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ACHYRANTHES PoRRIGENS. CRIMSON- 



Headed Achyranthes. 



C/t7/> #»</ Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Cfyaracler. 



Cat. 5-phyllus, bafi 3-fquamofus. Cor. o. Stamina bait 

 coalita in tubulum fquamulis interpofitis. Stylus x. Stigma u 

 Sem. folitaria. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



ACHYRANTHES porrigens ,- caule fruticofo, capitulis ter- 



minalibus ovalibus nudis, foliis oppofitis 



ovato-lanceolatis. 

 ACHYRANTHES porrigens ; foliis oppofitis, lanceolatis, 



fpicis ovatis, acutis. Jacq. Hort. Scbocnb. 



350. Bot. Repof. 380, 



This pretty fhrub was brought from Paris in the year 1802, 

 by Mr. Woodford, under the name of Gomphren a J rut icofa x 

 and it is not without regret that we follow Jacquin in con- 

 sidering it rather as a fpecies of Achyranthes than Gomphrena, 

 to which laft it appears fo much more nearly allied in habit, 

 but not fo in the parts of fructification. It is not however im- 

 probable but that future obfervers will find that fome other 

 fpecies of the latter genus may be united with this into one 

 diftinft from either. 



The flowers are collected into a compact oval capitulum, 

 have three unequal hairy fcales or braftes at the bafe of each, 

 the calyx (the fame part however in Gomphrena is called by 



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