Amarantew.] CXXX. AMARANTACE^. 35 



altemis teretibus lignosis, ultimis fiirfuraceo-tomentellis. Folia sparsa, parva, ang\ista, 

 cylindracea, obtnsa, glabra, carnosa, superne sulcata, ramulis angustiora. Flores ad apices 

 ramulorum aubspicatim dispositi, solitarii v. fasciculati, rhaclii spicai robusta ; bractea^ et 

 bracteolse breves, cymbiformes, hyalin?e, perianthio pilis albis immerso multo breviores. 



Species 1, C. cajjitata, Hook. f. {ScHcocoma capitata, Moq. in DO. Prod, xiii. ii. 308, ubi ad genus 

 novum dubitanter relata est). A ^ey/cotfoffea differt floribus solitariisiniperfectis 0, staminum tube 

 elongate et ovario glaberrimo. Flores illos Chionothricis in mentem revocant. 



30. stUbanthus, Hook. f. m Hool: Ic. t. 1286. — Flores liermapliroditi, bracteati et 

 2-bracteolati. Perianthiiim elongatum, coriaceo-scariosum, 5-partituiu, basi non indu- 

 ratum ; seginenta ovato-lanceolata, acuta, nervosa, dorso sub apice sericeo-barbata, exte- 

 riora latiora. Stamina 5, filamcntis elongatis ciliolatis basi breviter connatis, laciniia 

 interpositis iis ajquilongis ligulatis penicillatis ; antherse didymae, 2-loculares. Ovarium 

 oblongum, compressum, apice penicillatum ; stylus filiformis, stigmate capitellato ; 

 ovulum 1, oblongum, ab apice funiculi elongati pendulum. Utriculus perianthio inclusus, 

 oblongus, apice villosus, membranaceus, indehiscens. Semen inversum, late oblongimi, 

 testa tenuiter coriacea brunnea, arillo j embryo (immatiu-us) peripliericus, albumeu 

 cingens, cotyledonibus . . . radicula ascendente. — Arbor alte scandens, trunco robusto, 

 ramulis lierbaceis dependentibus obtuse 4-gonis foliisque pubescentibus. Folia opposita, 

 petiolata, ampla, elliptico-ovata, caudato-acuminata, integerrima. Flores pro ordine 

 magni, spicati, albi, splendentes, spicis pedunculatis in paniculas trichotome ramosas 

 terminales ferrugineo-pubescentes dispositis ; bractea; bracteolseque late ovatfe, aristato- 

 acuminatse, scariosa;, nitidse. 



Species 1, Himalayae orientalis incola. 



31. Acbyranthes, Linn. Gen. n. 288.— Flores hermaphroditi, bracteati et 2-bracteo- 

 lati, demum defleyi. Periantliium rigide coriaceum, 4-5-pai'titum, demum iuduratum ; 

 aegmenta subeequalia, subulato-lanceolata, aristato -acuminata, glabra v, pilosa, nitida, 

 nervosa. Stamina 5, rarius 2 v. 4, filamentis filiformi-subulatis basi membrana connexis, 

 laciniis interpositis quadratis erosis laceris v. dorso lamella laciniata instructis ; antlieraj 

 oblongai v. didymaj, 2-loculares. Ovarium oblongum v. lagenifurme, subcompressum, 

 glabrum ; stylus filiformis, stigmate capitellato ; ovulum 1, ab apice funiculi elongati 

 suspensum. Utriculus periantliio inclusiis, ovoideus v. oblongus, vertice rotundato 

 V. areolato, membranaceus, indeliisccns. Semen inversum, oblongum, testa tenuiter 

 coriacea rufo-brunnea, arillo ; embryo peripliericus, albumen farinaceum cingens, 

 cotyledonibus linearibus v. lanceolatis planis apice acutis incurvis radicula erecta 

 latioribus. — Herbff) basi interdum fnitescentes, erectie v. basi decumbentes, glabric 

 tomcntospe v. sericeae, ramis teretibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, ovata obovata v. 

 lanceolata, integerrima. Flores in spicas elongatas graciles terminales simplices v. pani- 

 culatas dispositi, albi v. virescentes ; bractese persistentes, membranacese j bracteolte 

 erectf©-, in spinas leviter divergentes productse. 



Species ad 12, regionibus tropicis et calidis obvise. Mog^. in DC. Prod. xiii. 'li.Zll, excl. sect. 

 i. et ii. Gartn, Fntct. ii. t. 128 {A. aspera). Lam, Illustr. t. 168, cxcl. f, 2. Bentk. Fl. 

 Austral, v. 246. A. Gray in Proc. Amcr. Acad. vii. 200. Wight, Ig. t. 722 {male quoad hractcolas), 

 1777 ad 1779. A. sericca, Koen., est Psiloirichi species; A, palndosa, Bunb., est Tclantkcra 

 philoxeroides. A. arhorcsccns, Br., liabitii et bracteolis breviter spinescentibus a congeneribus 

 differt, neenon spicis brevibus i-hat-bi flexuosa et floribus distichis pateutibus vis reflexis. Centho- 

 srrAcuYS, Wall. in. Boxb. Fl. Lid. ed. Carey, ii. 497 ; Moq. I. c. 321 ; Endl. Iconog. t. 20; WigU, Ic. t. 

 1 780, includit species 2 africanas et indicaa laciniis inter filamenta dorso lamina fimbriata instructis, 

 quod onim occurrit in A. aspera ex icone Wiglitii t. 1777. 



32. Fandlaka, Mog. in DC. Frod. xiii. ii. 310 (Achyrauthis iecf.). — Flores lierma- 

 plu'oditi, bracteati et 2-bracteolati, bracteis et bracteulis chartaceis periantliium fequan- 

 tibus. Perianthium angustum, breviter stipitatum, dure chartaccum, 5-partitum, baai 

 demum induratum et 3-lobum; segmenta subulato-lanceolata, acuminata, pungeutia, 



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