Gomjphrena 



AMARANTACE.i^ 



143 



G. deeumbens Jacq. Hort. Schoenhr. f. -182 ; stem procum- 

 bent ; 3 outer perianth-segments woolly at base only, flat, 2 

 inner lateral concave woolly. Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiti. pt. 2, 

 410. (Fig. 47.) 



Up Park Camp, 240 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 11,542. Is. of Pines, tropical 

 continental America. 



Stem to 1^ ft., with ascending branches, woolly, especially when 

 young. Leaves 2-3 cm. 1., -5-1 cm. br., oblong-elliptical, semi- 

 amplexicaul. Flower-heads subglobose, -8-1 -5 cm, 1., terminal, usually 



Fig. 47. Gomplirena deeumbens Jacq. 



A, Flowering branch x . 



B, Flower enclosed by bract (br) and brac- 



teoles (6) X 7. 



C, Flower X 7. 



D, Flower with perianth removed, showing 



staminal tube through which the 

 pistil is visible x 7. 



E, Upper portioii of staminal tube with 



2 stamens removed x 10. 



F, Utricle and seed X 7. 



G, Seed in section x 10 : e, endosperm ; 



c, cotyledons ; r, radicle. 



solitary, with 2 (or 3) leaves at the base. Bract about 2 mm. 1., persistent. 

 Bracteoles about 5 mm. 1., crested, deciduous with flower. Flowers white 

 and pink, enclosed by the bracteoles. Periantli-segrnents 3*6-4 mm. 

 Staminal tube about 2 "5 mm. 1. 



G. globosa L. Sp. PL 224 (1753) ; Moq. torn, cit 409 ; 



(rriseh. FI. Br. W. Ind. 63. G. erecta c^'C. Broione Hist. Jam. 

 184. 



Bachelor's Buttons. 



Naturalised ; Browne ; Miss Wood ! Widely naturalised ; perhaps a 

 native of America. 



