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2. ALLMANIA, E. Br. 



Erect or diffuse herbs. Leaves alternate, narrow, entire. Flowers 

 hermaphrodite, in terminal and axillary sessile or peduncnlate heads ; 

 bracteoles 2, scarious. Perianth-segments 5, free or nearly so, scarious, 

 oblong-lanceolate, erect in fruit. Stamens 5; filaments dilated at the 

 base, connate in a membranous hypogynous cup ; anthers 2-celled. 

 Ovary 1-celled, ovoid, narrowed into a long straight style ; ovule solitary, 

 erect. Fruit a suhglobose or ovoid circumscissilely dehiscent capsule. 

 Seed erect, subglobose ; testa black with a basal cup-shaped aril ; 

 embryo annular, surrounding copious albumen; cotyledons linear; 

 radicle inferior. — Distrib. Tropical Asia ; species about 3. 



]. AUmania nodiflora, R. Br. in Wall Cat (1828) 6890. Var. 

 aspera, Hool-.f. FL B. I. v. 4 (ISSo) p. 717. A much-branched herb 

 1-2 ft. high ; branches slender, angular, hairy. Leaves l|-3 by g-g in., 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, apiculate, more or less pubescent, base tapering ; 

 petioles or obscure. Flowers in globose sessile or shortly stalked 

 axillary and terminal heads ;|-| in. in diam. ; bracteoles exceeding the 

 sepals, i in. long, linear-lanceolate, with a long capillary awn, hairy 

 along the keel on the back. Perianth ^-i in. long ; sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, very acute, apiculate, with a strong midnerve 

 which is often pubescent on the back. Capsules ^ in. in diam., mem- 

 branous, subglobose, circumscissile about the middle. Seed -^ in. in 

 diam., subglobose, black, smooth, with a large membranous cup-shaped 

 aril. AUmania nodifJora, Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 363. Chamissoa asju'ra, Wight, Icon. t. 1772. 



Deccan: Piirandhar Yort, B/iival S. M. Country: Badami, Woodrow. — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peuiusula). 



3. DIGERA, Forsk. 



Annual herbs with angular branches. Leaves alternate, entire, petio- 

 late. Flowers in axillary pedunculate spikes, ternate, the 2 outer 

 reduced to crested scales, the central perfect ; bracts and bracteoles 

 persistent. Perianth-segments 5, slightly connate below, oblong, erect, 

 the 2 outer larger. Stamens 5, hypogynous ; filaments free, filiform ; 

 anthers 2-celled ; staminodes 0. Ovary 1-celled, truncate ; ovule 

 solitary, erect ; style filiform ; stigmas 2, recurved. Fruit a subglobose 

 compressed crustaceous nut included in the perianth. Seed erect, 

 globose ; testa thin, adhering to the albumen ; embryo annular ; 

 cotyledons linear ; radicle descending. — Distrib. Throughout India ; 

 Ceylon, Afghanistan, Beluchistan, Arabia, N. Africa ; species 1. 



1. Digera arvensis, Forslc Fl. J^gypi.-Arah. (1775) p. 65. An 

 annual herb (becoming perennial, Hooh. /.), 1-2 ft. high; branches 

 glabrous, spreading. Leaves |-3 by g-l.f in., variable, thin, ovate or 

 elliptic, acute or rounded at the apex, sometimes with reddish margins, 

 glabrous ; petioles 4-1 in. long. Flowers sessile, in threes in lax axil- 

 lary pedunculate spikes 1-5 in. long ; bracts and bracteoles -^^ in. long, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, submembranous, persistent. Perianth i in. long, 

 rose-colored ; sepals ovate-oblong, acute. Stigmas 2, recurved. Fruit 

 y'(,-g in. in diam., globose, somewhat compressed, margined, muriculate. 



