f>72 pentanmu a m onog YNJ \. Acliyrcinthes. 



Iresine javanica. Burnt. Ind. 212. (by mistake 312.) tab. 

 66,/. 2. 



Found wild in various parts of India, in flower, and with 

 ripe seed most part of the year. 



jSfem* nearly erect. Branches few, and nearly erect, all 

 the most tender parts very hoary, indeed white ; general 

 height from three to five feet. Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, 

 narrow-lauceolate, entire, hoary. Panicles terminal, com- 

 posed of alternate, sessile, incurved, cylindric spikes, com- 

 pletely crowded with numerous, small, white flowers. Ca- 

 lycle two or three, broader, smooth, hyaline scales. Calyx 

 five-leaved ; leaflets lanceolate, hyaline, very woolly toward 

 the base on the outside; three of the five rather narrower, 

 and with a little green in the centre. Nectary a short, ten- 

 toothed cup round the germ. Filaments no other than the 

 teeth of the nectary. Anthers could not be detected, yet 

 the seeds are fertile. Germ superior, obcordate, one-celled, 

 one-seeded. Style short. Stiyma two-cleft; seyments hairy, 

 and recurved in opposite direction. Utriculus an entire, one- 

 cellfd membrane. Seeds solitary. 



06s. From the above description it appears evident that 

 this plant is clearly an Achy rant lies ; having the entire mem- 

 branaceous utricular capsules of that genus, containing a sin- 

 gle, lenticular, reniform, highly polished seed, with central 

 perisperm, and peripherical embryo. 



2. A. aspera. Willd. spec. i. 1101. 



Biennial, sub-erect, ranious. Leaves opposite, obovate, 

 downv. Spikes most long, with flowers retrofracted. 



Beny. Chichiria, A pang. 



Cadelari. Rheed. Mai x. 155. /. 7*. 



Aniaranilius spicatus zeylanicns, foliis obtusis. Burnt, zeyl. 

 16. t. 50./. 3. 



A troublesome weed in every part of India, chiefly during 

 the rainy and cold season, but in some measure all the year. 



