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Page 402.— 
1. Herua javanica Juss. 
A. persica Merr., in Phil. Journ. Sc. XIX, p. 348 (1921), is based on 
Iresine persica Burm. but has only page priority over I. javanica 
Burm. 
Page 405.—For Alternanthera triandra Lamk. read: 
A. sessilis R. Br. Prodr. p. 417 (1810). Gomphrena sessilis Linn. 
Sp. Pl. p. 225 (1753). Alternanthera triandra Lamk. Encycl. I, p. 95 
(1783). Ponnankani, T. 
CHENOPODIUM Linn. 
Herbs 1. alt. fls. hermaphrodite; bracts and bracteoles 
wanting; perianth-lobes usually 5; stam. usually 5; anth. 
2-celled; stigmas 2-5, sometimes connate below; fruit inde- 
hiscent.—Sp. 
Stigmas 3. : . : é : . I. C. ambrosioides. 
Stigmas 2: 
Leaves toothed . ‘ : : : : Ja. °C. wearale. 
Leaves subentire, mealy 3. C. opulifolium. 
1. C. AMBROSIOIDES Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 219 (1753). 
An erect herb up to 2 ft. high; lvs. 1-3 in. long, ovate 
to ovate-lanceolate in outline, shallowly lobed, thinly pubes- 
cent when young; infl. forming a terminal panicle; styles 3; 
seeds black. 
Naturalised in the montane zone. Lindula (1882); Nanu-oya (1888) ; 
Haputale (1895); Hava Eliya (1920); Ohiya (1920); Dimbula (1920) ; 
Hakgala (1920). Fils. Jan., Sept.-Nov. 
Found in most hot countries. 
3. C. OPULIFOLIUM Schrad. in DC. Fl. Franc. V, p. 372 (1815). 
There are no specimens of this at Peradeniya. 
Arthrocnemum indicum Mog. 
Gamble, Fl. Madr., distinguishes A. glaucum Auct. and A. fruti- 
cosum as follows: 
Stems prostrate, the branches erect, stout; fruiting 
spikes :2—25 in. in diam., *5-1°5 in. long; utricle 
crustaceous . : ; ; : ‘ : : . I. indicum, 
Stems erect, the branches ascending, slender ; fruiting 
spikes -1—15 in. in diam., °5-1 in. long; utricle mem- 
branous 2. glaucum. 
It is possible that we have both species, but the erect specimens in 
the Peradeniya Herbarium are not in flower and were thought by 
Trimen to be young plants of A. indicum Mog. 
A. GLaucum Auct. non Ung. Sternb. A. fruticosum Auct. non Mog. 
C. E. Moss, in Journ. Bot. XLIX, p. 177, states that ‘‘ records (of 
A. glaucum) from India and Angola are based on misapprehensions ”” 
while, on p. 178, he confines A. fruticosum Mog. to the Mediterranean. 
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