Psilotrichum.] cxvi. AMARANTACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 725 
divaricate glabrous, leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate acute glabrous, spikes 
sessile many-fld., bracts lanceolate, sepals 4 in. dee ly grooved ihairy. 
Achyranthes nuda, Herb. Heyne in Roxb. Fl. Ind., Ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 
907; Wall. Cat. 6926. A. montana, Klein mss. A. polygonoides, var. 
Herb. Heyne. 
Deccan PENINSULA; Heyne, G. Thomson. 
Branches many from the woody stock, 2-3 ft., terete, woody, tips only hairy. 
Leaves 14-3 in., glabrous, narrowed into a short petiole, nerves faint. Spikes 
3-13 in., strict, hairy, 6- or many-fld. ; bracts persistent, acuminate. Sepals pubescent, 
deeply grooved, rigid, acuminate.— Very near a S.E. Tropical African species. 
2. P. scleranthum, Thwaites Enum. 248; an undershrub, branches 
divaricate tomentose, leaves subsessile ovate-lanceolate acute scaberulous, 
spikes terminal peduncled 3-nate, bracts broadly ovate, sepals } in. obscurely 
grooved hairy. 
CEYLON ; at Anooradhapoora, Gardner. 
Habit of P. nudum, but branches tomentose, leaves scaberulous on both surfaces 
and inflorescence branched, The3 terminal spikes are sessile on the top of a tomentose 
peduncle 4 in. long, are dense-fld., oblong, the middle one à in. erect, the lateral 
horizontal and shorter. Sepals pubescent, pungent.—Described from a single 
Specimen. 
3. P. calceolatum, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, 280; a small under- 
shrub, branches divaricate pubescent or glabrate, leaves subsessile ovate or 
elliptic acute glabrous sparsely hairy, spikes axillary sessile or peduncled 
Short few-fld., bracts cymbiform acute, sepals à in. oblong acute ribbed 
. Villous. P. nudum, Wight Ic. t. 1779. Achyranthes calceolata, Herb. 
Russel in Wall. Cat. 6927. A. glauca, Herb. Heyne. Ptilotus ovatus, 
Moq. l. c. 281. 
Deccan PENINSULA, Heyne, in jungles on the hills, Wight. CEYLON; in the 
hotter parts of the island, Moon, &c. . 
Habit of P. nudum (sometimes subscandent, Wight), but much smaller and more 
slender. Leaves j-1j in. Spikes 4—6-fld., sometimes peduncled by being ter- 
minal on a leafless axillary branch, at others the peduncle itself lengthens.—A Natal 
species hardly differs. . 
VAR. tomentosa ; leaves pubescent above tomentose beneath.—Scraps of this are 
on sheets of 6926 A and 6927 Bin Herb. Wail. 
** Annuals. 
4. P. trichotomum, Blume Bijd. 545; annual, slender, glabrous, 
branches erect, leaves petioled elliptic- or elliptic-lanceolate acute, spikes 
terminal and in the forks sessile or peduncled, bracts lanceolate, sepals b in- 
deeply grooved acuminate glabrous. Mog. in DC. prodr. xiii. 2, 80 
Achyranthes P carnosa, Wall. Cat. 6931. Leiospermum Ierrugineum, Wig 
Le. t. 721. a 
Assam, Griffith. SILHET, at Terrya Ghat, H. f. $ T. Prev, M Clelland.— 
DISTRIB. Borneo, Philippines. , , 
Flaccid, 12218 m. Migh, decumbent. Leaves 1-2} in., rarely obovate, thin, nar- 
rowed into a very short petiole. Spikes 4-3 in., green, terminal, sometimes 3-nate ; 
flowers crowded. Sepals narrow. 
} ili 9; annual, glabrous, 
5. P. ferrugineum, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, 279; à 
branches prostrate, leaves linear- or obovate-oblong, spikes ne and in 
the forks sessile or peduncled, bracts subulate-lanceolate, sepa sah E deep y 
grooved glabrous, outer obtuse. Achyranthes ferruginea, /tord. Zt. .l 
