Afr>'Cirantea' . ] 



CXXX. AMARANTACE^. ^ 



hiscens. Semen lenticulare v. subreniforme, erectuin, testa tenuiter Crustacea mtida 

 atra, ariUo ; embryo annularis, albumen farina^eum cingens, cotyledonibus Imeanbus, 

 radicula infora.-Arbuscula glabra v. partibns novellis tomentosis, ramosa, ramis teretibus. 

 FoUa alterna, longe petiolata, ovata oblonga v. obovata, obtnsa, integerrima 1 lures 

 minuti, secus ramos capillares paniculte axillaris effus.o sparsi, sessiles, bracteis bracteo- 

 lisq^ue persistcntibns. 



Species 1, montium insularum Sandviconsium incola. ^fo^. in DC. Prod, siii. ii. 322. 



Genus multis notis Bodetm affine. 



10 Banana, Mo^. in DO. Prod. xiii. ii. 278, exol sect 2 ct 3.-Florcs hermapliroditi, 

 bracteati et 2-bracteolati. Perianthii sogmenta 5, svibsequalia, membranacea oblonga, 

 stibacuta, teniiiter 3-uervia, fractifera eroota. Stamina 5, filamentis subulatis m«qm- 

 lonsis basi in cyathiim membranaceuui comiatis, lacinils interjoctis ; anthen^ oblong.-e, 

 2-loculares. Ovarium late ovoideum, compressum; stylus erectus, stigmatibus 2 Imeanbus 

 roYolutis undique papulosis ; ovuUim 1, funioulo brevi erectum. Utriculus subglobosus, 

 leviter compressus, periantliio inclusus, mcmbranaceiis, indehiscens. Semen erec urn, 

 orbicnlare v. sublenticulare , testa Crustacea punctulata nigra nitida, ariUo ; embryo 

 annularis, albiunen farinaceum cingens, cotyledonibus Unearibus, radiculamfera -Herba 

 erecta, ramosa, glabra, caulibus elongatis. Folia alterna, petiolata, ovato-lanceo ata, cau- 

 dato-acuminata, integerrima, membranacea, basi angustata. Flores spicati so itaru v. 

 glomerati ; spica; in paniculas axUlares et terminals disposit* ; bracteaj bracteola;que 



hyalinse. 



Species 1, montium Peninsula. Indian orientalis incola. mffM Ic. t. 1774. Banalm bra^Uiam. 

 Moq. a nobis non visa, ex descr. et ic. Seub. in Mart. Fl. Bras. v. i. 252, _t. 71. a genere As.at.eo 

 habitu longe recedit et est forte CMmissocB species utriculo tardius v. vix dehiscente,; sect. u,. 

 Idiofsis, Moq., est Chaioj>odiacea {Mtropliila, S. AVats.). 



11. Chamusoa, II. B. ct K. Nov. Oen. et Sp. ii. 158, t. 125.-Flores hennaphroditi, 

 bracteati et 2-bracteolati. Perianthii scariosi segmenta 5, asqualia, oblongo-lanceolata, 

 acuminata, striata, fructifera erecta. Stamina 5, filamentis basi in cupulaiu membrana- 

 ceam dilatatis, laciniis intorjectis 0; anthene parva;, lineari-oblonga), 2-loculares. Ovanum 

 ovoideum ; stylus brevis v. subelongatus, stigmatibus 2 recurvis ; ovnlum 1, erectum, sub- 

 sessilo Utriculus oblongo-ovoideus, compressus, apico urabdicatus v. nudus v. cono 

 terminatus, circumscissus, perianthium sropius excedens, 1-spermus. Semen erectum, 

 rioboso- V reniforuii-lonticulare, testa atra Crustacea l»Yi, arillo mmuto v. _ ample 

 semen undiqne involvente ; embryo annularis, albumen copioBum v. parcum cingens, 

 cotyledonibus lincaribus planis, radicula inf era. -Herba. elataj, ramose, volubiles scan- 

 dentes v. sarmentos«, caule sa^pius robusto. Folia alterna, petiolata, ovata v. _ ovato- 

 lanceolata, integerrima. Floros in spicas elongatas v. in ramos panicularum temunalmm 

 et axillarium dense v. laxe congests, sessilos, albi v. virescentes. 



Species 6-8, America, tropicie et austr.lis subtropioa. incote. Moq. in DC. r rod. xiii. ii. 248 

 (excl. sect. 1, qua. Mhnania, Bt.). Scd,. in Mart. Fl. Bras. v. i. t. 74. Gr^seb. Ii. LorcU.. 31. 



Genns in sectiones 2 dividitur — . 



1. EucImnUsoa, Moq. I.e. Utric«lus apice disco crassiusculo nmbonatus Anllussemen mvolvens. 



2. Aohlamys, Jloq. 1. c. Utriculus apice simplex v. cono teruuuatus. Anllus minutus. 



12 Allmanla, E. Br. in Wall. Cat. Herh. Lul. n. 6890. -Flores hermaphroditi, 

 bracieati et 2-bracteolati. Periantldi scariosi segmenta 5, .equaba, oblongo-lanceo- 

 Sta, acuminata, striata, fructifera erecta. Stamina 5, filamentxs basi - -P^^^ — 

 branaceam dilatatis, laciniis interjectis ; anther* parva., lmeari-oblong.«, 2-locvdares. 

 Ovarium ovoideum, in stylum elongatum strictum angusta urn, stigmate capitellatu 

 2 lobo ovnlum 1, subsessile, erectum. Utriculus periantbio inclusus, subglobosus v. avoi- 

 ds:" ;::;ressu; circumscissus,. Semen erecturn, -^.^obosodentrcu^are t^^ 



camoso 



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