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of its long sharp thorns.] B. bi flora, F. v. M. Crown 

 Point. 



Bassia inchoata, sp. nova. (pi. xxxviii.). Plant a glabra 

 erecta rigida ramosa, foliis succulentis angusto-cylindraceis 

 15-20 mm. longis, perianthii limbo obliquo ciliolato vix lobato t 

 staminibus 5, stylis 2, perianthio fructifero ovoideo-compresso 

 indurato costvlato S-Jf. mm. Ion go basi obliqud leviter excavatd 

 apice truncato gibboso subtuberculato, semine erecto rostel- 

 lato. Between Dalhousie and Blood Creek, S.A. The single 

 specimen is 20 cm. high, and may be a perennial flowering in 

 its first year. It has the habit of Threlkeldia diffusa, R. Br., 

 and the gibbous fruiting perianth has some analogy with that 

 of Bassia salsuginosa, F. v. M. (Osteocarpum salstiginosum, 

 Threlkeldia salsuginosa, F. v. M.). The slight protuberances 

 often visible on the hardened, truncate edge of the perianth 

 may be likened to the undeveloped spines found on several 

 other species of Bassia. Although the perianth is hard and 

 ribbed in the dried state, it may (as in Threlkeldia diffusa) be 

 succulent externally when fresh. 



Kochia sedi folia, F. v. M. "Bluebush." Horseshoe Bend. 

 Salicornia leiostachya, Benth. Between Crown Point and 

 Horseshoe Bend. Salsola Kali, L. "Prickly Saltwort. " 

 Between Crown Point and Horseshoe Bend; Dalhousie 

 Springs, S.A. [Large spherical bunches were met with 

 everywhere till the Finke was reached ; then they became 

 rare, and we lost them after entering the ranges.] 



Amarantace2E. — Amarantus Mitchellii, Benth. Running 

 Waters, Finke River. Trichinium obovatum , Gaud. Depot 

 Sandhills; Dalhousie Springs, S.A. Var. grandiflorum, 

 Benth. Thirty miles east of Deep Well. [This is a common 

 variety, and was found in sandhills and ranges alike.] T. 

 helipteroides, F. v. M. Between Crown Point and Horseshoe 

 Bend; Henbury ; Idracowra ; 30 miles east of Deep Well. The 

 flowers of all these specimens, as well as of one from Nickol 

 Bay, W.A., kindly sent me by Professor Ewart, have delicate, 

 fringed, interfilamentary teeth, so that this species should 

 have been placed in Bentham's section Squamigera (of 

 Trichinium). The teeth are obtuse, except two which are 

 adnate to one of the filaments for three-quarters of their 

 length and terminate in acute tips. [Found in many places 

 growing close to the ground, but at times it attains to the 

 height of 8 or 10 in.] T. exaltatum, Benth. Between Dal- 

 housie and Blood Creek, S.A. ; between Crown Point and 

 Horseshoe Bend; Macumba, S.A. [Comes up with a broad 

 leaf and likes stony country, attaining the height of 3 ft., 

 and is in some places plentiful.] 



