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Ordo XXXII. SALSOLACE^E. 

 1. Traganum, Delile. 



1. T. nudatum (Delil. Fl. Mgyyt. III. p. 5/). Suffruticosum, ramulis 

 alternis, tortuosis, teretibus, albis ; foliis altemis, oblongo-triquetris 

 vel teretibus, brevibus, inerassatis, basi dilatatis, mueronatis, glabris, 

 glaucis; floribus solitariis vel 2-3 eonfertis; Calyce 5-fido, seg- 

 ments lauceolatis obtusis mueronatis, basi pilis floccosis apteris; 

 staminibus 5, exsertis ; filamentis compressis, deflexis ; antheris sagit- 

 tatis ; stylis duobus ; utriculo depresso, calyce indurate- occulto. 



Hab. Aden, secus littus (T. Anders.}. 



Distr. In Arabia Petrsea ! ^Egypto ! Algeria ! insulis Canariensibus ! 



Sujfrutex salsoloides. Rami divaricati, arenam marinam adpressi. Folia 

 crassa, carnosa, brevia, sacpe late subulata, subpungeuti-mucronata, 

 succo aqueo plena. 



Ordo XXXIII. AMARANTACEJL 

 1 . tEbta, Forslc. 



1. M. Javanica (Juss. Anns. Mus. xi. p. 131). Caule herbaceo, in- 

 ferne suffruticoso, ramoso, erecto, tereti, albido-tomentoso ; foliis 

 alternis, subsessilibus vel petiolatis, ovatis, oblongo-lanceolatis vel 

 obovatis, superne eveniis, subtus venosis, utrinque incano-tomentosis ; 

 paniculis terminalibus, apbyllis, adscendentibus, plerumque elon- 

 gatis, interdum abbreviatis; spicis alternis, sessilibus, cylindncis, 

 flexuosis, albo-lanatis ; floribus densissime eonfertis; bracteis mem- 

 branaceis, glabris, ovatis, acutis ; sepalis 5, obovato-lanceolatis, ob- 

 tusis, tenuibus, lanatis ; floribus raro hermapbroditis vel staminiferis, 

 plerumque pistilliferis ; stigmatibus 2-3; utriculo subrotundo; calyce 

 incluso, monospermo— Celosia lanata, Linn. Spec. p. 298. Iresme 

 Javanica, Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 212. Illecebrum Javanicum, Ait. Hort. 

 Kew., ed. 1, i. p. 289. JErva tomentosa, Forsk. Fl. Arabico- Yemen, 

 n. 584, et Descr. p. 170. JE. JEgyptiaca, Gmel. Syst. Nat. p. 1026. 

 M. incana, Mart, in Nov. Acad. Nat. Cur. xii. p. 291. Achyranthes 

 alcpecuroides, Lam. Diet. i. p. 548. A. Javanica, Pers. Synops. i. 

 p. 2(59. A. incana, Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832, i. p. 6/1. 



Hab. Aden, locis depressis in convallibus, et in monte Jibeel Shumshum 

 {Uook.fil. et T. ! Madden !). 



Distr. In toto orbe veteri calido ab insulis Capitis Viridis usque ad 

 Javam. 



Perennis, 1-2-ped., albido-tomentosa, tomento floccoso. Folia forma 

 variabilia, 5 lin.-2 unc. longa, 2-8 lin. lata. Petiolus semiuncialis 

 aut nullus. Panicula 3-8 unc. longre, graciles vel congests. Spica 

 conglomerate vel lax.e, 2 unc. longa;. 



