CIT. AMAP.ANTACE^. 493 



axillary and terminal subsessile solitary or twin woolly spikes |-1 in. 

 long, sometimes forming a lax terminal panicle ; bracteoles ovate 

 acuminate, membranous, shorter thau the sepals. Perianth -J^j in. long ; 

 sepals lanceolate, acuminate, silky on the back. Stamens 5 (rarely 4) ; 

 filaments subulate, usually unequal, connate at the base into a short 

 (rarely elongate) cup with interspersed short or long staminodes. Ovary 

 glabrous, broadly ovoid ; style short, about -^^ in. long ; stigma capitate. 

 IJtricle broadly ovate, acute, very thin, indehiscent. Seed Jq- in. in 

 diam., lenticular, smooth, shining, black. Fl, B. I. v. 4, p. 727 ; 

 Dalz. & (ribs. p. 217 ; "Wight, Icon. t. 724 (utricle and seed incorrectly 

 shown); VVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 364; Prain, 

 Beug. PI. p. 873; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 125.— Plowers : 

 Dec. 



"KoNKAN : Stocks ! ; Bombay, Dalzell Sf Gibson ; Eevadanda, KaniiJx-ar ! ; Marmagao, 

 Woodrow. Deccan : Sinhagad, Woodrow, 3381 Kanaka: on the Kala naddi, 

 common, Ritchie, ■^-^~-- — Distrib. India [Bengal, Assam, Panjab, Himalaya (lower 

 hills). Central India, Behar, W. Peninsula] ; China, Malay Islands, Philippines, 

 Tropical Africa. 



3. .ffirua lanata, Juss. in Ami. Mus. Par. v. 2 (1803) p. 131. 

 Erect or prostrate with a long tap-root, branched from near the base ; 

 branches many, terete, pubescent or woolly-tomentose, striate. Leaves 

 alternate, |-1 by |-§ in. on the main stem, |-| by |-^ in. on the branches, 

 elliptic or obovate, or suborbicular, obtuse or acute, entire, pubescent 

 above, more or less white with cottony haii-s beneath ; petioles ^-| in. 

 long, often obscure. Flowers greenish -white, very small, sessile, often 

 bisexual, in small dense siibsessile axillary heads or spikes |-| in. long, 

 often closely crowded and forming globose clusters ; bracteoles -^^ in. 

 long, membranous, broadly ovate, concave, apiculate. Perianth yg— g-^' in. 

 long ; sepals oblong, obtuse, sometimes apiculate, silky-hairy on the 

 back. Utricle broadly ovoid, acute ; stigmas 2. Seed gig- iu. in diam., 

 smooth and polished, black. Pi. B. I. v. 4, p. 728 ; Grab. Cat. p. 168 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 217 ; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 402; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 364 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 873 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 124. ^Erua Jlorihunda, Wight, Icon. v. 6, t. 1 776 his, 

 fig. A, and v. 5, t. 1776 (analyses only). — Elowers : Aug.-Oct. A'^ern. 

 Kainiri-maduri. 



A tolerably common weed. Deccan: Woodrow \ ; Kotlirud near Poona, 7irff???V/i«r ! ; 

 Poona, Woodrow I S. M. Country: Badami, Woodrow '.—Djstuib. Throughout 

 India ; Ceylon, Arabia, Tropical Africa, Java, Philippines. 



4. .SIrua Monsoniae, Afart. in ]S"ov. Act. Acad. Cc-s. Leop.-Carol. 

 V. 13 (1826) p. 291 {Beitr. Amarant. p. 83). Perennial with a long 

 twisted tap-root, branched from the base; branches numerous, prostrate 

 or ascending, subquadrangular, grooved, woolly (very densely so at the 

 nodes). Leaves sessile, opposite and in fascicles at the nodes, |-| in. long, 

 narrowly linear, spinous-pointed, glabrous or sometimes slightly woolly, 

 the midrib prominent beneath. Elowers pale-pink, bisexual, crowded 

 in numerous dense cylindric silky-villous spikes |-1 in. long, terminating 

 short lateral branches, racemosely arranged along the main branches ; 

 bracteoles ^V~tV ^^* ^°"S) lanceolate, acute, aristate. Perianth -J^- in. 

 long; sepals 4, lanceolate, very acute, slightly villous on the back. Utricle 

 ovoid, thinly membranous, enclosed in the staminal cup. Seed ellipsoid, 



