370 (4) AMARANTHACEAE. —Lestibudesia, 
Oss, Genus hoc praeter L. spicatam et arborescentem com- 
plectitur Celosiam paniculatam, virgatam, trigynam, et 
alias ineditas, ideoque vix naturale et forsan immerito 
separatum a Celosia, solo stigmate capitato;v. bilobo bre- - 
vissimo diversa, 
1. L. arborescens, caule fruticoso volubili, foliis elliptico-ob- 
longis subacuminatis glabris, paniculis terminalibus axil- 
laribusque, floribus trigynis. (T.) B. v. s. 
ss. A reliquis facie. uonnihil aberrans; secundum b. iSo- 
landrum stigmata profunde emarginata; fructus dehiscen- 
tia nondum observata, 
AMARANTHUS. LL. 
Flores monoici, "Perianthium 5-v. 5-partitum, Stamina 5 v. 5. 
/.. Stylus 5-partitus, nune 2-partitus, Capsula monosperma; 
- "Circumscissa, raro evalvis. Semen erectum, umbilico nudo, 
Ll Tríandtl. 
1. A, undulstus , glomerulis triandris 4—6-floris axillaribus et 
subspicatis, perianthii foliolis spathulatis mucronatis, cap- - 
..:snla rugosa , foliis late-ovatis obtusis mucronulatis undu- 
latis petiolum aequantibus. (T.) wv. v. 
2. A. rhombeus » glomerulis triandris subtrifloris, spicis filifor- 
mibus indivisis, capsula rugosa, foliis rhombeo-ovatis 
subretusis basi attenuatis subtus lineatis margine scabriu- 
sculis, (T.) v. v. i ue 
5i, interruptus , glomerulis triandris multifloris divisis, spicis 
"elongatis interroptis, foliis ovato-oblongis obtusiusculis 
mucronulatis, capsula rugosa, (T.) wv. v. 
4. A. lineatus , glomerulis triandris. 5-6-floris approximatis, 
spieis indivisis solitariis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis ap!ce 
angustatis obtusiusculis mucronulatis subtus lineatis caps 
rugosa, (T.) vw, v. | ^y , 
. TRICHINIUM. 
Perianthium 5-partitum, laciniis ]ifiaribus. Stamina. &, basi- 
. bus connatis, edentulis, Zntherae biloculares, $tlusim" 
divisus. Stigma capitatum. Ütriculus evalvis, monosper-. 
mus, in basi connivente perianthii inclusus laciniis pa^ - 
| tulis pluínosis. 
Herbae, radice saepius perenni. Folia alterna. Flores termi 
nales, capitati v. spicati, tribracteati, bracteis scariosis, ni^. 
tentibus, villi perianthii primum adpressi, dein pat 
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