Atiiarani/nis. monoecia pentaivduia. ^>03 



long-, often coloured on the ii[)pei' side. Leaves al(enmte, in 

 young- plants with a stem, petiolcd, in otiiers sub-sessile, 

 oval, obovate, or wedge-formed ; tapering; down the petioles, 

 pretty smooth, emarginate with a minute bristle, with mar- 

 ffins tinged red, from a quarter to half an inch long. Glome- 

 rules axillary, two-parted, whether by a branchlet or not, 

 never any thing like a spike. Male flowers most numerous. 

 Leaflets of the calyx short, sharp-pointed ; stamina three. 

 Capstiles longer than the calyx, f»ulkite, with the apex co- 

 loured red. Seed shining black. 



This species although wild, for 1 never saw any one that 

 tried to cultivate it, the natives use as a pot-herb ; it is reck- 

 oned exceedingly wholesome, for which reason convalescents 

 have this species recommended to them in preference to any 

 of the others. 



3. A. polygamns. Willd. iv. 381. 



Diffuse. Leaves rhomb-ovate, emarginate ; glomerules 

 axillary, or on terminal spikes. Calyces daggered, longer 

 than the capsules. 



JMitum Indicum album. Rnmph. Amh. v. t. S2.J'. 1. 



Hind. Chumli sag. 



Benff. Champa n/deeya, and Lal-Champa n?/teeya, a red- 

 dish variety. 



Telimj. Dwgala-kura, and Yerra-d?/gala kura, the reddish 

 variety. 



Wherein does A. Dlitum differ from these? 



A native of the same places with the last described, like 

 them annual, and flowering at the same time. Both sorts are 

 extensively cultivated all over the southern parts of Asia. 



Stem when the plants are young, and in a good soil, erect, 

 about a foot high, branchy near the base; but when old, or 

 in a bad soil there are only several difiiise, smooth, striated, 

 coloured branches ; from nine to eighteen inches long. Leaves 

 petiolcd, rhombifbrm, emarginate with a bristle, rugose, ge- 

 nerally about an inch long. Glomerules axillary, very rarely 



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