AMARANTACEA&. 1048 ALTERXANTHÊRA, 



petiolata lineari-lanceolata utrinque attenuata acutiuscula vix mu- 

 cronulata margine obsolete denticulata, glabra viridia, Ij — 2 poll. 

 longa, capitula folio multo breviora sessilia geminata vel 4 — 5-glo- 

 merata globosa, flores nitidi albi, perigonium bracteis lateralibus triplo 

 longius, sepalis acuininatis uninerviis glabris. Alternanthera nodi- 

 flora R. Br. Prodr. I. p. 417. Moq. Tand. I. c. p. 356. — (5. li- 

 nearifolia, foliis sublinearibus vel linearibus, capitulis miuoribus. — 

 Nubië. Abyssinië. Geheel Indië. — §. Voor-Indië. Timor, 

 tron. Nieuw-Holland. 



2. Alternanthera denticulata r. brown. Caulis herbaceus pro- 



cumbens ramoso-dichotomus articulatus angulatus striatus glaber, fo- 

 lia breviter petiolata laneeolata vel ovato-lanceolata acutiuscula vel 

 obtusa obsoletissime rnucronulata,inargine denticulata, glabra, glauco- 

 viridia, pollicaria vel parum longiora, capitula folio multo breviora 

 sessilia subsolitaria minuta globosa, flores subnitiduli albidi, pen- 

 gonium bracteis lateralibus triplo longius, sepalis acuminatis uni- 

 nerviis glabris. Alternanthera denticulata R. Br. L c. BI. Bijdr. p. 

 546. Moq. Tand. l.c. — lllecebrum? denticulatum Spreng. Syst.I. 

 p. 820. — Alt. ficoides P. Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. II. p. 66, tab. 

 99, fig. 1, non R. et Sch. — Variat: a. major, foliis usque tripoll., 

 et p.parvula, foliis semipollicaribus. — Afrika. "V oor-Indië. — 

 Nieuw-Holland. — Java. — ?West-Indië. — Telontaga 

 sund. 



3. Alternanthera Sessilis r. brown. Caulis herbaceus repens ra- 

 mosus articulatus subcompressus striatus bifariain pubesceus, folia 

 breviter petiolata ovato-lanceolata vel obovato-oblonga deorsum at- 

 tenuata, obtusa vix mucronulata, integerrima vel obsoletissime sub- 

 denticulata, glabra laete viridia, 1 - fere 2 poll. longa, capitula folio 

 multo breviora subsessilia 2 — 4-nata subglobosa, flores nitiduli al- 

 bidi, perigonium bracteis lateralibus duplo triplove longius, sepalis 

 acuminatis uninerviis glabris. Alternanthera sessilis R. Br. Prodr. 

 I. c. Moq. Tand. I c. p. 351. Wight Icon. II. tab. 627. Zoll. Cat. 

 p. 101. — Gomphrena sessilis Linn. Spec. p. 300. — Alt. tri- 

 andra Lam. Dict. I. p. 95. — Paronychia tefragona Mönch. Melh. 

 p. 315. — Paronychia sessilis Des f. I. c. p. 51. — Allaganthcra 



