238 Nyctaginee. [ Boerhaavia. 
CII.—NYCTAGINE/. 
Herbaceous; fls. hermaphrodite; stam. 2-6: 
Bracts small, free . ; 3 ; : . I. BOERHAAVIA. 
Bracts large, connate . , : : Mirabilis. 
Shrubs; fils. dicecious; stam. 6-10 . : . 2. Pisomia; 
Page 390.—For Boerhaavia repanda Willd. read: 
2. B. chinensis Druce in Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. 1913, p. 415 (1914). 
Valeriana chinensis Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 33 (1753). Boerhaavia repanda 
Willd. Sp. Pl. I, p. 22 (1798). 
Page 393.— 
2. Celosia pulchella Mog. 
Dambulla. 
Page 394.— 
Allmania nodiflora R. Br. 
Var. longipedunculata Trim. is raised to specific rank by Gamble 
Fl. Madr. p. 1168 (1925). We have also vars. angustifolia and Rox- 
burghiu of the Fl. Brit. Ind. 
Page 395.—For Digera argensis Forsk. read: 
D. muricata Mart. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. XIII, p. 285 (1826). 
Achyranthus muricata Linn. Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 295 (1762). A. alternifolia 
Linn. Mant. p. 50 (1767). Digera arvensis Forsk. Fl. Acg. Arab. p. 15, 
(1775)- 
4. AMARANTUWS Linn. 
Spinose : : : : : : . J. Ac Semiesme: 
Unarmed : 
Sep. usually 5; bracts exceeding the yee 
L. obtuse; sep. obovate A. caudatus. 
L. acute ; sep. oblong-lanceolate . A. frumentaceus. 
Sep. usually 2-3: 
Bracts awned, equalling or exceeding the 
Sep: 
Erect; some clusters of fils. in terminal 
spikes . . 2. A. GANGETICUS. 
Diffuse; all clusters of fis. axillary . . 3. A. MANGOSTANUS. 
Bracts not awned, usually shorter than the 
sep. : 
Some clusters of fls. in terminal spikes . 4. A. vIRIDIs. 
All clusters of fis. axillary : 
Fruit ovoid, rugose, usually inde- 
hiscent ; : ‘ ee 
Fruit globose, dehiscent 
. POLYGONOIDES. 
. Blitum. 
De > 
Page 400.— 
Psilotrichum scleranthum Thw. 
Also in Travancore. 
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