246 XCVII. AMARANTACE E, [ Achyranthes. 
6. ACHYRANTHES, Linn. 
owers green and rigid or rarely scarious, reflexed, in terminal heads 
or long spikes. Bracteoles subulate, rigid and often. spinescent. 
The genus is widely distributed over the tropical and subtropical regions of the Old 
ie: The only Australian species is a common weed over the whole range of the 
. A. aspera, Linn. ; ic in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 814, An erect or 
in » stems of 2 more or less hoary as well as the foliage with à 
pu e. Eaves i petiolate ovate, ovate-oblong or almost 
oblong, obtuse o rtly acuminate and acute, usually 1 to 2 in. but 
sometimes Flower ers of a shining green, in long slender but 
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sg: a oR Br. Prod. 417; zd in "DC. Prod: xti 5i, 019, 
lands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Goulburn islands, 
AC Cau TIDAL Victoria river, F. -— ; Escape Cliffs, Hulls: Nichol Bay, N.W. 
ehultz. 
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Queensland. Broad’ Sou nd, R. Brown; Albany island, F. Mueller ; Cape York, 
Daemel ; Rockingham Bay, Dailach, : Rockha ampton, a common weed, O’Shanesy; 
ool Cree ueller. 
A. ca. rol. 417, Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 312, is a more pubescent 
or hoar sfilon variety, with thicker leaves and rather larger peria anths, passing Ver 
gradually into the commoner forms ; the most mar rked specimens are Brown *s from the 
Car UA islands and F, Mueller's from Victoria river. a 
argentea, Lam.; Moq. l.c. 315, is another variety or form only to be distinguish 
from I" common one by the more acuminate leaves, but is not generally so common ge 
so well marked in Australia as in Africa and in S. Europe. Some specimens, however, 
such as those of Schultz's from Port Darwin, are quite characteristic. 
7. NYSSANTHES, R. Br. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. — Perianth-segments 4, of which 2 p 
ones smaller, all hardened after flowering : and erect, enclosing the 
all or the 2 Güter ones more or less s inescerit. Stamen s2or4, u 
- a cup at the base, with as many short scales or iie ove betw 
sapi reds uou Ovary vildvütite Style with a “re 3 
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