Gomphrena. | XCVII. AMARANTACER. 253 
G. lanata, Br. (G. Brownii, Moq.) is to be retained in Gomphrena, and is at the best 
rather a sectional than a generic character 
Staminal tube longer than à ovary. Spikes globular or ovoid, 
usually large. Filaments flat. Leaves linear 
Staminal tute with filiform teeth between “ne filaments. — 
globular. Peri segments acute. Arce a . . 1. G. canescens. 
yer Nie without teeth or lobes n the filam 
o 
. Spikes at aa ue ov void or Mg ub 
h.goom $ ht 
. 2. G. flaccida. 
"hen under 1 ex Spikes hemispherical or globular. Peri- 
anth-segments 3. G. a finis. 
inl under y Spikes hemispherical or - globular. 
rianth-segments rather obtu 4. G. humilis. 
Saninal tube shorter than the fer Be rarely above 4 in, 
lameter. 
Spikes hemispherical or globular. Perianth very woolly outside 
low the middle. 
Staminal tube with teeth or lobes between the filamen 
ves linear. Bracts much shorter than the bra e oles : G. Bro 
ts nearly as long as the — jx g. icut 
inal tube with out teeth or lobes between the filamen 
Leaves mr lanceolate. Filaments with a minute hern 
at the top on each side . 7. G. leptoclada. 
Filaments filiform at the top 
or more. Perianth gr “ts nans à : 
Bracteoles shorter than the . 8. G. Maitlandi. 
er. y n a? 
sarane longer than the perianth e G. pusilla. 
8 inve . Spikes and perianth of G. p itla : . G. tenella. 
pi d or oblong- VESTE REA Perianth ii below t ^ e 
Spikes 5 Ss iaseter. Leavesalllinear. Filaments broad 
Spi and 2- o othed at the end . 11. G. conica. 
pi 
ines diameter, dense Jy ciowded with: broadly- 
lanceolate Ae leaves 
Spik . Filaments tapering at the e . 12. G. conferta. 
n zl d ci, gth narrow-cylindrical. Perianth small, qui 
etres hairy, >. 13. G. difusa. 
Y, lanceolate or oblon, ER R e E 8 
ES A brous or nearly so, se DRECBUR Di... .4. G. parviflora. 
iud » R. Br. Prod. 416, An erect more or less branch- 
ing tnt v veal stout and ee 1 to nearly 2 ft. high, more or less 
Pur £ soft hairs, the older parts rarely glabrous. Leaves 
. Prod. xiii. 
ii. 308; e canescens, Poir. 
Mainland of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Henne ; Depuech 
