102 AMAKANTACK.E. (aMAKANTM FAMILY.) 



i^ 2. Iitr.siNASTUi'M. Flmri'rs (llnriuiis, ilisjiuscil in Imiscli/ /xtnivleil Kjii'kes. 

 '2. I. celosioides, I-- Stem orcct, smoutli ; leaves ovate laiieeulate, 

 nente «>r ai iiiiiiiKile at eacli cinl ; jiaiiitle (ililoiij^, nearly leafless ; spikes oir 

 loiig. leiif^llieiiiiig, white, tlie ]iislillate woolly. — Dry soil, Florida, ami nortli- 

 war<l. .Iuly-Sci)t. (X) — Stem 2°- 3° liij;!!. Leaves 2' -4' long. I'anicle 

 8' -12' long. 



8. ALTERNANTHERA, Mart. 



Flowers jierfeet or tlio'c-ious, .'l-hraeteil. Sc])als 5, smoolli or villous. Sta- 

 mens 5, united into a sliort euj) at the liase. Sterile filaments tooth like : 

 anthers l-celled. Style short: stigma raj)itate or 2-lol)ed. Utricle indehiscent, 

 1-seeded. Seed vertieal, Icntiiular. liailiile ascending. — Herbs. Leaves 

 opposite. Flowers capitate. 



1. A. Achyrantha, K. I'r. Stems forking, pnlipscent ; leaves smooth- 

 ish, oval or oliovate, narrowed into a petiole ; heads dense, oval, white; sepals 

 lanceolate, sjiine-pointed, \voolly with barl)ed hairs on the hack, the two inner 

 ones much smaller; sterile filaments sul)ulate from a dilated and oliscurely 

 denticulate base, as long as the fertile ones. — Along roa<ls and jdaces much 

 trodden, Florida to South Carolina. June -Oct. ^ — Stem 6'- 12' long. 

 Leaves 1' long. 



9. TELANTHERA, R. Brown. 



Flowers perfect, 3-bracted. Sepals 5, erect. Stamens ."j, united into a tube 

 below the middle. Sterile filaments elongated, flattened, fimbriate at the 

 apex; anthers l-celled, oblong. Style short: stigma capitate. Utricle inde- 

 hifsceiit, I-seeded, included in the calyx. Seed vertical. liadide ascendiug. 

 — Herbs or shrubs, with opposite leaves. Flowers capitate. 



* Ccili/r srnsilp, the ."? exterior sepals lonrjer : heads sessile or nearhf so. 



1. T. polygonoid.es, Moquin. Stem erect or prostrate, pubescent; 

 leaves oblong-obovate, hairy ; heads sessile, roundish, single or 2-3 together, 

 axillary and terminal ; sepals thin, ovate-lanceolate, twice as long as the 

 bracts, the outer ones 3-nerved, woolly at the base ; sterile filaments as long 

 as the fertile ones, 3-4-cleft at the apex. — On the coa.st of South Carolina, 



]\Iof/uill. 



2. T. maritima, Moquin. Smooth and fleshy ; stem prostrate, branch- 

 ing, angled ; leaves wedge-obovate, very obtuse, mucronate ; heads roundish 

 or oblong, a^lTary and terminal, dull straw-color; flowers crow'ded, 3-angled ; 

 .sepals smoofli, rigid, ovate, acuminate, 5-ril)be(l, with the margins mem- 

 branaceous, one third longer than the ovate keeled bracts; sterile filaments 

 longer than the fertile ones, 4 - G-cleft at the apex. — South Florida. — Leaves 

 1 ' - 2' long. Ixcads 4" - 6" long. 



* » Calyx rai^kd on a short 5-angled pedicel, cylindrical; the sepals nearly 

 eql'ial, %airy : heads lonij-pedimcled. — Mogiphanbs. 



3. T. rioridana, Chapm. Shrubby ; stem slender, elongated, forking, 

 remotely jointed ; sparsely pubescent, like the distant oblong or obovate 

 leaves ; peduncles terminal and in the forks, 4-6 times as long as the leaves ; 

 heads white, ovate ; sepals acute, 3 - 5-nerved, hairy, longer than the ovate 



