24 CV. THYMELEZ: 
41. P. sericostachya, F. Muell. — iv. 162. cc rimi shrub 
at the base, with erect branching stems, s, all under 1 ft. int 
very eads compact when in very young bud, but soon lengthe 
ing into recrapted spikes often several inches long, always 
abov ast leaf, without involucral bracts. Perianth shortly silky: 
onan Sellham riv owman 
ME parvifolia. Leaves dus about : dine long. 
. S. Wales. Lachlan river, Fraz 
2. P. trichostachya, Lindl. : m. Trop. Austr. 355. An 
slender branching annual of about 1 ft., glabrous wat spree exept 
the inflorescence. Leaves ed linear, concave, 1 to long. 
hie at first short, but soon Main, aue a slender inter- 
bra 
vety shortly n atime Perianth not rt onia 9 lines Hie y tu 
On the Maranoa river, Mitchell; Bokhara Creek, Leichhardt; Dar- 
Queensland. 
ling Downs, Law. E 
. S. Wales. Murray river near the junction with the Murrumbidgee, F- 
T. 
43. P. leptostachya, Benth. A slender undershrub (or annual 
with s I base ?), much aud with erect or ascending stems Oi - 
4 to 1 ft., glabrous or sprinkled with a few silky hairs ES on the 
inflorescence and flowers: Leaves ternate, lanceolate o ng 
linear, 4 to pax in. inn Flowers small, in "" deut apro 
carp ibercular- Fife not 
Queensland,  Herbert's Creek id ete Bowman. The species 
