250 XCVII. AMARANTACEJE. [ Alternanthera. 
entirely of that spacer, Utricle shorter than the perianth ; compressed 
and broadly obcordate or truncate, but longer in proportion = 
ot -e in A. Si IT shorter in proportion than i in A. ses 
I dE I. 
Li A. sessilis, ae E I5. ok f. Fl. Tas 
Queensland, Keppe R. Brown; Port seit TFüsalan? D: 
Oo pig Gilbert i Daintree Armadilla, Barton; Darlin ng Downs, s, Lau. 
. S. Wales gum river, A. Cun ngham ; Clarence river, Beeler. 
Victoria. Emu 
Tasmania. Port Dét pirple: "R. Brown; near Snp Gunn. 
imes very difficult to distinguish from A. n PATS especially when first 
v fonen, T on the other hand very near some varieties of the widely- pres 
r. with which J. D. H ook er, perhaps not incorrectly, unites it. In gene 
it difers s slightly i in the narrower leaves, glabrous spikes, more acute flowers and shorter 
"Va "AE rantha. Smaller and more slender and sometimes slightly pubescent. 
Leaves linear, 4 to 1 in. SUR Spikes 14 lines diameter, with a few hairs on the rhachis. 
Perianth-segments 4 to 3 line long, scarcely mucronate, the flowers very de ciduous, 
leaving the bracts persistent. 
N. Australia. Arnhem's Land, F. Mueller. 
R. Br. Prod. 417. Stems prostrate or ascending „loosely — 
pabuin as well as the foliage, and often woolly at the nodes. ' Leaves 
oblong lanceolate or almost linear, obtuse or acute, tapering at the 
base and shortly petiolate, 2 to 14 in. long or in the broader ye 
specimens under $ in. Spikes sessile in the axils, about } in 
at first veg DR but at leneth ovoid or shortl erii i 
to 5 lines long and very shining, the eset woolly. Peri nth- 
N. Australia. sis d river pe Sturt's gei F. Muell. 
Queensland. Broad 8 Sound, R. Brown; ea river, F. pr ler. ; 
. Wales. “Near Mr. Scott's and e kannek in the dry bed of the river,” : 
Lebar New England, C. "Stuart ; Pálandool river, Lockhar 
MT 
Larger and more hairy, leaves longer, perianth- despite acute.—Roc 1 
nes. 
"Mar O O'Shan 
I» e species is very variable, especially as to the size of the flowers, and so some pes ane 
come 2E near some sis mao sessilis, but always MI utricle ponte "s pe 
pee o the peri Brown's specimens as well a f F. Muetet 
of Tii have the ico uiid smaller than in the o Whois 
s R. Br. Prod. 417, but not of Moq. P rostrate 
gale o or slightly hoary -pubescent. Leaves linear in t va 
form e l in. long and much like those of A. denticulata aon vi ) 
nach 2 takes sessile, solitary or rarely clustered, seldom 
in. eai and mostly smaller and very short, the rhac js more 
less woolly. Braets very aeute, glabrous, shorter than the 
perianth 
