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FLORA OF J A:\IAIC A 



Cyatliula 



scarious, with long, line hairs ; segments 5, mucronate, or with 

 hooked awns. Stamens 5, united below with staminodes into 

 a cup ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary with a filiform style and 

 terminal stigma; ovule 1, pendulous from a long basal stalk. 

 Utricle indehiscent ; embryo annular, cotyledons oblong-elliptical. 

 Species 10, natives of the warmer regions of S. America, 

 West Indies, Africa and Asia. 



Leaves obovate-rhomboid or elliptical. Glochidia 



scarcely longer than the fruiting perianth 1. G.i^ostrata. 



Leaves ovate-elliptical, long acuminate. Glochidia 

 generally nearly twice as long as the fruiting 

 perianth ., 2. C. acliyranthoides. 



1. C. ppostrata Bl. Bijdr. 549 (1825); leaves obovate-rhom- 

 boid or elliptical, attenuated at base and shortty accuminate or 



A, Inflorescence and leaves. 



B, Cluster of flowers. 



C, Flower with three perianth-segments 



removed. 



Fig. 4:2.Cyathulaprostrata Bl. 



D, Staminal cup opened "out. 



E, Imperfect flowers. 



F, Embrj'o of C. achyranthoides ; c, coty 

 ledons ; r, radicle. 



obtuse at apex ; glochidia yellowish, numerous, scarcely as long 

 as the fruiting perianth. 3Ioq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 2, 326 ; 

 Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 63 (in part). Seuh. in Fl. Bras. v. pt. 1, 

 230. Achyranthes prostrata L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 296 (1762). 

 Desmochseta prostrata DC. Cat. Hort. Monspel. 102 (1813) ; 

 Wight Ic. 733. Type in Herb. Linn. (Fig. 42.) 



