A marantus.] 
C. AMARANTACE2E. 
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panicle of Jft. or more, the central spike very long, the lateral ones short. Bracts 
and bracteoles scarious lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, very acute, about as long as 
the claws of the perianth-segments or rarely as long as the whole perianth. 
Perianth-segments 5, lanceolate at the time of flowering, those of the female 
when in fruit with broad erect claws of about £ line and expanded into broadly 
ovate mucronate-acute spreading and scarious laminse, rather longer than the 
claws. Pericarp very rugose, membranous, circumsciss, with a thick apex and 
three fine styles. 
Hab.: Flinders River, C. F. Plant ; Mount Perry, J. Keys. 
6. A. Klitchellii (after Sir T. Mitchell), Benth. FI. Austr. v. 214. 
Erect, rather stout and rigid, branching but not tall. Leaves on long petioles, 
ovate-lanceolate oblong, obtuse, narrowed at the base, 1 to 2in. long. Flowers 
all axillary and numerous, in sessile or shortly pedunculate cymes often ^in. broad, 
rarely reduced to close clusters. Bracts scarious, nearly as long as the perianth, 
with a prominent midrib ending in a sharp point, the bracteoles similar but rather 
smaller. Segments of the fruiting perianth 5, with a rigid erect stipes of about 
^ line, and a broad scarious spreading lamina at least as long, the midrib pro- 
duced into a rigid point. Perianth globular, membranous, with 12 to 15 
prominent undulate longitudinal ribs, indehiscent or bursting irregularly, with 
a thick summit projecting beyond the perianth, and 3 short subulate stigmatic 
styles. — A. undulatus, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 102, not of R. Br. 
Hab.: Narran River, Mitchell; Flinders River, Sutherland ; Charlesville, Giles; Armadilla, 
TP. Barton; Gordon Downs, A. W eld- Blundell ; Darr River, C. IF. de Burgh-Birch; Cooper’s 
Creek, Neilson ; and many ather localities. 
Used as a vegetable, Sutherland, Giles. 
7. A. interruptus (interrupted), Ft. Br. Prod. 414 ; Eenth. FI. Austr. v. 215. 
Erect or decumbent, from Gin. to nearly 2ft. high. Leaves petiolate, ovate or 
almost rhomboidal, obtuse, |in. to near 2in. long. Cymes or clusters dense or 
at length rather loose, the lower ones axillary, the upper ones forming a long 
loose spike leafy at the base, either simple or rarely with a few short branches. 
Bracts and bracteoles shorter than the perianth or about as long, scarcely pointed. 
Segments of the fruiting perianth 5, narrow, erect, slightly spathulate, shortly 
but finely pointed, about f line long, white and scarious on the margins, dark in 
the centre, those of the male flowers usually 3 only and not dilated upwards. 
Pericarp membranous, rugose, not ribbed, indehiscent or bursting irregularly, 
loose over the seed with a short thick summit about as long as the perianth. 
Styles 2 or rarely 3. — A. undulatus, A. rhombcus, and A. lineatus, R. Br. l.c. ; 
Fuxolus undulatus, F. rhombeus and F. interruptus, Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 272 
and 275 ; F. lineatus, Moq. l.c. 276 as to the Australian, but not the Sandwich 
Island plant. 
Hab.: Rockhampton, 0‘Shanesy ; Brisbane River, Leichhardt; Port Mackay, Nernst ; a 
troublesome weed everywhere. 
8. A. viridis (green), Linn. ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 215. An erect or decum- 
bent annual of 1 to 2 ft. Leaves petiolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 
rather thin but the pinnate veins usually prominent underneath, 1 to 2in. long. 
Flowers small, green with an obtuse appearance, the lower ones in small axillary 
sessile cymes or close clusters, the upper ones in rather loose or interrupted 
spikes, foi'ming a short terminal panicle, the central spike 1 to bin. long, the 
lateral ones few and short. Bracts and bracteoles narrow, not exceeding 
the perianth. Perianth-segments 3, narrow, erect, scarcely f line long, falling 
