Drummondiane. N. O. Amaranthacez, 
TAB. CDXIV. 
LACHNOSTACHYS. n. gen. 
Flores hermaphroditi bracteati. Perianthiwm longissime densis- 
simeque lanatum, monophyllum, 6-lobatum, scariosum. Sta- 
mina hypogyna 6-8, perianthii lobis opposita. Filamenta fili- 
formia, in tubum basi vel usque ad medium connata, tubo 
intus villosissimo. Anthere biloculares. Ovarium subglobo- 
sum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma obtusum.—Frutices ore oc- 
cidentalis Nove Hollandie ; ubique tomentose. Folia opposita 
rigida. Spice terminales et axillares, bracteate, cylindracee. 
Flores lana longissima ramosa intertexta tecti. 
Lachnostachys albicans ; foliis lanceolato-ellipticis imbricatis ra- 
misque albo-tomentosis, bracteis flore brevioribus, perianthio 
6-lobo, staminibus exsertis, tubo filamentis subeeque longo, 
ovario superne densissime piloso. 
Has. Swan River Colony, Australia. Mr. James Drummond. 
Two very remarkable plants in Mr. Drummond’s Swan River 
collection are those figured in the present and succeeding plate, 
belonging to the Order Amaranthacee ; but so different from any 
genus known to me, especially in habit, that although my speci- 
mens are destitute of fruit, and although, on account of the sin- 
gularly dense and intricate nature of the wool which covers the 
flowers, it is exceedingly difficult to investigate the exact struc- 
ture of the minute flowers concealed within the woolly covering, 
I have ventured to constitute of them a new genus. 
Fig. 1. Flowers. 2. Perianth laid open, the stamens being 
removed. /f. 3. Stamens. /f. 4. Pistil. J. 5, 6. Anthers. 
J. 7. Small portion of wool from the perianth: all more or less 
magni, 
