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C. AMARANTACEiE. 
[ Gomphrena . 
always longer than the ovary, the filaments shortly free and flattened, but without 
the intervening teeth of that species. Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 398; Philoxerus 
flaccid us, Poir. Diet. Suppl. iv. 392 ; G. firma, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 123. 
Hab.: Cape York, Daemel ; Blackall. 
The filaments are often broad and sometimes irregularly jagged or toothed towards the end, 
but different in different flowers of the same specimen, and not regularly 3-toothed as described 
by Moquin in the genus generally, and in this and other species specially. — Benth. 
4. G. humilis (low), 11. Br. Prod. 416 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 254. A perennial, 
with a woody stock often bearing tufts of wool, the stems erect, branching, 6 to 
9in. high, glabrous as well as the foliage or with a few silky-woolly hairs, 
especially about the nodes. Leaves narrow-linear, mostly 1 to l^in. long, with 
smaller ones often clustered in the axils. Spikes depressed, almost hemispherical, 
to lin. diameter, mostly pedunculate above the last leaves, or rarely with a pair 
of small leaves close under them, the rhachis woolly. Bracts and bracteoles 
glabrous, very thin and transparent, finely 1-nerved, the bracteoles usually about 
2 lines long, broad and rather obtuse, the bracts smaller, narrower and more 
acute, but both variable. Perianth-segments 3 to 4 lines long, pink, rather broad, 
obtuse or scarcely acute, woolly outside to above the middle. Staminal tube 
longer than the ovary, usually bearing a few woolly hairs outside, the filaments 
lanceolate, accuminate, broad or narrow, without intervening teeth. — Moq. in 
DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 418 ; Philoxerus humilis. Poir. Diet. Suppl. iv. 392. 
Hab.: Broadsound, R. Broun ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Suttor and Bowen Rivers, Bowman. 
5. G. Brownii (after R. Brown), Moq, in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 397 ; Benth • 
FI. Austr. v. 255. An erect branching annual of 6 to 9in., hoary with 
rather long silky or woolly hairs. Leaves linear, mostly f to lin. long, 
acute and soft. Spikes globular or depressed, 4 to 5 lines diameter, sessile 
or very shortly pedunculate within the last leaves, or pedunculate in the upper 
axils without floral leaves. Bracteoles transparent, rather broad, acute, as long 
as the perianth or rather longer, the bracts much shorter. Perianth-segments 
scarcely li line long, acute, with a narrow opaque centre, densely woolly 
outside with long hairs. Staminal tube not longer than the ovary though 
not much shorter, the filament short, with oblong or lanceolate entire or 
denticulate teeth or lobes between them as long as the anthers. — G. lanata, 
R. Br. Prod. 416, not of Poir ; Philoxerous lanatus, Poir, Diet. Suppl. iv. 
392; A Iternantliera Baueri, Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 354. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Suttor River, Boieman. 
6. G. conica (conical), Spreny. Syst. i. 821 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 2o6* 
An erect branching annual of 1 to l£ft. with the aspect of G. flaccida , 
slightly hoary woolly or glabrous. Leaves linear, with recurved margins, 
1 to 2in. long. Spikes at first ovoid, at length cylindrical, about 5 lines diameter 
and attaining nearly lin. in length, pedunculate and solitary, or (in R. Brown’s 
specimens) frequently in clusters of 2 or 3 and more conical. Bracts and 
bracteoles acute, scarcely half as long as the perianth. Perianth-segments 2i to 
3 lines long, covered outside with long dense wool, with white obtuse glabrous 
tips. Staminal tube or cup shorter than the ovary ; filaments broad, 2-toothed 
with the anther sessile between the teeth, without intervening lobes or teeth to 
the cup. Style short. — Philoxerus conicus, R. Br. Prod. 416; Ircsine conica, Moq. 
in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 342 ; Gomphrena brevijlora, F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 125. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R Brown. 
7. G. conferta (crowded), Benth. FI. Austr. v. 257. Erect hard stout and 
probably tall, but apparently annual, the specimens very imperfect, the branches 
bearing a few white woolly hairs and linear or linear-lanceolate leaves of 1 to 2in. 
