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Amarantus caudatus, Linn. 



Amarantus caudatus, Linn. ; Miq., Fl. End. But., i. 1, p. 1030. 



Timor Laut ; Babar. — Widely dispersed in the warmer parts of Asia, and also 

 occurring in Tropical Africa. It is often cultivated. Amarantus melancholic us, Linn., 

 is auotber very widely dispersed species, and a variety of it called " tricolor " is common 

 in Polynesia. 



Amarantus viridis, Linn. 



Amarantus viridis, Linn. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., v. p. 215. 

 Euxolus viridis, Moq. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 1035. 



Areoxj ; Ki ; Timor Lact ; Moa. — An annual herb, now widely dispersed in the 

 warmer parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Australia, growing usually in cultivated 

 ground and waste places. It is impossible to determine where it is really indigenous. 



Pupalia lappacea, Moq. 

 * Pupalia lappacea, Moq. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 1046. 



Timor Laut. — Generally diffused and common in Tropical Asia and Africa, but not 

 extending to Australia nor to Polynesia. The inflorescence is provided with glochidiate 

 prickles, to which it probably owes its wide geographical area. There are only two other 

 species of the genus known, one of which is common to Tropical Asia and Africa, and the 

 other is exclusively African. 



Achyranthes aspera, Linn. 



Achi/ranthes aspera, Linn. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., v. p. 246; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 1042; Seem. 

 Fl. Vit., p. 199 ; Nadeaud, Emim. PI. Tahiti, p. 45 ; Griseb., FL Brit. W. Ind., p. 62. 



Timor Laut. — An annual herb, generally diffused in Tropical and Subtropical Asia, 

 Africa, America, Eastern Australia, and almost throughout Polynesia. Achyranthes is a 

 small genus generally spread in warm regions. 



NothosEerua brachiata, Wight. 



Nothoscerua Irrachiata, Wight., Ic. PI. Ind. Or., vi. p. 1. 

 jBrua brachiata, Mart. ; DC, Prodr., xiii. 2, p. 304. 



Timor Laut.— An annual herb widely dispersed in Tropical Asia and Africa. It is 



the only species of the genus. 



Gomphrena globosa, Linn. 



Gomphrena globosa, Linn.; Miq., FL Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 1050; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 199; Rumph., 

 Herb. Amb., v. t. 100, fig. 2. 

 Ki.— The genus Gomphrena comprises about seventy species, of which fourteen inhabit 

 Australia, and the rest the warmer regions of America. Gomphrena globosa is probably 



