30 . CXXX. AMARANTACE^. . [Amarante(B. 



anthium breviter et crasse stipitatum, chartaceum, 5-partitum ; segmenta subfequalia, ovato- 

 oblonga, subacaita, obscure 3-5-nervia, dorso sericea, fructifera iiumutata. Stamina 5, 

 m a. $ mmuta, antheria cassis, in fl, ^ disco cupulari camosulo inserta, filamentis subu- 

 latis, lacmns mterpositis ; anthera; lineari-oblongje, 2-loculares. Ovarium obovoideum, 

 vertice dUatato convcxo, stylus filiformis, stigmate capitellato ; ovulum 1, ab apice funiculi 

 elongati suspensum. Utriculus perianthio fere sequilongiis, oblongus, membranaceus 

 vertice parvo coriaceo, indehiscens. Semen inversnm, oblongum, turgidum, testa mem- 

 branacea brunnea albumini farinaceo adh^rente, ariUo ; embryo periphericus 

 cotyledonibus lineari-lanceolatis concavis apicibus incnrvis exteriore latiore radicula 

 gracUi erecta cequilonga.-Fruticulus glaber, rigidus, ramnlis cylindraceis lignosis Folia 

 sparsa, aessilia, anguste obovata, integerrima, carnosula, glauca. Flores in spicas laxas 

 puberulas simphces v. paniculatim ramosas dispositi. 



Species 1, Arabiea ^Io^. in Da Prod. xiii. ii. 325 (e.cl syn. Seddem et kah. Sma^y T. Anders. 

 m Journ, Lmn. Soc. Bot. v. Supjd. 32, ^.3. 



18 Sericocoma J'e^^i in Endl. Gen. PI. Suppl. iii. 33, et in Linn<^a xvii. 323,-Floros 

 spicati V capite lati, 1-2 hennaphroditi cum sterilibus l-oo in fasciouhim lanatiun v 

 Be.-,.mn„ bracteatum et bracteolatu.u aggregati ; bracteote interiores (v. seg^ncuta pel' 

 anthu florum stenhum) m spma. v. appendices ramosas cum basibus indurati. florum 

 perfectorum conoretas desmentes. Perianthii crasse coriacei v. chartacei segmenta 5 baTi 



ZThT ri "' T'"''-' " P""^""*'^' "^*'="<^^^ -g^-'--- Stamina 5 fila- 

 mentiB fibfonmbus basi membrana connexis, laciniis interpositis brevibus rotundatis v. • 



an hera. oblongs, 2-locvaaa-es. Ovarium ovoideum v. oblongi.m, a=quale v. uno latere gibbum 

 V m cornu erectum productum, tomentosum v. lanatum ; stylus brevis v. elongatus v 

 s g^uate caprtellato v plumoso ; ovulum 1, ab apice funiculi elongati suspensum. Vtti- 

 culus penan luo mclusus, membranaceus, indehi.scens, vertice non incLato. Semen 

 nversum, ob ongum v obovoideum, leviter compressum, testa n.embranacea v tenuTter 

 cm.,acea arJloO ; embryo periphericus, albumen farinaceum includons. cotyiedribu 

 lane olatis apcbus u.curvis, radicula erecta a^quilonga-Herba. v. fruticuli habitu v^ 

 2-3-chotome ramos. v. ramis altcrnis. Folia linearia y. oblonga, rarius obovata eslm^' 

 integerrima, s.X'i3isaime sericeo-lanata. ""s ooovita, se&siHa, 



Species ad 1], Africa tropic-e et subtropie* australis ineolaj. Moq. in DC Prod xiii ii ■?«« 

 Genus qnoad flores poly,„orp]>um, in sectiones sequentcs divisum ~ 



1. Kji^liocarpa, Fenzl in Linnaea I.e. (sphalmate Himocarnha in EncU 1 o^ VM. 



F^ros .picati ; ? 2-3 stenles in «pi„,.s mZ,. Lacinii'inteilt; t ^ itut '^ uS^" 

 g.bbusv. .no latere ^ursum in corn, prodnotus. Indudit & trichi,u.ideam, Fenzl tpeoiesnob « 



2. Jinchroa, FeazI in Lmn^a 1, c. rsplialmate Euch!nrn in P^,u i « \ -r v - 



10-morxim2-jiiummentientil.„*; «fvJ« i T .n ? ^ '"^^'^ ^^ connatis et florom 



