240 XCVII. AMARANTACEE. [ Trichinium. 
rounded by hairs. Ovary glabrous.— Ptilotus arthrolasius, F. Muell. 
ragm. vi. 232. 
N. Australia. Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller. 
. T. srvoides, F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 199. Pr acit perennial 
and procumbent. Stems branching, the young shoots and peduncles 
clothed with white woolly hairs. Leaves ovate or dei lanceolate, 
, the segments m the base, rigid, acute, plumose outside 
wit ’ short glabrous tips, E lebrbus inside. Filaments unequal, unite 
„at the base in a short glabrous truncate cup, 1, o or 3 of them ‘without 
anthers. o5 densely villous on the top. —Ptilotus ærvoides, F. 
Fragm. vi. 231. 
N. pins Nichol Bay, N.W. Coast, F. Gregory's Expedition. 
44. T. Roei, F. Muell. Herb. Probably prenan and nd prede 
closely allied to T. ervoides, the branches white ose cottony 
wool Leaves pencil, obovate or orbicular, d or p» upper ones 
„l ag 
rigi 
upper half lanceo dx I ading, quem pales with glabrous tips, 
the inner ones densely woolly i inside below the middle. Filaments un- 
equal, 1 or 2 without anthers. Ovary RA 
W. Australia. Lake Barlee, Forrest's Expedition. 
45. T. czespitulosum, F. Muell. A perennial with a densely 
tufted stock, the crowded short branches covered with the imbricate 
Meses ore ns "s old leaves, the flowering branches slender, erect, 
simple, 3 to 5 in. Leaves crowded on the short —Ó barren 
branches, distent on on flowering ones, linear-terete, 
1j to 3 "lines long, with a small thick. callous and persistent at 
Spikes terminal, shortly conical, 4 to 6 lines long. Bracts and 
teoles nearly 2 lines long, ver broad, closely enveloping the 
thin and shining, the midri X oduced into a small point, i 
except a few hairs at the base. iaaah short, the segme n 
shortly exceeding the bracts, very obtuse, yer d plumose outside v 
straight hairs, the gla abrous ends “nea rly à of the whole gr 
Perfect stamens 2 onl ie € —- Hankin’ Style s sot 
Ptilotus cespitulosus, F, Muell 232. 
W. A Australia, Drummond, n. 189. vee specimens are not 1 
have been unable to ascertain the precise form of the staminal cup. 
in a good state, and I 1 
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