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silianis Panacea (Paratudo) est, in venfriculi et intestinorum abdominaliuui 

 ileljilitate, diarrhoea, febribus inlermittentibus , spasrtiis, adversus serpentuni 

 venenalos morsus, verbo iisdem fere in morbis, in quibus in America boreali 

 Serpenlariae radicem adliibent , usurpata. Amarantus frumenlaceus Buchan. 

 CKieryl ii» Mysore et reffione Coimbaturica, Amarantus Anardhana Royl. in 

 Himalaya ob semina esculenta coiunlur. 



Ordo CIII* Polygoneae. 



Herhae annuae et perennes, nonniiliae paludosac sive aqua- 

 ticae, V. fruttces, interdum arborescentes, erecti v. volubiles, 

 caule raniisque nodoso-articulatis, foliosis, rarius apbyllis v. scapi- 

 formibus. Folia alterna, ad basira caulis saepissime congesta, 

 rarissime opposita, simplicia, integerrima v. inlerdum undulaja 

 aut etiam incisa, plerumque penninervia, juniora marginibus revo- 

 luta, sessilia v. saepius petiolata, peliolo basi vaginante, v. sti- 

 pulae intrapetiolari vaginanti, clausae (ocbreae), rarissime obso- 

 letae inserto. Flores perfecti v. abortu diclincs, e foliorum v. 

 bractearum, interdum ocbreaeformiura axillis solitarii v. conferti, 

 verticillati, racemosi v. spicati, in aliis paniculati v. cymosi, 

 interdura in capitula contracti, nudi v. iu quibusdani singuli sive 

 plures involucro tubuloso aut cyatbiformi inclusi. Peri^onium 

 calycinum v. corollinum, tri-tetra-penta-hexapbyllum, foliolis 

 distinctis v. basi cobaerentibus, rarius in tubum connatis, aesti- 

 vatione imbricatis, interioribus saepe majoribus, saepe cura fructu 

 demum increscentibus, nunc omnibus marcescenti-persistentibus 

 V. rarius deciduis. Slamina receptaculi margini angusto, imo 

 perigonia adnato, rarius in annulum glandulosum incrassato in- 

 serta, perigonii foliolis opposita aut rarius alterna, ante ex- 

 teriora saepissime gemina v. terna, ante interiora solitaria, 

 numero ideo varia, nuraquara tanien indefinita. Filamenta fili-' 

 formia v. subulata, distincta v. basi coalita, exserta v. inclusa; 

 antherae introrsae, biloculares, erectae v. incumbentes, lon- 

 gitudinaliter debiscentes. Germen unicura, di-tri- rarius tetra- 

 pbyllum, carpopbyllis valvatim connatis uniloculare, leuticulari- 

 compressum v. tri-tctragonura, liberum v. interdum iraa basi cura 

 perigonii tubo cohaerens v. tandera concrescens. Gemmula unica, 

 orthotropa, basilaris, sessilis, interdum prope raicropylen supe- 

 rani germinis parieli ope telae conductricis adhaerens, rarissime 

 ex apice funiculi basilaris libcri inversa, tandem erecta. Styli 

 tot quot germinis an^guli, distincti v. basi connati, interdum sub- 

 nulli, stipnatibus siniplicibus, capilatis v. discoideis, interdum 

 penicillato-plumosis. Fructus raonospermus, caryopsis v. ache- 

 nium^ lenticulari-compressus, v. tri- aut rarissiuie telraqueter, 

 angulis coslaeformibus v. membranaceo-raarginatis, infferdum in 

 alam, nonnunquam duplicem productis, nudus sive perigonio 

 emarcido v. increscente tectus, saepissime ejusdem foliolis inte- 

 rioribus conniventibus inclusus v. etiam cum tubo Iiaccato con- 



