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more or less united at the base, and rather pe- 

 rigyne — Peculiar habit Hke Cistus — Type Ta- 

 marix, Eiudlph'x^ Rokejeka and perhaps 

 Turnera. 



533. EuDiPLEX Raf. ad Tainarix diff. cal. 

 pet. 4-5, stasn, 8-10 — Type Tarn, germanica, 

 casptca, songarensis, the real Tamarix is is- 

 arine with 5 stamens and petals. 



534. GOMPHRENIDIA. Another small 

 family that differs from Amaranthides by sta- 

 mens monadelphoos — Types Gomphrena, Bra- 

 gantia, Alternanthera, Belutta, Aerua, Wal- 

 tlieria &c, with many new G. The whole tribe 

 of Amaranthides and akin are known to be in 

 utter confusion, the sp. having been refered by 

 mere habit, the whole requires revision. The 

 Bragantia of Vandelli was the GompJir. ar- 

 horescens. The Caraxeron of Vaillantis pro- 

 bably a good G. it was both Gomphrena and 

 niecehrum Vermicular is L. — The Alternan- 

 thera Forsk. was the Gomphr, or lllec^ sessile 

 L. the Coluppa of Adanson. The family A- 

 chyranthidia 520 is only a subfamily of this, 

 the united stamens being more important than 

 the stigmas, when there is only one seed. 



535. Caraxeron Vaillant. Philoxerus R. 

 Br. Sm. Cal. 5part. cone, stam. 5 basi coalitis, 

 stig. 2. capsula evalve — Type C. vermicidaris 

 and hrasiliense (Gomphrena and Illeccebrum, 

 L conicus, diffusus (Philoxerus R. Br.) these 

 two australian sp. form perhaps a subgenus. 

 The real Gomphrena have only one capitate 

 stigma says Smith ; but the 6renus appears to 

 have been formed on the capitate flowers and 

 mere habit ! all those with a single style are 

 lllecehruni of L. but the /. nerticillatum forms 

 the Genus Paronychia T. Juss. Ad. with free 



