CII. AMARANTACE.?:. 497 



aristate, pubescent ; bracteoles as the bracts. Perianth of perfect 

 flowers y2'~ro ^^' ^*^^g '■> sepals oblong, shortly apiculate, pubescent. 

 Stamuiodes 2-3-ficl. Ovary obovoid, glabrous ; style ^^"sV '"^* ^^^^S- 

 Utricle thinly membranous, ovoid, enclosed in the perianth. Seed ^(jin. 

 long, oblong-ellipsoid, yellowish-brown, smooth, shining. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 723; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 219; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 398; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. 872. Desmocli<xta prostrata, DC. Cat. Hort. Monsp. (1813) 

 p. 102; Wight, Icon. t. 733 ; Grab. Cat. p. 168. 



Kare. Stocks without locality in Herb. Kew. ! — Distrib. India (Bengal, Sikkim, 

 Kliasia Mountains, W. Peninsula) ; Oejlon. 



10. PUPALIA, Juss. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite, petiolate. Flowers fas- 

 cicled in simple or paniculate spikes ; fascicles with 1 perfect flower, 

 the rest imperfect ; perianth of imperfect flowers ultimately converted 

 into stellately spreading hooked awns. Perianth-segments of perfect 

 flowers 5, almost equal, lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5-nerved. Stamens 5 ; 

 filaments subulate, shortly connate at the base ; anthers 2-celled ; 

 staminodes 0. Ovary 1-celled ; ovule solitary, pendulous from a loug 

 basal funicle ; style simple ; stigma capitellate. Fruit an ovoid 

 membranous utricle enclosed in the perianth, its top areolate. Seed 

 inverse, rostellate ; testa thinly coriaceous ; embryo annular ; coty- 

 ledons linear, flat ; radicle ascending. — Distkib. Species 5, Asiatic and 

 African. 



Leaves ovate or elliptic, reaching 4 in. long. 



Herbaceous ; leaves glabrous or nearly so ; bracts and brac- 

 teoles pungent ; awns purple 1. P. atropurpurca. 



Shrubby ; leaves tomentose ; outer bract of the flov/er- 



clusters very broad, membranous; awns yellow 2. P. Inppacea. 



Leaves suborbicular, not reaching 1^ in. long; awns brown... 3. P. orbiciUata. 



1. Pupalia atropurpurea, Moq. in DC. Prodr. v. 13, part 2 

 (1849) p. 331. Biennial or annual, 2-5 ft. ; branches loug, straggling 

 or semi-scandent, cylindric, glabrous or pubescent, slightly striate, often 

 tinged with purple. Leaves 1-4 by |-2 in., ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, mucronate, glabrous or nearly so, suddenly contracted at the 

 base; petioles |-| in. long. Flowers in sessile clusters in lax pedun- 

 culate terminal spikes 1-10 in. long, the imperfect flowers reduced to 

 hooked purple awns ; bracts yV- s "^- long, broadly ovate, pungent, 

 persistent; bracteoles as the bracts. Perianth ^-i iu. long; sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate, aristate, clothed with cottony wool, 3-nerved. Utricle 

 thinly membranous. Seed to ^7 iV ^^•■> obloug-ellipsoid with sub- 

 truncate ends. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 723; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 219; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 3, p. 399 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 364 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 872. Desmoclmta atropurpurea, DC. 

 Cat. Hort. Monsp. (1813) p. 102 ; Wight, Icon. t. 731 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 168. 



Gi'JARAT : common, Balzell ^ Gibso7i. — Distrib. India (Nipal, Bengal, W. Penin- 

 sula) ; Malaya, Ceylon, Java, Madagascar, S. Africa, Philippines. 



2. Pupalia lappacea, 3Ioq. in DC. Prodr. v. 13, part 2 (1849) 

 p. 331. A large straggling undershrub ; bi-anches terete, toineutose. 



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