Cyathula 



AMARANTACE.E 



135 



A roadside weed. March \ Priori Spring Hill, Portland, 2200 ft.; 

 Castleton, 500 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6717, 8638. St. Vincent, Trinidad, 

 tropical S. America, tropics of the Old World. 



Ste)7i to 9 dm. Leaves to 6 cm. 1. to 3*5 cm. br. Spikes (incl. 

 peduncle) 5-15 cm. 1. Perianth 2*5 mm. 1. 



-. C. aehyranthoides 3Ioq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 2, 326 

 (1849) ; leaves ovate-elliptical, attenuated at base, long acumi- 

 nate at apex ; glochidia reddish, often about twice as long as 

 the fruiting perianth. Seiib. op. cit. 231. C. prostrata Griseh. 

 loc. cit. (in part). Desmoch.ieta aehyranthoides H. B. d' K. Nov. 

 Gen. (0% a. 210 (lsl8). 



A roadside weed ; St. Mary, McNah ! near Gordon Town, 900 ft., 

 Moore ! near Darliston, 700 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam, 9931. Dominica, 

 Panama, Colombia, B. Guiana, Brazil, Peru. 



Stem to 6 dm. high. Leaves to 11 cm. 1., to 4*5 cm. br. Spikes (incl. 

 peduncle) 5-18 cm. 1. Perianth 2*5-3 mm. 1. 



6. ACHYRANTHES L. 



Herbs, sometimes shrubby at base. Leaves opposite, entire. 

 FIo"vvers soon deflexed, in slender spikes ; bracts and bracteoles 



Fig. 43. Achyranthes indica iMill. 



A, Part of plant. D, Portion of staminal tnbe with 2 stamens 



B, Flower with bract and bracteoles. and 3 staniiiiodes. 



C, Flower with two perianth-segments E, Ovary with ovnle. 



removed. F, I'tricle. 



(i, Embryo ; c, cotyledons ; r, railicle ; e, endosperm. 



