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and invested half way up with intricate wool ; staminal 

 Clip very short, the filiform filaments hardly dilated at 

 the base and not very unequal ; ovary glabrous ; seeds 

 shining. 

 Six miles N.E. of Mt. Eliza, Lennard River (W.V.F.). 



Stems l-2ft. long. Leaves mostly l5--2in. long. Peduncles 

 1-2 lines ; spikes about three lines in diameter ; panicles 

 2-3 in. in diameter. Perianths 2-J- lines long, the segments 

 crimson edged with white, the wool and ovary crimson. 

 Seeds dark brown. 



Named in memory of the late Mr. Harry F. Johnston, Surveyor 

 General of Western Australia. 



In sandy loam. 



Affinity, P. spicatus, F. v. M. 



198. P. lanatus (A. Gunn). 



Cygnet Bay (W.V.F.) Segments trinerved, pale pink. 

 In sandy soil. 



199. P. Maclsayli F. v. M. 



Diffuse, much-branched, 2ft. high ; perianths white. 



200. P. braohyanthus F. v. M 

 Derby ; Goody Goody (W.V.F. ). 



Apparently an annual with scantily hairy stems and linear 



leaves. 

 In sandy spots. 



201. P. humilis F. v. M. 



A Port Hedland form is soniewhat woolly with prostrate or 

 ascending stems of 1ft. ; inflorescence through leaf 

 suppression becoming paniculate ; perianths white, scarce- 

 ly two lines long. 



202. AUernanthera nana R. Br. 



Fortesoue River (J. Forrest) ; Meda, May, Lennard, Barker, 

 Fitzroy and Isdell Rivers (W.V.F.)." 



Erect and much-branched from the base and, along with the 

 leaves, often reddish- coloured and almost glabrous ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate ; perianths frequently slightly woolly. 



In sandy loams. 



203. A. augustifolia R. Br. 



May, Meda, Lennard, Fitzroy and Isdell Rivers (W.V.F.). 

 In sandy soil. 



204. A. nodiflora R. Br. 



Prostrate or procumbent to 1ft. ; perianths white. 



