17 



COMETES. (Barm. Flor. Ind. p. 39.) 



Calyx 5-partitus. . Petala nulla. Stamina imo calyci inserta, fere hyjiogyna, antherifera 5, infra cum totideui 

 sterilibus membranaceis in urceolum connata. Anther.-e 2-loculares. Ovarium l-spermum, ovulo adscendente, 

 funiculo e basi cavitatis orto. Stylus 1. Stigmata 3. Pericarpium : Utriculus calyce persistente indusus, 

 appendicibus setaceo-ramosis, post anthesin auctis et expansis involucratus. Semen adscendens, chalaza laterali. 

 Albumen unilaterale. Embryo periphericus, rectus ; radicula infera. — Brown MSS. 



Classis Linnseana, Pentandria Monogynia. 



Ordo naturalis. Cum Pterantho Forsk. parvulum tribum efformat, hinc Illecebreis proximum, inde ad Amaranthaceas 

 veras per Desmochcetam, Digeram, et Saltiam Nob. hodie (quae Achyranthes papposa Forsk.) minus arete tamen 

 accedens. — Brown. 



Habitus : HERBiE (annuse ?) ramose, oppositifoliae. Folia integerrima, stipulis scariosis, subsetaceis, vel laterahbus 

 liberis, vel basi cum petiolo connatis. Pedunculi e superioribus alis alterni, apice 3.flori. BRACTEiE teriiationis 

 singulee 6, quarum 2 oppositee communes ; reliqua^ 4 per paria floribus lateralibiis, intra communes pedicello brevissimo 

 insidentibus, pertinentes, subulatje: singular appendice (ramo mutato) axillari, setaceo-diviso, ramulis sub anthesi 

 fasciculatim approximatis, florescentia peracta auctis et patulis, subdivisionibus singulis bracteola subulata subtensis. 

 — Brown. 



COMETES SURATTENSIS. Tab. 17- 

 FoLiis cuneato.obovatis,ellipticisve; ramulis l^vibus ; stipulis petiolaribus ; fructus involucri ramulis fasciculatis, 



imis deflexis. — Brown MSS. . r\. ^ ru ^^ux.* 



Cometes surattensis, Bunn. Flor. Ind. p. 39. tab. Vo.fg. 5. Linn. Mant. 1. p. 39. Gmlkm^n m D,ct. Class, d Hist. 



Nat. ml. 4. p. 356. 



Cometes alterniflora, Linn. Sijst. Nat. ed. 12. vol. 2. p. 127. 



Ad Siiium Arabicum prope Bussoram lectam coinmunicavit Doni. Robertas Taylor anno 1819. 



Pi,ANTA vix no„ annua, adscendens, debiUs, snbcarnosa, polliees 10 vel 12 alta. IUdix subKgnosa cylmdriea, !°"Siuseda attenuata^ 

 glabra. C..«u, teres, altematim ramosns, ad divisnras leviter tumidus, obs„« fle.nosus, Uvis, «stulosus, bos, P->- "'"^3 

 Ls„s. R.M, tenerdn.,, erectiuscnli, bis terv. dichoto.!. supem. pube copiosA, hyalina ob.ecf. /";" T^';;''; j^'^^^ 

 „bovata,caspidato-ac„,a,basi at.enuata, brevissimfe petiolata, poUicaria, snbcamosa, -'^^f-™', '"''V' " "ll tibCl^ 

 inten^titiis pL din,id,6 brevica, superic-a e,>dem .quantia, sicei.ate propter epider^idem '^^^^^'^'^^''^^^'^l^^^^^CZ^,, 

 s„b.,^s vix eleva.4, nervis inconspicais, capiUaribus, oblic„is. alternan.ibus, venis ...inutnu re.,eula ,s. P™"- ™ '' ^ '^^ '^^\ 

 planlnscalus, membranaeeo-n,arginulatus. St.pol. axillares, opposita-, setaoe^e ciliata,, ™™'''«7=%P~'-:; ;;^", 

 Lterea alia. 2, medio petioli utrinqae inserts, opposita,, istis simiUimB sed parim longiores, patentes. Peouncuu ex suprenus ax 11» 

 1.: i, solitad nune tlminales, brevlssind, eapillares, terete, villosali, a-tlci, --«-"«. f">"; *""'': —:=/;:^7'J^tr 

 elongatl, graoillimi, subnntantes. Flores oblongi, parvi ; laterales brevissimi pedieella.i : ,ntermein.s sess.hs Bkacte^- '""'""-^^^^ 

 breXsiml opposi =e, aeqaales, eanalieute, acaminata,, eiliat«, persistentes et immatata,, 6 in singalo fase.ealo So™™: 2 nempe 

 eormursapra bas a pedieeiomn, laten,linm inserts, iisden,qae pa,!.m longiores, reflex., 2 alia into smgnlam florem la.e,^ n 

 oloireZi utrinqae adpress«, eodemqne din,ldi6 breviores. Ex axillis omniam bractearum nasei.ar appendu {ra,nulu> nu.tatu. 

 Zw T;.a— s' is longis. fa^eiealati!, in.qualibus, fermgineis, fi.nbriat.pinnata, floret longi.ndine .qnans eode^qae atnaque 

 faZcaradp essa in f».oieni; fractifero appendices hacce vald^ grandefact., diiformes, manit.= setis nameros,ss„n,s pe„,edla^^> 

 « is rLiati,; divaricatis, reflexis, hispidalis, ferragineo-rafls. ba.i braeteis perslsten.ibas "^ ■""^"■--^rrioTasr S: 

 salTalt. ■ Interwre. elongata, in ramalos 4 sabflexnosos, per paria parallelos, externe fasciealat™ ,„ult,setos,s, set s snpeno, bas sens,m 

 wL^bu min.s„„e r:flexis, samn,is andiqae patulis. C..vx 5-partitas ; la^ oblonga,, sabobovata= bas, angnsU.t»=, sursta 

 n:Znl":argta„la.<e, apice retas.. Mdenticalata,, seta,ae brevi intermedin a nervo dorsali exearrente = — _^ "^^ ^'^^t^n; 

 Cono,... nulla St.m.n. 10, calyce breviorc, inclusa, glabra F..ame«t. basi connata ,n ureeo lu.n •;-"■"• '"7'^7",7;^Xrltia 

 sub^quantea,, circam basin ejus fundo calycis insertum, supem^ libera ; 5 sterilia, brem, subl.gulata ob u a ct nuda , ^ "■ = * -nan 

 anth '«era, capiUaeea A«™e«.k erects, dorso adflxa,, oblong., bilocalares, utrinque long,tud,na aer debase .Us «" J" ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 oblongun,, aeutiusculun,, l-localare, Usporum : ovul.,. c„„eatu,n, ventre insertuu, apici placenta, libera,, -"'^'f ""l'^^';"^^ 

 Srv.„f eapillaris, calyce pariim longior. Sr.oM.T. 3 exserta, glabra, pa.ula, subalata. PBaicvaPU s.rae.nra ut supri ,n characterc 

 eel. Brunonio dato. 



.. ^e ,e„us Cometes. proposed by tbe „. ^—^^Z '^:: 1^5!^ f^^>^:^^ ^ 

 by Linnceus, wbose generic ebaraeter agrees m> naost respects «,th the ^h";' Jl^TirLd seen and sligbtly examined 

 i/was no doubt ehiefly formed, as, however, t dtffers .n some pom^ "^tl ^ . f^o" he earri«l there for 

 •,„c original specimen, which Burma.mus may have ^l'- -%" ^^^f ,', ^ .Gibing the fruit of Con,etes to be 

 Linmeus's determination many of h.s rarer unpublished plants. But Lmnieus, m descrm g 



