Pmidialca\ ci. amaranthace^. 895 



patent ; leaves opposite, oval-oblong, cuspidate at the apex, some- 

 what wedge-shaped at the subsessile base, 1 to 1\ in. long by 

 i to i in. broad, sparingly pubescent, firmly herbaceous, pale 

 yellowish green, ciliolate on the entire or subrepand margin ; 

 inflorescence ovoid-globose, ^ to f in. long by i to |^ in. in diameter, 

 shortly stalked, terminating the branchlets and in the upper 

 axils, whitish ; flowers sessile or subsessile, i in. long, each based 

 with three erect imbricate ovate-cymbiform subulate-acuminate 

 subscarious ciliate bracteoles i to i in. long, not reflected ; 

 perianth-segments 5, lanceolate-oblong, concave, thickly palea- 

 ceous, scarious on the margins, ribbed on the back below but not 

 strongly so, pubescent on the back above, glabrous inside, obtuse 

 or apiculate at the apex, somewhat obtusely narrowed at the base, 

 imbricate, \to \ in. long, the outer ones rather longer than the 

 inner ones ; stamens 5 ; filaments slender, y\- in. long, united in 

 a short tube at the base, anthers oblong, 2-celled, -f^ '^^- long ; 

 staminodes 5, oblong, ^ in. long, -^^ in. broad, truncate-crenulate 

 at the apex, alternating with the filaments and arising from the 

 same short tube ; pistil i in. long, glabrous ; style ^^ in. long, 

 rather thickening upward ; ovule solitary, pendulous. 



HuiLLA. — In rough places near Mumpulla ; fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. 

 No. 6498. 



5. P. andongensis Hiern, sp. n. 



An erect, divaricately branched, pubescent, annual herb, 1 ft. 

 high or more ; branches opposite ; branchlets hirsute with long 

 pallid spreading hairs ; leaves elliptical or obovate, subacute at 

 the apex, wedge-shaped to or near the sessile base, thinly herba- 

 ceous, somewhat strigose-silky, green above, rather paler and 

 minutely punctulate beneath, opposite, entire, 1 J to 2^ in. long 

 by ^ to 1 in. broad ; flower-spikes (rather young) terminal, shortly 

 stalked, more than 1 in. long by f in. in diameter, bracteate, dense, 

 ovoid-conical ; flowers not reflected ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, bristle -pointed, mostly glabrous, paleaceous, i in. long; 

 perianth-segments 5, lanceolate, acute, bristle pointed, Hght green 

 hairy and nerved at the back, pallid glabrous and smooth inside, 

 thickly glumaceous, |- to i in. long ; stamens 5 ; filaments slender, 

 glabrous, -^ in. long, united at the base into a very short thin 

 cup ; anthers J^ in. long ; staminodes 5, alternating with the 

 filaments, short, ovate-deltoid, acute, thin ; pistil i in. long, 

 glabrous ; style ^^^ in. long, slender, undivided ; stigma capitate, 

 small ; ovule solitary, pendulous. 



PuNGO Andongo.— In young fl. Dec. 1856. Xo. 6567. 



13. ALTERNANTHERA Forsk. ; Benth. & Hook, f. Gen. PI. 

 iii. p. 38. 



Telanthera R. Br. ; Benth. & Hook, f.. I.e. Bucholzia Mart. 

 Nov. Gen. ii. p. 49. tt. 147-51 (1826) ; non Stadtm. (1796). 



1. A. maritima St. Hil. Toy. Bres. ii. p. 437 (1833) ; non D 

 Dietr. (1839). 



