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OLERACEAE. CIII. POLYGONEAE. 



culare, uniovulatum. Stylui brevis; 8 t i- 

 irmata 2_3, filiformia. Utriculai cireum 

 ecissue. S e m e n lcnticnlari - renifnrme , cre- 

 ctiusculum ; testa crustaeca , umbilico nudo. 

 Embryo hemicyclicus, periphericus, albumcn 



farinaccum cingens ; radicula infera. Ilerbae 



inter tropicos totiua orbis obviae, in tempcra- 

 tis rarae, annuae, erectae v. diffusae; foliis alternis 

 in petiolos decurrentibus , floribus minutis in spicis 

 v. gtomerulis glomcrutatts. 



Aniarantus Linn. gen. n. 1060. Willileuo», Historia 

 Amarantorum. Turici, 1790. fol. Marthis in N. A. N. C. XIII. 

 288. Nees jua. Gen. pl, II. 71. Relclienb. pl. crit. t. 471 _ 

 475. Polychroa Loureir. Flor. cochinch, 684. 



1993. Cliamlssoa II. B. K.F 1 o r e s hcrma- 

 phroditi, tribracteati. Pc r i go n i u m p^ntaphyllum. 

 Stainina 5, basi in cupulam connata; filamcnta 



eubulata; antherae biloculares ; staminodia 

 interjeeta nulla. Ovarium unilocularc , uniovn- 

 latum. Stylus siiuplcx ; stigmata 2, filifonnia. 

 U tr i c u lus circnmscissus. Semcn lenticnlari- 

 reniformc; testa crustacca , arillo brevi albo 

 umbilicuin lateraliter cingentc. Embryo annula- 

 ris, periphericus, a 1 b u m c n farinaceum cingenS; 



radicula snpera. Ilerbae tropicae, glabrae 



v. pubescentes; foliis alternis, floribus in spicis axil- 

 laribus terminalibus aut ^loboso - capitatis , foliis 

 floralibus nullis. 



Chamissoa Kunth in Tlumb. et Bonpl. Nov. gen. el 

 sp. II. 158. t. 125. Martius in N. A N. C. XIII. 286. C h a r- 

 p e n t i e r a Gaudich. ad Frejc. 444. t. 47. 48. 



OBSERVATIO. Chamissoae iudicae Mart- nobis prorsus 

 iguotae, Allemaniae R. Br. aomiiie iu Wallichii Catalog. 

 n. 6890—6892 laudantur. 



I ltlici> III. CELOSIEAE. Ovarium 

 multiovulatum. Antherae biloculares. 



1994. Clnrioatacliy* DON. F 1 o t c s 

 hermaphroditi, tribractcati. Pcrigonium penta- 

 phyllum, dcmum squarrnso-patulum. S t a ui i n a 5, 

 libera; filamenta filiformia ; anthcrac bilo- 

 culares; staminodia nulla. Ovarium unilocu 

 lare,raultioTuIatum. Stigmata y, iinearia, revo- 



luta. Utrieulus(?) evalvis.S c m ina plurima 



Frutex indicus, ramosissimus , diffusus , glaber; 

 foliis allcrnis, petiolatis^ nvatis , acutis , splcis elon- 

 gatls, puniculatis , floribus parvis , albis. 



C I a (I o s t a c h y s Don Nep. 76. Martius in N. A. N. C. 

 XIII. 294. Acliyrantlies m u r i c a t a Linn. B 1 i t u ni 

 trutescens Rnmpli Amboin. V. 235. t. 83. f. 2. 



1975. < elosin LfNN. Flores herraa- 

 phroditi , tribracteali. Pcrigonium pentapbyl- 

 lum. Staraina 5, basi in cupulam connata; fila- 

 iii e nta filiformia ; ant h cr a e hiloculares; s t a- 

 ininodia intcrjecta nulla. Ovarium nnilo.ula- 

 re, niultiovulatum. Stylus brcvis; stigmatc 

 capitatp v. bi-trilobo. LHriculus circumscissns. 

 Seniina plurima, lcnliculari- reniformia ; testa 

 crustacea. Emhryo annularis, pcriphericus , a 1- 

 buinen farinacemn ringcns; radicula umbiHeo 

 proxima. _ Herbae in Asia et Africa tropica 

 obviac , in America rarae, erectae , glabrae, in- 

 tcrdum suffrutesccntes; foliis atternis, in petiolos de- 

 currentibus , floribus spicatis, nitide scariosis. 



Celosia Linn. gen. n. 289. Martin Cent. t. 7. Jacq.. 

 Ilorl. Schonbr. t. 15. Ic. rar. t. 339. Martiu* Nov. gen. et 

 sp. II. 62. t. 157. 158. N. A. N. C. XIII. 292. 



1»:«. LeatihiMlesia TIIOUAH. Flores 

 hermapbroditi, tribractcati. P c ri g o n ; u m pcn- 

 taphyllum. S t a 111 \ n a 5 , basi in cnpnlam 

 connata; filamcnta filiformia ; anthcrae bi- 

 .locularcs; staminodia dentifonnia inter 

 jecta. O varium uniloculare, niultiovulatum. Sti 

 gmata 3_4 , sessilia, filiformia, revoluta. Utri- 



culus circumsciesus. Semina plurima, lenticu- 

 lari-reniformia; testa crustacea. Erabryo an- 

 nularis, pcriphericus, albunien farinaccura cin- 



gens ; radicula umbiliro proxiina Frutex ma~ 



dagascariensis; foliis alternis , floribus in glo- 

 meruiis spicatis. 



Lestibitdesla Thouars Gen. Madagaic. n. 17. Veg. 

 Ins. AJr. 53. t. 16. Marlius in N.A.N. C. XIII. 294. 



1999. Lailffia. F I o r c s hermaphro- 

 diti, tribracteati. V e r t g o n i u m pcntaphyl- 

 littu. S t a m i n a 5 , basi in tubum conna- 

 ta; filamcnta complanata, trifida, lobo incdio 

 antherifero; antherae biloculares. Ovariura 

 uniloculare, multiovulatum. Stylus brcvis; sti- 

 g in a t a 3, subcylindrica. U t r i c u 1 u s circtnnscis- 

 sus. Seinina pluriina, lenticulari-reiiiformia ; t e- 

 sta crustacea. Enibryo annularis, periphericus, 

 albnmen farinaceum cin^ens; railicula unibi- 

 lico proxima. _ Hcrba capensis, erecta, ramosa, 

 cano-glauca; foliis altcrnis/floribus incapitula termi- 

 natia, globoso - ovata , uphylla confertis, glabrls. 



Berzelia Martius in N. A. N. C. XIII. 292. noa 

 Brongn. Celosia glauca Wendlaud Hort. Herrenh. t. 2. 



199«. Deeriiigla R. BR. Flores her 

 raaphroditi, tribracteati. P er i jr oni u ra penta- 

 phyllum. Stamina 5, basi in cyatbum cunnata; 

 filaraenta filiformia; antherae biloculares; 

 starainodia interjecta nulla. Ovariuiu unilo- 

 culare, niultiovulatum. S t y 1 u s hrevis ; s t i g m a t a 

 3, seinicylindrica. Bacca inflata. Seuiina pluri- 

 nia , lcnticulari - reniforraia; testa coriacea. E m- 

 bryo annutaris, periphericus , alburaen fartna- 

 tetiiii t;ingens ; radicula uinbilieo proxiraa. — 

 Frutices gtabri, dcbiles, super arbores et alios fruti- 

 ces decumbcntes, in India orientali ct Nova 

 Hollan dia indigeni; foliis alternis , spicis termi- 

 nalibus et < 



Dl- 



Ortto CKII. Polyyoneae* 



POLYGONEAE Jussieu gen. 82. R. Brown prodr. 4«, 

 Bartling Ord. nat.107. POLYGONACEAE Lindley introduct. 

 edit. II. p. 211. 



Heriiak annuae aut perenncs, v. frltices 

 interdum arborescentes, erecti v. volubiles, in- 

 ter herbas plures pahidosae v. aquaticae. Cau- 

 1 e s et rami teretes v. sulcato angulati, nodoso- 

 articulati, foliosi, rarius aphvlli, v. scapiformes. 

 Folia alterna v. ad basim caulis congesta, ra- 

 rissime opposita, simplicia, integra, integerri- 

 ma v. interdum undulata aut incisa, saepissime 

 penninervia, junioramarginibusrevoluta, rarius 

 sessilia, plerumque plus minuslonge petiolata, 

 petiolo basi vaginante , v. saepius stipulae 

 intrapetiolari vaginanti clausae (ochreae), 

 herbaceae v. coriaceae aut membranaceae, plus 

 minuslaxae v. cauli adpressae, partimque adna- 

 tae, quandoque fere obsoletae inserto. 



Flores hermaphroditi v. abortu unisextia- 

 les, e foliorum aut bractearum foliacearura 

 v. ochreaeformium axillis solitarii, iasciculati v. 

 verticillati, racemosi v. spicati, nuncpaniculati 

 v. cymosi, interdum in capitula contracti, nudi 

 autrarius singuli atit plures involucro tubuloso 

 vel cyathiformi inclusi. 



