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inconspkiia, W. V. Fitzg., by the much shorter leaves and awns of the floral 

 bracts, the solitary flower, the absence of scales, and the much more numerous 

 carpels. The Pearson Islands lie about 40 miles off the western coast of Eyre 

 Peninsula, but it is very possible that so minute a plant has been overlooked on 

 the mainland. 



Chenopodiaceae. 



Kochia excavata, n. sp. Herbula perennis procumbens, foliis sericeo- 

 villosis linearibus 8-10 mm. longis, perianthio fructifero 10-12 mm. diametro 

 alam horizontalem saepe rubellam comprehendente glabro vel tomentello, tubo 

 3-4 mm. longo herbaceo circa medium constricto denique in basin latam excavatam 

 ampliato. 



Port Willunga northwards to Flinders Range ; Murray lands. Also north- 

 western Victoria. The type was collected at Spalding. The perianth-tube, con- 

 stricted about the middle and then expanded downwards into a broad hollow 

 base, renders the fruit of this species very distinct. 



Var. trichoptera, n. var. Ramis saepius longioribus quam in typo, floribus 

 in longas spicas aggregatis folia floralia fere occulentibus, perianthio fructifero 

 5-10 mm. diametro alam albo-tomentosam comprehendente, tubo tomentoso circa 

 2 mm. longo. 



Dublin scrub to Flinders Range ; Musgrave and Gawler Ranges ; Murray 

 lands. Also near Broken Hill in New South Wales. Differs considerably from 

 the type in the inflorescence, but the perianth, although somewhat smaller, has 

 the same shape. 



Kochia tomentosa, (Moq.) F. v. M., var. enchylaenoides, n. var. Caule 

 ramisque lanatis, foliis tomentosis 5-10 mm. longis ; perianthio fructifero 

 depresso-globoso demum nigrescente et eum Enchylacnae tomeiitosae simulante, 

 summo tubo margine angusto cincto qui saepe in alam 1 mm. latam extenditur, 

 perianthii lobis prebrevibus ciliatis. Varietas forsan potius pro specie 

 distinguenda. 



Near Charlotte Waters, coll. S. A. White. This variety differs from 

 Queensland specimens of K. tamariscina (Lindl.) comb. nov. in the woolly more 

 robust stems, the woolly and longer leaves, the flowers less crowded along the 

 branches and in the perianth, whose lobes are minute and in the centre of the 

 flattened summit ; the perianth is also slightly beaked at one side by the pro- 

 truding radicle, quite in the manner of Enchylaena tomentosa. In K. tamariscina 

 the leaves are 2-5 mm. long and scantily pubescent, while the perianth-lobes are 

 comparatively large and cover the summit of the perianth, which is not 

 beaked. — Sitaeda tamariscina, Lindl. (1848) ; Enchylaena microphylla, Moq. 

 (1849) ; Kochia microphylla, (Moq.) F. v. M. (1874). The new variety should 

 perhaps be distinguished as a species. 



Bassia paradoxa, (R. Br.) F. v. M., var. latifolia, n. var. Variat foliis 

 15-25 mm. longis 5-8 mm. latis dense tomentosis, capitulis 15 mm. diametro, 

 spinis (in exemplaribus nostris) ad 5 brevia cornua obtusa reductis. 

 Strzelecki Creek, near Innamincka, coll. S. A. White. 



Amarantaceae. 



Ptilotus Murray!, F. v. M., var. major, n. var. Variat caulibus foliisque 

 majoribus, foliis potius ovatis quam oblongis 8-15 mm. longis, spicis cylindricis 

 8-30 mm. longis, perianthio 3-4 mm. longo medio viridi vel flavescente. 



Collected by R. Cockburn in the Far North-East, without exact locality. 



Amarantus Mitchellii, Benth., var. grandiflora, n. var. Variat perianthii 

 segmentis 5-6 mm. longis, exterioribus fere obovatis, fructu et semine majoribus. 

 Forsan species nova. 



