248 ENTJMEBATioN OF [Amarantacew. 



I 4 EUXOLUS, Eafin. 



(Nom. vnlg. " Koora-tampala.") 



^,'^- _^'>-^A&tyis, Moquin in DC. Prod, xiii.- 

 Wight, Ic. 1. 1773.— c.p. 2911. 



Hab. Very abundant on waste ground. 



-^70, cum syn. Amarantws polygonoides, L. : 



c.p. 3643. 



>ides, Rafin. ; Mo 

 WiUd. : Wifflit. ] 



Hab. Very common in cultivated ground, etc. 



This, as suspected by Moquin, does not differ genericaUy from Ewxolus. It is 

 very closely allied mdeed to E. caudatus, Moq, and might perhaps be safely consi- 

 dered a variety of it. , 



5. PSILOTRICHUM, Blume. 



V 1- JP- scleranthum, Tliw.; suffruticosum ; rarawZiV teretlbus, tomentel- 

 hs ; Mollis ovato-lanceoiatis, acutis, basi in petiolum brevcm angustatis, 

 pilosulis ; svicis termmalibus, parum ramosis, obtusis ; florihus densis ; 

 hracteohs late ovatis, mucronatis, 2 interioribus glabris, exteriore mi- 

 ^Zl'. P^bescente ; sejpalis subaquaJibus, rlgidis, lanceolatis, acutis, ob- 

 scure 5-nemi3, externe miosis, n^^^ru T.^o.fi'^i^ ']„„i„ >.„ •';!,.,„ \ ^ 



2239. 



Hab. Anooradbapoora, Gardmr. 



f? fir,h- tnl!- ^°''-°^.1:^ ^f ■ ^^*'*- ■^'^^'•^* 2 lin. longi, albidi. 



t Its simple stiffma bnTip-s it wifTi.Si +k« v.,...„„x ^ y ^ i 



"k,,* •*„ * 1 .. , S — — •^""^11. lui a small iorm 



but its simple stigma brings it within the present genus. 



6. PTILOTUS, E. Br. 



2235 ^" °'*'"''' ^oqym. in DC. Prod, xiii.-ii. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



•c.p. 



1. 



7. .fflRVA 



(Moquin 



^n- ; Wight, Ic. t. 876.)-c.p."2255. 

 Hab. North of the island, Gardner. 



pak "^' ^^^ abundant on waste ground. Nom. vulg. " Pol-hoonoo- 



M 



3. m. Monsonia, Moq. I. c. p. 305, cum syn. j Wight 



ilAB. North of the isknd, DyJce, {Herh. Hook.) 



8. N"OTHOS.ffiIlVA, Wight, Ic. vi. p. 1 



Pseudant/ms, Wight, Ic. t. 1776 (non Lieb.). 



™«; *'■ J?"*"",^^'***? "^^S^it- 1. c.—Mrva IracMata, Mar 

 rant. p. 83 ; Moqum, 1. c. (partim).— c.p. 2254. 



-UAB. Common m the hot, drier parts of the island. 



