280 XCVII. AMARANTACEÆ. [ Trichinium. 
surrounding ex 9n some of which proceed from the base of the 
inner — Staminal cup very short; filaments rather short, not  — 
very u ak Daai "dilated at - base, but without intervening  — 
teeth or io s. Ovar y woolly-hirsu | 
W. Australia, DAliond. probably Swan river. 
SERIES 4, EE —Spikes globular, 2 to 1} in. diameter, termi- 
nating simple stems. Perianths curved u upw ards, the inner segments 
woolly inside at the base. No teeth or lobes to the staminal cup be- 
tween the filaments. Leaves linear. 
ng, 
foliage or a Teie with a rage sis pui ifs en <itefally a few woolly 
tufts on the stock. Leaves linear or narrow-la nceolate, often rather 
crowded, cu under 4 in. to above 1 in. long, those close under the 
ikes often the longest. Spikes oeri oboe. l to 14 in. diameter, 
closely sessile within the last leav owers not numerous, more Or 
less incurved as in 7. E. but arger. Bracts and bracteoles 
ong, the s ase, 
outside with long fine hairs, the saorane tips short an 
s Mu inside at the base. 
S al cup very short, g'abrong, oven ; filaments scarcely or not 
at all dilated at the base woolly or nearly glabrous. — Ptilotus 
eem Nees in Pl. DM b 1 691; T. eriocephalum, Moq. in DC. Prod. 
xiii 
W. Australia, Drummond, n. 429, Preiss, n. 1362; Murchison river, Oldfield. 
r 
long on long petioles, the stem ones much deep and sessile or nearly 
so, the uppermost distant from the spike and sometimes passing into 
ues Spikes solitary, meal aes ces or at length scarcely 
ovoid, 2 to 1 in. diameter. Bracts and br acteoles broad, thin, irn 
c Kir inner segments with more acute tips and densely woolly in 
side below the mi dle. Filaments dilated ar very shortly united at 
the base. Ov "FL Univ, Ser. 2.6 Moo 
