Gom^hrene(B.'\ GXXX. AMARANTACE^. 37 



brevibua triangulari-subulatis basi brevissime connatis, laciniia interpositis ; antherfe 

 mmntse, OToidetej 1-loculares. Ovarium ovoideo-oblongiim, compressiim ; stylus brevis, 

 stigmate emarginato ; ovuluui 1 , ab apice funiculi elongati auspensum. Utriculus niem- 

 branaceus, indehiscens. Semen inversum, lenticulare v. compresso-globosum, testa Isevi 

 coriacea ; embryo annularia, albumen farinaceiim cingens, radicula supera. — Herbps radice 

 perenhante, prostratpe, ramosns. lanatfCj foliosre. Folia opposita, ovata, integerrima, 

 petiolia baai connatis. Flores minuti, in axillis foliorum congest!, lana immersi, aessilea 

 V. breviter pedicellati ; bractere bracteolseque hyalinae. 



Species 3 (an unius varie bates ?) : 1. G. llUcehwides, H. B. et K. ((?. densa, Moq. in DC. Prod, 

 xiii. ii. 338), Andium a Peruvia ad Novam Mexico incola. 2, G. lanuginosa, Moq. I.e. {Gossj/- 

 pianihus), praecedenti valde affinis sed lobis perianthii angiistioribus, America a Texiis ad provineias 

 Argentinas incola. 3. G. aiistralis, Hook. f. {Gossypianthus atistralis, Griseb. PL Lorentz. 35, 

 t. 1, f. 2) ; staminodia a Grisebachio in G. australi descripta et depicta a nobis non visa. 



36. Cladothrlx, Nuit, in Herb. Hook, — Flores minutij hermapliroditi, bracteati et 

 2-bracteolatij bracteis bracteolisque hyalinis. Perianthium teres, sparse stellatim pilosum, 

 5-partitum ; aegmenta sequalia, oblonga, obtusiuacula, 1-norvia, scarioso-membranacea. 

 Stamina 5, hypogyna, filamentia in cupulam brevem connatis, laciniia interpositis 

 V. minutis ; antherse magnje, lineari-oblongse, 1-loculares. Ovarium globosum, in stylum 

 brevem attenuatum, stigmate capitato simplici v. 2-lobo, ovulum 1, ab apice fimiculi 

 capillaria suspensum. Utriculus . . . — FruticuH v. herbse ramosse, stellatim tomentoape, 

 ramulis erectis v. prostratis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, integerrima, ovata 

 V. obovata, orbicularia, utrinque tomentosa. Florea minuti, in axillis foliorum panci, 

 congest!, tomento immersi ; bracteoe parvfe, apices versus pilis ramosis barbatse. 



Species 2, regioniR Mexicano-Texanse et Californije incolse. Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 359 

 {Altcrnanthem sect.). 8, Wats. Bot. Calif, ii. 43 ined. Torr. in Emory Be}). 199 {Alter7iantheres sect. 

 Endoihcca). Utriculus a nobis non visus, ex Moq. 1. c. calycem duplo supcrans, ovatus, com- 

 pressius cuius, glabor, semine subtriangulari-ovato margine obtusissimo flavescente. Staminodia ex 

 Wats. 1. c. interdum miuuta. 



37. Pfaffla, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. 20, t. 122 ad 124.— Florea hcmiaphroditi, rarius 

 polygami, bracteati et 2-bracteolati, capitati v. rarissime spicati, capitulis solitariis longe 

 pedunculatis. Perianthium intra bracteolaa sessile, teretiuaculum v. leviter compressum, 

 5-partitum ; scgmenta subrequalia, pilia rectia v. tortuosis sericea v. lanata. Tubus 

 stamineus elongatus, ad medium versus 5-fidus, laciniia antheriferis margine ciliatia 

 apice erosis fimbriatis v. 2-fidis, anantlieris interpositis ; antherse ad apices laciniarum 

 aessilea v. breviter stipitatse, lineari-oblongse, 24oculares. Ovarium ovoideum, stigmate 

 sessili discoideo v. capitellato integro v. 2-lobo ; ovulum 1, ab apice funiculi elongati 

 suspensum. Utriculus ovoideus, membranaceus, indehiacena. Semen inversum, turgide 

 lenticulare, hilo emarginato, teata coriacea brunnea bigvi ; embryo annularis, albumen 

 farinaceum cingens, cotyledonibus linearibua v. dilatatis, radicula supera. — Herbee 

 graciles, erectfe, tomentosse v. villosse, rarius glabratfe. Folia opposita, sessilia v. sub- 

 sesailia, integerrima. Capitula v. spicae densiflorse ; bractese bracteolseque hyalin?e. 



Species ad 15, Brasilian^. Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 387 {Gompkrcn^ sect.). Seub. in Mart. 

 Ft. Bras, v. i. 194, t. 58 ad 60 {Gompkrcna). Cotyledones in P.Jubata latissimse. 



Sebturneha, Mart. Kov. Gen. et Sp. ii. 36, t. 136 ad 138; Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 383 

 i^Gomphrena sect.), a Pfaffia nullo charactere diifert nisi fioribus polygamo-monoicis. 



38. Moffiphanes, Mart. Nov. Gen. et 8p. ii. 29, *. 329 ad 135.— Flores hermaphroditi, 

 bracteati et 2-bracteolati, capitati, capitulis pedunculatis basi nudia v. foliia 2 involucratis. 

 Perianthium intra bracteolaa diatincte stipitatum, teretiuaculum, 5-partitum ; aegmenta 

 rigida, acuminata, nervosa, lana non involuta. Tubus stamineua 10-fidua, laciniis 

 6 alternis subulatis antheriferis, 5 altemis anantheris ligulatis apice erosis v. fimbriatia 

 margine nudis v. rarisaiine fimbriatis ; anthera.' oblongse, 1-loculares. Ovarium ovoideum 

 V. obovoideum ; stylus manifestus, stigmate capitellato ; ovulum 1, ab apice funiculi 



