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Bois. fl. or. IV. p. 878; Heldr. fl. cephal. p. 60, Fl. Aegina p. 387; 

 Form. in D. bot. Mon. 1891 p. 32, in Ver. Briinn 1895^^^. 37, 1896 

 p. 73, 1897 p. 54; Hal. Beitr. fl. Epir. p. 39; Haussk. symb. p. 57. 

 ~ Icon: Fl. dan. t. 461. 



Glabra vel sparsim pulicrula; foliis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, in 

 petiolum attenuatis, 3 — 7 nerviis, integris vel irregulariter repando-den- 

 tatis ; scapis erectis vel adscendentibus, foliis aequilongis vel longiori- 

 bus; spicis cylindricis elongatis, densis; bracteis ovatis, earinatis, mem- 

 branaceo-marginatis, calyci aequilongis; calycis laciniis ovatis, obtusis; 

 corollae lobis ovatis, obtusiusculis. 



/S. intermedia Gilib. elem. I. p. 123, prosp. ; Dcne. in DC. pr. 

 XIII. p. 695. — P. minor Mazz. 1. c, non Fr. — P. asiatica Fraas 

 fl. class. p. 219, non L. — P. major v. minor Bois. fl. or. IV. 

 p. 878. — Folia brevius petiolata, inferne grosse dentato-sinuata, spica 

 saepe abbreviata. 



In cultis, subhumidis, pascuis regionis inferioris in alpinam adscen- 

 dens per totam Graeciam. — Apr. Sept. 2|_. 



Obs. Species incomplete descripta: P. pnUa Mazz. in ant. ion. 

 IV. p. 951). Frope Sisermones Corcyrae. 



IV. Siibclassis. , Monoclilaniydeae DC. pr. XIII. 2 p. 1. 

 XCII. Ordo. Amarantaeeae Juss. geu. p. 87. 



1. Amaraiitus Juss. gen. p. 87. 

 Flores polygamo-monoici, tribracteati, in axillis glomerati vel glomerato- 

 spicati ; stamina 3 vel 5, libera. 



1. Sectio. EuamaranUis Moqu. in DC. pr. XIII. 255. — Utri- 

 culus circumscissus. 



a. Sepala 5 ; stamina 5. 



1. A. retroflexus L. sp. p. 991; Ch. et B. exp. p. 271, Fl. 

 pelop. p. 63; Friedr. Reise p. 273; Heldr. Nutzpfl. p. 80, Fl. cephal. 

 p. 62; Raul. cret. v. 845; Bois. fl. or. IV. p. 989; Form. in D. bot. 

 Mon. 1890 p. 13, in Ver. Brunn 1895 p. 24, 1896 p. 35, 1897 

 p. 28; Haussk. symb. p. 57. — Icon: Willd. hist. amarant. t. 11. — 

 Exsicc. : Heldr. pl. fl. hellen. a. 1883. 



Breviter pubescens; caule erecto, simplici vel ramoso; foliis petio- 

 huis, ovatis vel oblongis, integris vel repandis, basi attenuatis, subtus 

 punctatis; florum glomeruHs dense spicatis, spicis viridibus, brevibus, 

 sessilibus, inferioribus saepe remotis, terminali parum longiore; bracteis 

 lanceohitis, spinesoentibus, perigonio duplo hjngioribus; perigonii phylHs 

 lineari-oblongis, retusis, mucronatis; utriculis inclusis. 



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