CelosiecB.] CXXX. AMARANTACEiE. 25 



ovoideiis v. globosus, apice atteniiato acuto v. obtuso interdum subcroso v. incrassato, 

 circumscissus. rai-issime indeliiscens v. iiregnlariter niptus, 2-co-spermn3. Semina sj^pius 

 erecta, lenticularia, testa Crustacea atra lievi iiitida ; embryo annularis, albumen farina- 

 ceum cingens, cotyledonibus linearibus, radicula infera v. ascendente. — Herb.-e annu<ie, 

 raxius fruticuli v. frutices, glabr;^ v. pilosa^, interdum scandentes, ramulis teretibus v. 

 augulatis. Folia altemaj in petiolum sfepius attenuata, linearia oblonga ovata v. obovata, 

 integerrima v. in perpaucis lobata. Flores in spicas densifloras terminales et axillares 

 dispositi, V. secus ramulos lloriferos simplices v. ramosos fasciculati, sessiles v. breviter 

 pedicellatij parvi v, majusculi, albi argentei v. rosei, nitidi. 



Species ad 30, regionum calidfirum Asite, Africce et Americae incolas. Moq. in DC. Prod. xni. u. 

 237. Wal^, Aoin. iii. 299. Griseh. PI. Lorentz. 31. 8. Wats. Bot. Calif, ii. ined. Gmrtn. Frmt. t. 

 128. Lam. UUi^tr. 1. 168. Jac^. Hort. Vhid. t. 98 ; iii. t. 15 ; Ic. Bar. t. 51, 339. JVi^ht, Ic. t. 730, 

 1767, 1768. Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sj>. t. 157, 158. Bot. Beg. t. 1834. Andr. Bot. Bep. t. 635. In 

 C. cyvwsa, Seub. in Mart. Fl. Bras. v. i. 244, t. 75, flores inter braeteolas ssepe 3-ni, 2 Uterales 



minuti imperfecti, intermedins porfectus. 



Genus in sectiones sequentes cum iis Moquinii minime congruentes dividitur. 



1. Cch$ia. Stylus brevis v. longiusculus, post anthesin non elongatus. Utriculus apice acutus v. 

 atteniiatiis. Includit C panimlaiam, Linn., C. trigijnam, Linn., C. virgatam, Jacq., C.fioribundam, 

 Moq., C. hxam, Schum. et Thonn., C.lcptostachi/am, Bonth., C. brasilimnem, Moq.. C. grandifoliam, 

 Benth.,et C.spicatam,Syv. Lestiutoesia, Thou. Hist. Veg. Jlcs Afr. 53J.IQ; Gen. Kov. Madag. 6. 



2. Celosiastrum, Moq. I.e. Stylus elongatus, iiliformis, post anthesin elongatus, stigmate capi- 

 tellato 3-lobo. Utriculus laggeniformis, apice atteuuutus. Hue C. argcntca, Linn., C. cristata, Linn., 



C. ccmua, Roxb., aliseque. 



3. Acroporoides. Stylus brevissimus v. 0, stigmatibus 2-3 subulatis recixrvis. Utriculus apice 

 obtusus inerassatus. Hue C. pulchella, Moq., C. polygonoidea, Retz, C. acrapor aides, Hochst., et 



C intermedia, Hochst. 



4. Lagrczia. Stilus brevis, stigmatibus recurvis. Utriculus rotundatus, compressus, 1-2-sper- 

 mus, circumscissus v. irregulariter ruptus. Lagrezia, Moq_. in PC. Prod. xiii. ii. 252 (excl. L. f 

 altissima, qus& Peerijigics species.) Species 3 Madagascarienses : 1. C. pJ/gtohcc^fo/ia, J uss.msn. 

 {Lagrezia 'imdaga^cariensis, Moq.), foliis ovato-lauceolatis, utriculo circumscisso; 2. C.Boivinii, 

 Hook, f., foliis ovato- v. olliptico-oblongis, spicis gracilli-uis, utriculo irregulariter rupto ; 3. C. 

 spathidata, Boj. mss., foliis obovato-spathulatis in petiolum elongatum angustatis. 



5. Kerintjstae(itia,l^eic/t;*. Consp. 1G4. (Berzolia, Mart, in Nov. Act iVai. Cur. xiii. 292, 

 imi Brongn. Langia, Endl Gen. FL 304. Hyparete, Baf. ex Moq. )— Flores lierntapliroditi, 



.bracteati et 2-bracteulati. Perianthii scariosi segmenta 5, subrequalia, oblongo-lanceolata, 

 acuta, striata, fructifera erecta. Stamina 5, filamentis in tubuin membranaceum cylin- 

 dracoum apice 10-fidum connatis ; antherse lineari-oblongse, in sinubus alternis tubi 

 sessiles v. breviter atipitatre, 2-loculare3. Ovarium ovoideum, in stylum brevem v. sub- 

 elongatumattenuatum, stigmatibus 3 dentiformibus v. subulatis undique papillosis ; ovula 

 numerosa. Utriculus perianthio inclusus, membranaceus, ovoideus, circumscissus. Se- 

 mina pauca v. numerosa, erecta, lenticularia, testa atra nitida Crustacea, arillo ; embryo 

 annularis, albumen farinaceum cingens, radicula infera.— Herbae v. suffrutices glabri v. 

 puberuli, parce ramosi, ramis gracilibus teretibus v. angiilatis srepe glaucis. Folia sparsa, 

 anguste linearia, acuta v. obtusa, integerrima. Flores in spicas simplices elongatas termi- 

 nales dispositi, rarissime capitati, albi v. rosei, bracteis concoloribus. 



Species 5, Africa tropicteetaustralisincolpe. Moq. in PC. Prod. xiii. ii. 246. rVendl. Hort. 

 Hertcnh. t. 2 (Celosia). 



TrIBUS II. AMARANTEiE. 



6. Rodetia, Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 323.— Flores hennapbroditi, bracteati et 

 2-4-bracteolati. Perianthium subherbaceum, 5-partitum, basi non induratum ; segmenta 

 5, 8ubfe(iualia, breviter oblonga, obtusa, 3-nervia, glabra, sub fnictu stellatim patentia. 

 Stamina 5, filamentis lineari- subulatis demum elongatis basi in cupulam brevem connatia, 

 laciniis interjectis mimitis obtusis; antherye exsert^, oblongse, basi longe 2-fidLe, 2-loculares. 



