402 Amarantace(B. [^rua. 



posed staminodes, forming a cup round ov. ; style long or 

 short, stigma capitellate or 2, ovule solitary, pendulous from 

 basal funicle; fruit indehiscent. — Sp. lo ; 6 in /7. B. Ind. 



L. oblong or oval ; sep. 5 



Stellate-woolly; heads in terminal panicle i. .^il. JAVANICA. 



Cottony-hairy ; heads axillary . . .2. J^. lanata. 



L. narrowly linear; sep. 4 . . . .3. /E. MonsonIjE. 



1. S. javanica, y^^i-^. in Ann. Mus. xi. 131 (1827). 



Herm. Mus. 8. Fl. Zeyl. n. 102. Celosia lanata, L. Sp. PI. 205. 

 Illecebrum javanicum, Ait., Moon Cat. 19. Thvv. Enum. 248. C. P. 

 2255. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 727. Wight, Ic. t. 876. 



Semi-shrubby, stem 2-3 ft., branched, cylindrical, covered 

 with a thick white coat of very dense stellate wool which is 

 easily detached; 1. nearly sessile, alt, i-i^ in., linear-oblong or 

 oblong-spathulate, rounded and slightly emarginate or acute, 

 with dense woolly coat like the stem ; fl. sessile, unisexual, 

 usually dioecious, in linear or oblong spikes arranged in naked 

 terminal panicles, bracts large, broadly ovate, acute, white, 

 papery, veinless; per.-l. 5, rather unequal, lanceolate or oval, 

 papery, densely covered outside with long woolly hair, 

 stigmas 2, long ; seed lenticular, black, polished. 



Sandy seashores in the dry region, rare. Neduntivu I. ( = Delft) 

 (Gardner); Karativu, Kalpitiya. Fl. Sept.; white. 



Also in dry parts of India and Burma, Arabia, Trop. Africa, &c. 

 Male fl. are said to be very few. 



2. IE. lanata, Jiiss. m Ann. Mus. xi. 131 (1827). Pol-kudu- 

 pala, 6'. 



Herm. Mus. 2. Burm. Thes. 60. Fl. Zeyl. n. 104. lllccebrumlana- 

 lutn, L. Mant. ii. 344; Moon Cat. 19. Thw. Enum. 248. C. P. 2253. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 728. Burm. Thes. t. 26, f i. Wight, Ic. t. 1776 bis, 

 f. A {AL.floribunda) and t. 1776 (analyses only). 



Perennial (or annual.-*), often woody at base; stems erect 

 or prostrate, numerous, long, with slender branches, cylindrical, 

 more or less cottony-hairy; 1. alt., numerous, 4-1 4 in. on main 

 stem, much smaller, \-% in., on branches, oval or sj)athulate- 

 oval, tapering to base, rounded or subacute at apex, entire, 

 finely hairy-pubescent above, more or less white with cottony 

 hair beneath, petiole short, obscure; fl. very small, sessile, often 

 bisexual, in very small, dense, sessile, axillary heads or spikes, 

 bracts shorter than sep., ovate, apiculate; per.-l. 5, oval-oblong, 

 obtuse, with membranous margins, woolly with long white 

 hairs outside, stigmas 2, very short. 



Waste and cultivated ground, a very common weed, especially in 

 moist regions. Fi. October, &c.; greenish-white. 



