum disappearing" with age on the upper surface, and 
not very dense on the MR Spikes at first short, but lengthening out 
t i u i dieta. sessile or shortly peduncul 
in a loose divaricate panicle. Bracts and flowers of T. incanum, but 
much less woolly.—Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 284; 7. virgatum, A. 
unn.; Mog. l.c. 286. 
Queensland. Finders’ river, Bowman; Curriwillighie, Dalton ; Armadilla, 
on. 
N. S. Wales. Inundated plains, Lachlan river, Mitchell, A. eee 
vere F. Muell. A Xe or undershru 
with @ 
' Braets mi 
ng, the bracts loosely 
tomentose outside. Perianth about 1} lines long, the segments dons 
uated Sly i in uses ZEE dilated at the base.— 
astrolasius, F i. 233. 
N. Australia. B vA Y Mueller; N. W. coast, Hughan. 
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