PENTANDRIA. M0N0GYN1A. Heliconia. 195. 



alba. 



pfittacorum. 



birfuta. 



H. nerves of the leaves moft fimple fmootheft, egg- 

 rounded at the bafe, nectaryjialberted free. S. 



ivbite. 

 leaves fmootheft nerved rounded at the bafe, infto- 

 refcence moft fmooth, fpadix ere£f. bractclefs, 

 nectary lanced adhering. S. parrot. 



leaves rounded at the bafe moft fimply nerved 

 fmootheft, inflorefcence fhaggy, fpadix winding, 



H. 



H 



nectary lanced adhering. S. 



/baggy. 



288. ACHYRANTHES. Cal. 5-leaved. Cor. o. 

 Stigma 2-cleft. Seeds iblitary. 



afpera. 3. 



lappacea. 4. 



muricata. 2. 



corymbofa. 7. 



dicbotoma. 10. 



projhata. 5. 

 alternifolla. 

 patida. 

 lappacea. 



A. 

 A. 



bicular fpikes hedgehog-hook'd. ■!>. expanded. 



ftem fhrubby diffufe proftrate, fpikes interrupted, 



lateral florets on both fides in a hook'd fafcicle 



ofbriftles. S. hurry. 



jj.-m: 



A. ftem fhrubby erect, calyxes reflected apprefTed to 



the fpike. rough. 



A. ftem fhrubby diffufe, proftrate with interrupted 



fpikes, the lateral florets on both fides with a 



hooked fafcicle of briftles. burry. 



A. ftem fhrubby expanding, leaves alternate, flowers 



fpiked remote egg'd, calyxes ragged, murex'd. 

 A. leaves fourfold linear, panicle two-fork-corymbed. 



corymbed. 

 A. ftem fhrubbyifh, fpikes oppofite linear flat acute, 



cyme two-fork'd. two-fork' d. 



A ftems proftrate fhrubby, fpikes oblong : florets 



with a hooked fafcicle on both fides. pro/Irate. 

 A. ftem erect, flowers in fubglobular hedgehogs. 



S- alternate-leaved. 



ftem fhrubby expanded pubefcent, flowers in or- 



289. CELOSIA. Cal. 3-leaved. Cords 5 petal'd 

 in appearance. Stamens conjoined at 

 the bafe to the plaited nectary. Cap/. 

 gaping horizontally, foc/l/. co™£s~ 



argentea. I. C. leaves lanced, ft tpules fomewhat fickled, peduncles 

 angled, fpikes parched. filver. 



B b 



2. C. 



