AMARANTAGEAE. 301 



XXXII. PUPAMA Juss. 



(Moq. Tand. in DC. Prodr. XIII. II. 331.) 



1. P. (Desmochaeta) DISTANTIFLORA A. Richard, Tent. flor. Abyss. II. 217. — Ramulis 

 virgatis subscandentibus obtuse qnadrangularibus, dense hirtis, striatis; foliis oppositis 

 ovalibus, basi apiceque obtusis, rarius basi abrupte angustatis, membranaceis integris, 

 utrinque hirtis; capitulis perpaucis distantibus sessilibus interrupte spicatis trifloris ; 

 bracteis ovali-oblongis, longe subulato-acuminatis, dorso lauatis; floris hermaphroditi 

 sepalis oblongo - lanceolatis acutis trinerviis lanatis; florum sterilium sepalis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis acutissimis, apice rigidiusculis uninerviis glabris; glochidibus numerosis 

 apice uncinatis; achaenio obovali - compresso apice apiculato. — Habitat in Abyssiniae 

 regione Choho. 



Tribus III. GOMPHRENEAE Endl. Gen. pl. p. 301. 



XL. ALiTERIVAlVTIIERA Moq. Tandon. 



(Moqu. Tandon in DC. Prodr. XIII. II. 350. 8: 462. - [Wlprs. Annal. I. 561.]) 



1. A. VILLIFLORA Scheele, Linnaea XXII. 149. f — Caulis procumbens ramosissimus, 

 rami ascendentes angulati villosi. Folia opposita longe petiolata obovata vel elliptica 

 spathulata mucronata integerrima glanduloso-punctata, subtus ad nervum venasque 

 appresse pilosa, supra glabra. Petioli villosi apice dilatati folio breviores. Flores axil- 

 lares glomerati; glomeruli solitarii alterni villoso - lanati, interdum basi bracteis albo- 

 scariosis brevissimis ovato - subrotundis transverse latioribus mucronatis suffulti. — 

 Crescit in Texade, in foro oppidi San Antonio. 



XLII. GOMPHRENA Linn. 



(Moq. Tand. in DC. Prodr. XIII. II. 383. & 463. — [Wlprs. Annal. I. 563.]) 



1. *G. PULCHELLA Mut. — Moq. Tand. in DC. 1. c. 405. no. 54. — Van Houtte, Flore 

 des serres V. tab. 451. 



XLIII. FROEIilCMIA Mnch. 



• (Moq. Tand. in DC. Prodr. XUI. II. 419.) 



1. *FR. GRACILIS Moq. Tand. in DC. 1. c. 420. no. 1. — Hoplotheca Texana AI. Rraun, 

 Del. sem. hort. Friburg. 1848..colI. p. 2. adn. 



