^^ CXXX. AMARANTACE^. [Amarante(z. 



27. Notuosaerua, Wight ^ Ic, vi. 1. (Pseudantlms, Wight, Ic. v. 3, L 1776 his, B.)— 

 1 lores mmuti, hermaphroditi, bracteati et 2-bracteolati. Perianthium hyalinum, lana 

 mvolutiim, basi haud induratum, 4-partituni ; segmenta oblonga, submqualia, obtusa.con- 

 cava, 1-nervia. Stamina 1-2, hypogyna, filamcntis basi liberis filiformi-subulatis, lacimis 

 interpoaitis ; anthers didymaa. Ovarium oblongum, compressum ; stylus brevissimus, 

 stigmate capitellato ; ovulum 1, funiculo elongato suspensum. Utriculus periantliio 

 mclusus, oblongus, compressus, tenuiter membranaceus, indehiscens. Semen inversum, 

 lenticulaxe, margmibus obtusis, testa tenuiter Crustacea nitida, ariUo j embryo hamatus, 

 albumen camoso-farinosum includens, cotyledonibus linearibus planiusculis, radicula 

 supera.— Herba annua, ramis oppositis brachiatis, inflorescentia excepta glabra. Folia 

 opposita, gracile petiolata, oblonga v. ovata, obtusa, integerrima, membranacea. Flores 

 mterdum 3- v. 5-meri, minimi, albi, in spiculas axiUares solitarias v. fasciculatas sessUes 

 cUspositi. Utriculus perianthio subfequilongus. 



Species 1, Asi^ et Africae tropica^ incola. Moq. in DC. Prod, xiii. ii. 304 {Mrua hmcldaia. 

 Mart.). Stammodia a Moquino descripta, a nobis non risa. 



28._ airua, Forsh. Fl. ^g, Arah. 170 (^rva).- Flores hermaphroditi polycrami v 

 dioici, bracteati et 2-bracteolati. Perianthium breve, membranaceum v. subchartaceum 

 5-^^rarius 4-partitum, basi non induratum; segmenta subiequalia v. 3 int eri era august iora' 

 oblonga V. lanceolata, obtusa acuta v. acuminata, omnia v. 3 interiora tantum lanata' 

 btamma 5, rarius 4, filamentis sa^pius injequilongis subulatis, basi in cupulam brevem 

 ranus elongatam connatis, laciniis iuterpositis brevibus v. elongatis ; antherre didym^ 

 2-Joculares. Ovarium obovoideum v. subglobosum ; stylus brevis v. elongatus, stigma- 

 tibus 2 V. Htigmate capitellato, ovulum 1 ab apice funiculi elongati suspensum. Utriculus 

 penanthio mclusus, membranaceus, indehiscens v. vertice coriaceo circumscisso. Semen 

 mversum, ovoideum v. reniforme, compressum, testa tenuiter coriacea, arillo • embryo 

 LTera" Hc;b?^/^''^^^^^ cotyledonibus linearibus planiusculis, radicula 



TZue^^J^i^ll ^ "If P'"'*"'^*^ "• '^-^^'^'^^^ ^--ti- Folia alterna opposita 



et pseudo-vert cillata, Imearia oblonga V. obovata, integerrima. Flores parvi v minuti in 

 spzcas terminales et axillares solitarias v. paniculatas Ipositi, albi v. fLxwinei 



Genus polymorphum etsi sat naturale. In M. Momoma Moo • Wiaht \o ^ lo^ f a i. 

 ma e ,„o.d fil.„.nta) ra™ oppo.iti, di.a.euti, ^^nnJ'lS^ ^^^J^t^^;^-; 

 duaens, ovanum vert.ce deciduo stigmate .nL.essili eapitato, semen oblongum tSm T„" 



f ;Trzn™^rr s;:i r !r.:^c; cr i«^^^^^ 



a terna et lacioi. mter stamina filamentis ..uilong.. In 'm i^i B /f . t Se ' F 'ZrT 



^^.^ latis CO.. ., anther. parv«, Lre^T;::t:r O S X^Sii" 

 fiZ;if I '"!• '" '^^^""^ ^'""''''" attennatum, stigmata capitellato ; ovuiZ ab apTce 

 Wul: elongat: suspensum. Utriculu. . . -Frutex rigidusframosu;, ramX robu'st" 



