(5) LEO FARMAR. CONTRIBUTIONS TO AUSTRALIAN AMARA.NTACE.E. 1089 



4-9 cm. longa, 6-12 mm. lata. Capitula magna, saepius solitaria, termi- 

 nalia, sessilia, cum paucis minoribus ramis sub apice enatis foliosis insi- 

 dentibus additis; capitulum terminale cylindricum, 8 cm. longum. 4 cm. 

 latum. Brade» et bracteolse late ovatae vel orbiculares, tenuiter hyalino- 

 scariosae, aristatae, 8,5 mm. longae, nervo medio pilosiusculo. Perian- 

 thii segmenta fiavescentia, spinuloso-apiculata. fere 2 cm. longa; interiora 

 3 intus lana tenuiter articulata filamentis duplo breviore vestita. Stamina 

 omnia fertilia, 2 breviora, 3 longiora stylo paulo breviora; antherae ad 

 2 mm. longa? ; filamenta interne subdilatata, squamis oblongis laciniatis 

 interpositis; cupula staminum ad basin perianthii turbinatam adnata. 

 Stylus 12,5 mm. longus. Ovarium glabrum. 



Between the Ashburton and De Grev river?, N. W. Division, W. Aus- 

 tralia, E. Clement, 1897. 



Trichinium Elderi Farmar sp. nov.; typus in Herb. Kew.; affine 

 T. obovato Gaud. var. grandifloro Benth., imprimis capitulis majoribus, 

 foliis caulinis augustis differt. 



Herbaperennis, dense tomentosa, pilis nunc stellatis nunc articulatis 

 breviter nispidulis. Cailles 0,3 m. alti, ramis divaricatis striatis. Folia 

 radicalia oblongo-lanceolata, 8 cm. longa, 8,5 mm. lata; caulina saepius 

 lanceolata, longe mucronata, in petiolum brevem contracta, 2,5 cm. 

 longa, 4 mm. lata. Capitula longe pedunculata, nunc solitaria nunc bina 

 vel terna. hemisphaerica, 3,25 cm. diam. Bracteœ et bradeolee scariosae, 

 extus ad basin pilis brevibus articulatis vestitae; bracteae 4 mm. longa, 

 apice fusca; bracteolee orbiculares, mucronulatse, 6 mm. longée. Perian- 

 thii segmenta circa 16 mm. longa, rigida, pilis albis longis vestita; inte- 

 riora 3 paulo breviora, inferne intus dense lanata. Stamina 3 fertilia 

 inaequalia, 2 sterilia filamentis, interne dilatatis supra perianthii basin 

 turbinatam brevissime connatis. Styliim excentricus, 8,5 mm. longus. 

 Ovarium glabrum, brève stipitatum. 



Cavenagh Range, E. Division, W. Australia: Elder Exploration Expe- 

 dition, R. Helms, 31. 7. 91. 



Ptilotus petiolatus Farmar sp. nov.; typus in Herb. Kew. ; quoad 

 flores P. Murragi simillimus sed spicis acutis filamentis brevioribus 

 antheris majoribus differt. 



Planta anima, glabra, diffusa. Gaules 8-30 cm. longi, internodiis 

 nonnunquam ad 8 cm. longis. Folia sub-opposita, ovato-oblouga vel 

 oblonga, sub-obtusa vel obtusa, laminis 13-20 mm. longis, 4-8 mm. latis, 

 petiolo 6-12 mm. longo. Spicse conicse, sessiles, una ad unumquodque 

 par foliorum, 6-20 mm. longae, circa 6 mm. latse. Bracteœ et bracteolœ 

 latae, scariosae. glabrae, 1,5 mm. longae. Perianthii segmenta 3 mm. 

 longa, acuta, tenuiter scariosa, in medio viridia, extus in dimidio supe- 

 riore glabra, dimidio inferiore lana alba intricata vestita, intus glabra, 

 apicibus e lana exsertis. Cupula staminum truncata; filamenta bre via, 

 vix 0,5 mm. longa, dilatata; antherae filamentis aequilongae. Stylus 

 brevis. centralis. 



N.-W. Division, W. Australia, E. Clement, 1897. 



Ptilotus Murragi is incompletely known. ïhere areafew fragments, 

 au inch in length, in the Kew Herbarium. The dissections, however, are 

 sufficiently différent to make the proposed species distinct. 



