Kochi a.'] 
Cl. CHENOPODIACEiE. 
1253 
quite spongy, almost semi-globular, slightly wrinkled, glabrous, the flat 
summit expanding into a narrow undivided membrane, the transverse of it very 
subtle.— F. v. M., Ic. Sal. PL 51. 
Hab.: Given as a Queensland plant in F. v. Muell. 2nd Syst. Cens. Austr. PI. 51. 
5. K. villosa (villose), Lind l . in Mitch. Prop. Austr. 91 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
v. 186. An undershrub or shrub, erect spreading or decumbent, more or less 
silky-villous tomentose or woolly, or the foliage at length nearly glabrous. 
Leaves alternate, linear, obtuse, thick and soft in the typical form, terete or 
flattened, from under Jin. to about Jin. long. Flowers solitary in the axils. 
Fruiting perianth depressed, from quite glabrous except a slight pubescence on the 
edge of the lobes to tomentose all over including the wings, the tube short and 
broad without vertical wings, the summit flat within the wings, the lobes very 
short and closed over the fruit, the dorsal wings united in a single entire or rarely 
lobed horizontal ring, membranous and very finely veined, spreading to from 
J to nearly fin. diameter. Styles 2 or 3, usually long, united at the base. — 
Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 461 ; F. v. M. Ic. Sal. PI. 53 ; Maireana tomentosa, 
Moq. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xv. 97, t. 13; and in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 130; 
Kochia tomentosa, F. v. M. Rep. Babb. Exped. 20 ; K. pubescens, Moq. in DC. 
Prod. xiii. ii. 131 as the Australian but not as to the S. African plant. 
Hab.: Narran River, Mitchell ; Suttor Desert, F.v. Mueller ; Darr River, G. JV. de Burgh- 
Birch ; Landsclown, F. M. Bailey. 
The species varies exceedingly in foliage and indumentum as well as in the size of the 
perianth-wing, which, moreover, although usually quite entire, is sometimes irregularly 
lobed. 
Var. tenuifolia, F. v. M. Nearly glabrous. Leaves fine, 2 to 4 lines long. Perianth rather 
small and late in developing the wing. Perhaps a distinct species. — Darling Downs, Woolls ; 
Curriwillinghie, Dalton-, Armadilla, IP. Barton; Cooper’s Creek, Murray. 
6. 2L> planifolia (leaves flat), F. v. M. hragm. i. 213; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 187. 
An erect divaricately branched shrub of 2 to 3ft. [Oldfield), the branches and 
young foliage covered with a soft and dense woolly tomentum which wears off 
from the older leaves. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, contracted into a 
distinct petiole, f to Jin. long rather thick but flat. Fruiting perianth precisely 
that of K. villosa, glabrous or tomentose, the wing generally entire, membranous 
and attaining 5 to 6 lines diameter. 
Hab.: Recorded for Queensland by F. v. M. 
7. K. sedifolia (Sedum-leaved), F. v. M. in 1 runs. Viet. Inst. 1855, 134, and in 
Huok.Kew Journ.vni. 205; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 187. A stout very densely branched 
shrub attaining 2 to 3ft., white or fulvous all over with a rather close dense 
cottony wool. Leaves oblong-clavate, obtuse, soft thick and often nearly terete, 
contracted at the base but sessile, mostly 1J to 3 lines long. Flowers rather 
crowded, often two in the same axil. Flowering perianth globular, densely 
tomentose, not 1 line diameter. Fruiting perianth of K. villosa, but the wing 
usually more regularly circular, glabrous or tomentose, expanding to 3 or 4 lines 
diameter. Styles usually 3. 
Hab.: Inland localities. 
8. K. aphylla (leafless), B. Br. Prod. 409 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 188. A rigid 
divaricately branched scrubby shrub with rather slender spinescent branches, the 
whole plant white with a short soft woolly tomentum or becoming at length 
nearly glabrous. Leaves minute and deciduous, rarely above J line long, although 
on some luxuriant barren branches they may exceed 1 line, the older branches 
usually glabrous and leafless. Fruiting perianth entirely that of K. villosa, of 
which F. v. M. considers this plant as a variety only. Moq. in D.C. Prod, 
xiii. ii. 131 ; F. v. M. Ic. Sal. PI. 55. 
Hah,; Armadilla, If'. Barton; and many other inland localities, 
