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GOMPHRENA PLLCHELLA. LARGE FLOWERED 



Globe-Amaranth. 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogyma. 



( Nat. Ord. — Amaranthace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Perianthium 5-partitum. Sla?nina 5, connata in tuhulmn 

 subcylindraceum ovario longiorern, apicibus distinctis, cum 

 v. absque dentibus interjectis. Antherce uniloculares. Sty- 

 lus I. Stigmata 2. Utriculus monosperm us, eval vis. Br, 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Gomphrena pulckella; caule erectiusculo ramoso, foliisqoe 

 Janceolatis acutis strigoso-hirtis, pedunculis elongati*. 

 capituiis hemispha3rico-globosis, involucris polyphyllis, 

 bracteis 2 int. simpliciter carinatis perianthio si i pern e 

 calvo triplo brevioribus, tubi staminei segmentis bi- 

 cuspidatis. 



Gomphrena pulchella. Mart. Amaranth, in Nov. Act. Acad. 

 Nat. Cur. v. \S. p. 302. Spreng. Syst. Veg. Cur. post, 

 p. 104. 



Many attempts have been made to introduce into our 

 collections the beautiful Gomphrena officinalis, from Brazil, 

 figured by Martius, Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 101, but I believe 

 they have all failed. The next handsomest species yet 

 known to us, is the one here represented, which Mr. Veitch, 

 of Exeter, imported from Monte Video, where it was first 

 found by Sellow. It cannot fail to remind of our own 

 well-known Gomphrena globosa (Bot. Mag. t. 2815) ; 

 but the heads of flowers are much larger, and of a bright- 

 er, though paler, hue ; and whereas the colour of the 

 common Globe-Everlasting is due to the floral bracteas, 



which 



