322 108. AMARANTACEE. 
and other localities (Tate! Playfair!); Howexowa (Hinds! 
Champion!) ; Kwanast (Wenyon!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Generally dispersed throughout the tropics. 
It possesses medicinal properties, and is used by both native 
and European practitioners in India. 
2. Achyranthes bidentata, Blume, Bijdr. p. 545 ; Moq. in DC. 
Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 312; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 730; Wight, 
Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1779; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. 1. 
p. 391. 
Currane : Ningpo mountains (Faber !) ; Kriaxasr: Kiukiang 
(Shearer!); Yunnan (Anderson!); Lucuu ARCHIPELAGO 
(Wright!). Herb. Kew. 
India, Ceylon, Malaya, and Japan. 
1. Alternanthera nodiflora, A. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 
p. 417; Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 856; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. iv. p. 732. 
Alternanthera dentieulata, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 417 ; Walp. 
in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. i. p. 404. 
Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 415 pro parte); KwANGTUNG: 
Cape Syngmoon (Meyen ex Walpers). Herb. Kew. 
Tropical Asia and Africa, and extending to Australia and 
Japan. 
2. Alternanthera sessilis, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 417; 
Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 357 (incl. B. Stauntonii); Benth. 
Fl. Hongk. p. 286 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 286; Mig. in 
Journ. de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 98; Engler, Bot. Jahrb. vi. p. 56; 
Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 727. 
Gomphrena sessilis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 225. 
Illecebrum sessile, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 300; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 
. 162. 
P Telanthera polygonoides, Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald, p. 407, non Mog. 
Cuina: without locality (Staunton! Millett!); Formosa 
Tamsui (Oldham, 415 pro parte!) ; Huren: Ichang and imme- 
diate neighbourhood (4. Henry!); Kwanoruna: various 
localities (Wenyon! Playfair! Hance! Ford!) ; Haiwan (Swin- 
hoe! A. Henry!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Generally spread in the warm regions of both hemispheres. 
