200 A. J. EWART, JEAN WHITE AND J. R. TOVEY. 
evidently have the red and succulent pericarp of R. nutans, 
which is already recorded as native to Victoria. Apart 
from the pericarp the two plants are very difficult to 
distinguish. C. triangulare, has only been recorded from 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
Pirate XXX.—1. Back of foliage leaf showing glands. 2. Flower. 
3. Vertical section through the flower. 4. Single petal and 
sepal removed, showing insertion of stamens. 5. Single 
stamen showing the hair-like processes present at the insertion 
on the petal. 6. Gynecium. 7. Transverse section of the 
ovary, showing the ovules. 
PLaTE XXXI.—(a) Leafy flowering branch 14 cms. in length. 
(b) Flower enlarged and corolla opened within calyx. (c) 
Transverse section of young ovary. Kochia Atkinsiana, fruit 
from under (e) and upper (d and /) surface; (/) with the 
appendages spread apart showing ovary and bilobed stigma. 
Pirate XXXII.—1. Plant about natural size. 2. Ripe fruit and 
pappus. 3. Leaf. 4. Receptacle enlarged. 
PrateE XXXIII.—1. Flowering spike. 2. Portion of a branch. 
3. Flower cut open and seen from the back. 4. Flower cut 
open and seen from the side with nearly ripe seed. 5. Style 
and stigma. 6. Ovule. Figures 1 and 2 slightly, 3 and 4 
eight times, and 5 and 6 highly magnified. 
PratE XXXIV.—1. Flowering spike (x +). 2. Side view of 
flower (x15). 3. Gyneciam (x30). 4. Transverse section 
through a fruiting spike ( x 14). 
Prare XXX V.—1. Plant natural size. 2. Enlarged. 3. Flower 
from side. 4. Flower from above. 5. Stamens. 6. Pollen 
grains. 7. Ripe carpel. 8. Seed. 9. Seed in section. 
Prate XXX VI.—1. Leaf, natural size. 2. Flower, mag. about 
5 times. 3. Stamen, mag. about 25 times. 4. Fruit, mag. 
about 3 times. 
