Acahjpha. monoecia monadelphia. 677 



ous. Involucre small, h;iiry, dentate, one-flowered. Slijle 

 multiBd. 



A native of the Moluccas. It diflfers from Konig's A. he- 

 tnlina (in Retz. Obs. v. JV. 85.) in having- but one female 

 flower in the involucre. 



6. A. chinensis. R. 



Annual, erect, very ramous. leaves rhomb-ovate, cre- 

 nate. Involucres cordate-crenate, on long axillary peduncles. 

 Maleflotcers in a pedicel led head, from the involucre. Cap- 

 S7iles muricated. 



A native of China. From Canton it was sent to the Bota- 

 nic garden, where it blossoms and ripens its seed during the 

 rains ; and perishes at the approach of the cool weather in 

 December. 



Stem erect, annual, very ramous, lower branches horizon- 

 tal and nearly as long as the stem; the superior ones ascend- 

 ing ; cells clothed with short, appressed, white hairs, one or 

 two feet high. Leaves alternate, petioled, rhomb-ovate, cre- 

 nate, obtuse, three-nerved, pretty smooth. Male flowers 

 in a small, pedicelled head rising from the base of the invo- 

 lucre. Female flowers from two to three, sessile in the 

 centre of the involucre, immediately about the male pedicel ; 

 they expand in remote succession. Calyx as in the genus. 

 Capsules muricate, and hairy. Seed, integuments, perisperm 

 and embryo as in A. virginica, Gcert. Sem. ii. IIG. t. 107. 



6. A. conjeria, R, 



Annual. Leaves round-cordate, crenate. Flowers axil- 

 lary, crowded, sessile. Involucres from three to four-parted, 

 with from two to three female flowers, proliferous, the exte- 

 rior one bears a minute head of male flowers. Capsules 

 rugose. 



A native of China, from thence introduced into the Botanic 

 garden, where it grows, flowers freely, and ripens its seed 

 during the hot season. 



