674 pentandria monogvnia. Achijranthes. 



Blitum scandens, fructn lappacco. Burnt. Zeyl. 47. t. 18. 

 /• 1. (good.) 



Beny. Knya-duya. Duya-knya. 



Is found in most parts of India, generally growing among 

 bushes. Flowering time the rainy season. 



6. A. alternifolia. Herb. Banks. 



Annual, diffuse. Leaves alternate, ovate-oblong. Spikes 

 axillary, longer than their leaves, two variously horned bo- 

 dies between the corol and calyx. Nectary none. 



Beny. Lwta-mohoor/ya, Gc/ngatiya. 



Teling. Cbancheli kura. 



Annual, common on most cultivated lands, in the Botanic 

 gardeu at Calcutta ; it is a most troublesome weed. 



Stem when the plant is young, tolerably erect, but ever af- 

 terwards prostrate, with longer, prostrate, striated, succulent 

 branches. Leaves alternate, petioled, oblong, or ovate, point- 

 ed, sometimes a little waved, margins coloured ; below a lit- 

 tle hairy, about two inches long. Petioles channelled. Spikes 

 axillary, twice as long" as the leaves or more. Flowers soli- 

 tary, alternate, small, red. Bractes three-fold, concave, one- 

 flowered ; immediately within each of the two lateral bractes 

 is a compressed, rainous, green body. Calyx five-leaved ; the 

 inner segments three-coloured. Nectary no other than the en- 

 larged bases of the filaments. Seed single, in its rugose utri- 

 cuius. 



The leaves and tender tops are used by the natives in their 

 curries. It ought to be carefully compared with A. nun icata, 



7. A. prostrata. JVilld. spec. i. 1 194. 



Annual, diffuse. Leaves opposite. Spikes filiform. Flowers 

 reflexed, with fascicles of bristles adjoining, Nectary with 

 five bidentate horns, alternating with the filaments. 



Scheru-cadelari. Rheed. Mai. x. 1~;7. /. 79. 



Amis canina femina. Rumph. . hub. vi. -J(i. /. 11. 



Introduced into the Botanic garden at Calcutta, amongst 



