AMAttANTACEAE. 1050 GOMPHRENA. 



concavo-carinatis duplo longioris et cum iis albido-pilosi sepala 5 

 lineari-lanceolata, starnina sterilia apice tridentata, stigma capitatum, 

 utriculus perigonio duplo longior. Alter nanthera strigosa Hasslt. 

 Cat. bog. I. c. Flor. bot. Zeil. I. c. Tijdschr. Nat. Geschiedenis V. 

 p. 259. PI. Jan. rar. p. 420. — Java (uasskarl). — Tan tang 

 goelo sund. 



XVIII. GOMPHRENA Üm. El o r es hermaphroditi vel po- 

 lygami tribracteati. Perigonii 5-sepali rarissime 5-fidi sepala vel 

 segmenta aequalia vel subaequalia erecta, villosa aut glabra. Sta- 

 miua 5 in tubum velcupulam connata, filament is dilatatis apice 

 trifidis, lobo intermedio antherifero, lateralibus brevioribus vel lon- 

 gioribus, fimbriatis vel integris. Antherae uniloculares. Ovarium 

 uniovulatum, stylo nullo aut elongato, stigma te capitato indiviso 

 vel subbilobo, vel stigmatibus 2. Utriculus inclusus indehiscens. 

 Se men verticale sublenticulare vel oblongum, testa subcrustacea, 

 album in e centrali, embryo aiinulari peripherico. — Suflrutices 

 vel hcrbae, praesertim Novi orbis, foliis utplurimum oppositis, fl. 

 spicatis vel capitatis, ope lanae cingentis demum stricto-pateutis avo- 

 lantibus vel deciduis. — Sertümera Mart. — Hebanthe Endl. — 

 Pfaflia Mart. — Wadapus et Ninanga Bafin. — Bragantia Van- 

 dell. non Lour. — Schultesia Schrad., non alior. 



1. Gomphrena globosa LUIK. Caulis berbaceus adscendens vel 

 ereetus ramosissimus subtrichotomus teres pilosulus, folia brevifer 

 petiolata semiamplexicaulia oblonga ovato- vel subobovato-lanceolata 

 acuta mucronata integerrima pilosulo-pubescentia laete viridia, pe- 

 dunculi simplices breves vel médiocres, capitula termiualia erecta 

 solitaria vel interdum 2 — 3 na , globosa, diphylla, fl. nitidi purpu- 

 rei, perigonium bracteis lateralibus brevius, sepalis acutissimis uni- 

 nerviis villosissimis. Gomphrena globosa Linn. Spec.p. 726. Moq. 

 Tand. I. c. p. 409. BI. Bijdr. p. 548. Wight Icon. V. tab. 1784. 

 Rumph. Herb. Amb. V. p. 289, tab. 10U, fig. 2. — §, albiflora, 

 fl. argenteo-albis. — y. carnea zoll. Cat.p.109. — Geheel Indiè'. 

 Molukkeu. Java. Timor. China. Japan. Gezelschaps- 

 BlL Brazilië: West -In die. Europa. — p\ Java, veel in 

 do tuinen. — Boen ga knop of Rad na poetih sund. 



