564 AMARANTACEAE. 



1958/ IIEUAI^^THE Marlius, 

 (Martius, Nov. gener. & spec. II. p. 1. t. lOI.) 

 1. n. (?) PARVIFLORA Urilli. iii Belcli. Voy. of tlie Suliiliur 15G. — Foliis ovali-oblon- 

 gis acumliiatis, noveili.s |itibesceiitlbu8, demum cuulcquu glaliris; panicula noribuiula 

 pubesceiite; cupulae stainiiieae lobulis Nterilibus quinque brevissimls rolundatis. T\. 7 

 — Ilabitu Hebanlhi panicitlatne et Iresini yrandiflorae Hook. simillima ct vix nisl 

 floribus parvis et cupula stamiiiifera differt. Folia 2 — 3 poll. longa , poUlcem lata, 

 petiolata, basi cuneata crassiuscula, inreriora omnlno glabra , ramealia et juniora in 

 .speciraine minora, subtus praesertim pllis adpressis pubescentia, Panlcula ampla 

 gracilis foliata, rami prlmaril oppositi, superlores saepe ad utrumque latus gemini vel 

 terni, longlor scillcet ad axillam breviorls insertus, nec verticillati. liracteae mlnu- 

 tae, uti ramuli pubescentes. Flores secus ramulos ultiraos 3 — G lln. longos spicatim 

 dlsposlti scssiles suhdissiti, llneam longl. Bracteae tres ovatae perlgonlo dimidio 

 hreviores. Perigonii laciniae glabrae, exceptls pilis exterioribus e basi perigonll or- 

 tis, qui per anthesin flore breviores sunt, in fructu tamen perigonium longe supe- 

 rant. Filamenta fertllia perigonio breviora , non clllata, oriuntur e crenis cupulae, 

 ovarium aequantia. Ovarium depresso-globosum, basl attenuatum. St^ius (vel sl 

 mavis stigma) hrevissimus capitato-bilobus , crassiuscule stlgmatosus. — Crescit lii 

 Amerlca tropica occidentall. 



1959. FROELICniA Mnch. 

 (Mnch. Method. 50. — IMartius, Nov. gen. & spec. II. 47. tab. 146.) 

 I. FR. NUDICAUHS Hook. fil. in Transact. of tho Linn. soc. XX. 192. — Erecta vir- 

 gata: ramis elongatls nudis teretibus striatis glaberrimis, 3 — 4-chotome raraosis aphyl- 

 lis ; spicis fructiferis termlnalibus breviter pedlcellatis; bratets late ovatis concavls 

 Rcariosis; perianthio villoso-barbato ampullaceo, ore quinquefido, late blalato crasso 

 crustaceo, utriculum parvum includente, 2j. ? — An Buckolziae jiudicaulii exemplar 

 fructiferum? — Crescit in Charles Island. 



Tribus II. ACHYRANTHEAE Endl. 1. c. p. 302. 

 1964. PTII.OTrS R. Br. 



(R. Br. Prodr. 415.) 

 1. PT. ERUBESCENS Schlchtd. Linnaea XX. 575. f — Perennls raultl- et slmplicl- 

 caulis : caulihus pilosis curvato-ascendentibus ; folia linearia vel lanceolato-linearla 

 longe attenuata acuta mucronata glahra; capitulum termlnale solitariura ; hracteae 

 ovatae acute acurainatae unlnerviae, fuscesceiiti-hyalinae pilosae ; perigonii (semipol- 

 lice paulo longioris) laciniae lineares extus serlceo-villosae , tres Interiores prope 

 basin laxae lanuginis loco instructae, apice in appendicem scariosam nudam varie ex- 

 ciso-dentatam laete purpuream excurrentes ; staraina 5 Inaequalia. 2\. — Crescit In 

 collibus aridis prope Gawlertown in Nova Hollandia australi. 



1972. AMARANTUS Linn. 

 (Willd. Hist, Amar. [Turic. 1790.] — Martius, Nov. act. XUL 288.) 

 1. A. SCARIOSUS Bnth. in Belch. Voy. of the Sulphur p. 158. t, 51. — Follls ovatls 

 longe petiolatis; gloraerulis plerisque spicatis; spicis superlorlbus paniculatls ; bra- 

 cteis aristatis perigoniura superantihus; starainihus quluque; stylis 3 — '4; perlgonlo 

 foemineo cum fructu deciduo urceolato , basi indurato, segmentis apice scarioso-di- 

 latatis patentibus obovatis eraarginatis. ® — Habitus et Inllorescentia A. retroflexi. 

 Folia pleraque angustiora et acutiora. Bracteae scariosae, 1%— 2 lin. longae , costa 

 viridi in aristara subpungentem excurrente . Florum dlspositlo, stamlna, styll (hl ta- 

 men interdum quatuor) et utriculus A. retroflexi. Perigonil masculi segmenta quin- 

 que oblonga obtusiuscula , costa vix conspicua, undlque hyalina, foeminel segmenta 

 superne multo patentiora quam in A. retroflexo et valde dllatata , basi in fructu In- 

 crassata et utriculum includentia , cum illo eub fornia urceoU decldua , singula a 



