196 AMARANTI ACE. 
libera. AwrnEnx biloculares. Sryrus indivisus. SrrcwA 1,capitatum , aut $—4 1 
filiformia , recurva. Carsura polysperma, circumscissa. 
Herb foliis alternis, integerrimis; floribus dense spicatis. 
Stigmate capitato. ( Celosia. R. Brown.) 
1.. CELOSIA waARGARITACEA. 
C. foliis oblongis, acuminatis , basi valde angustatis; pedunculo communi angulato; spicis | 
oblongo-cylindraceis, subsessilibus,, in ramulis angulatis approximatis. | 
Celosia margaritacea. Linn. Sp. ed. ed. JF. 1. p. 1168. 
Colitur prope Havanam. o 
Henna ramis sulcato-angulatis, glabris. Forza alterna, petiolata, oblonga, acuminata, basi valde an- — | 
gustata, integerrima, reticulato-venosa , membranacea, glabra, adjecto petiolo quinquepollicaria, 15—16 
lineas lata. Perrorx subsemipollicares, glabri. SrircL duae ad basim petioli , oblongee, acute, subfalcatze 
aut lineari-subulatze, petiolum subaequantes. Serc& axillares et terminales, approximate, oblongo-cylin- — | 
draces, acutae, breviter pedunculatee, subsessiles, sesqui- aut bipollicares, crassitie digiti minoris. Fonts 
densi, subsessiles, tres lineas longi, tribracteati. Bacrza: ovato- lanceolatzs, acuminato-subulates albido- 
diaphanze , uninervie, glabrze, exterior major, rhachi insidens, 
insidentes eoque dimidio breviores. Cazxx quinquepartitus; lacin 
acutis, substriatis, margine diaphanis, glabris , nitentibus, subequalibus. SrawixA quinque, calyce 
dimidio breviora. Fuaxzyra basi connata in urceolum membranaceum quiaquedentatum ovariemzquan- | 
tem , superne libera subulata, glabra ; dentibus cum staminibusalternantibus,, obtusis. Avruznx lineares, 
lus interiores opposite, basi calycis — | 
oblongo-lanceolatis, submucronato- 
incumbentes, biloculares. Ovanivx subrotundo- ovatum, glabrum. Sryrvs rectus , glaber, indivisus, 
stamina superans. Sricwa. capitatum. CarsczA ovato- subrotunda , compressiuscula, lievis , glabra , stylo 
coronata et calyce vestita , polysperma, circumscissa. SExINA 1—7 , lenticularia, levia, nigra, nitida. 
CHAMISSOA. t 
Achyranthis species. 
"CHARACTER DIFFERENTIALIS 
Fronzs hermaphroditi. Caxxx quinquepartitus , inequalis. SrawrNA quin- | 
que. FrtAuENrA basi in urceolum ovario breviorem connata, apice libera. 
AxrnEnx biloculares. Sryuus unicus. SricsarA duo. Carsura monosperma ; 
circumscissa. 
Caulis herbaceus aut fruticosus; folia alterna; spicz paniculate; flores | 
tribracteati. 
