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culus monospermus. Semen basi arillatum. Folia alterna. 
Flores sepius in capitula congesti. Genus vix et ne vix a 
Chamissoa distinguendum. 
Allmania nodiflora; annua, diffusa, glauco-pubescens, foliis 
cuneato-obovatis acutis vel mucronatis, florum capitulis glo- 
bosis pedunculatis oppositifoliis, bracteolis perianthium sub- 
zequantibus, stigmate brevi didymo. (Tas. CXXVIII.) 
Allmania nodiflora, Brown in Wall. List, n. 6890. 
Celosia nodiflora. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 298. Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. 
p. 1202. Spr. Syst. Veg. v. i. p. 814. 
Celosia dichotoma. Roth, Nov. Sp. p. 172. (ex Spreng.) 
Achyranthes nodiflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. i. p. 678; (ed. Cary, 
et Wall.) v. 2. p. 505. 
Chamissoa nodiflora. Mart. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. 
Pee-Coipa. heed. Hort. Mal. v. x. t. 67. (pessime). 
An herbaceous annual. oot long, fusiform. Stems pro- 
. cumbent, diffuse, terete, often much branched, pubescent or 
more or less hairy. Leaves alternate, varying from narrow 
to broadly obovate, cuneate and.attenuated at the base into a 
‘petiole, mucronate or acute, more or less closely covered 
with a glaucous pubescence; margin flattish, reddish, which 
colour sometimes extends over the whole leaf. Peduneles 
opposite to a leaf, usually very short, sometimes half an inch 
long or even more towards the ends of the branches. Flowers 
capitate, three together on each pedicel, the middle one 
Opening first. Bracteoles 3 on each pedicel, lanceolate, 
subulate, with a scabrous line along their back. Perianth 
5-partite; divisions (or sepals) lanceolate, nearly glabrous or 
slightly scabrous along the back, equal. Stamens 5; fila- 
ments united at the base into a short membranaceous cup, 
all fertile, without any intermediate sterile ones: anthers 
ovate,.2-celled. Ovary superior, l-celled, l-ovuled: ovule 
inserted at the base. Style filiform, as long as the stamens. 
Stigma capitate, reddish, slightly cleft, each lobe being nearly 
globose and very small. Capsule (utriculus) membrana- 
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