214 XCVII. AMARANTACEJE. [ Amarantus, 
dilated and spreading at the end. Pericarp membranous, slightly rugose, 
about as long as the perianth, circumsciss. Styles 2 or 3. 
N. S. Wales, Leichhardt. Perhaps introduced. 
N. Australia. Port Darwin, Scliultz. 
Queensland. Islands off Cape Flattery, M'Gillivray. 
4. A. pallidiflorus, F.. Muell. Fragm. i. 140. An erect or decum- 
long, rather thin and of a pale green. Lower cymes or clusters of 
This species has precisely the aspect of and is closely allied to A. scariosus, Benth, 
from Central America, and with that species would be referred to Sarratia as defined 
by Moquin, or to Amblogyne as defined by A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Sc. v. 168. 
American plant is indeed only to be distinguished from the Australian by the n" 
points to the bracts and by the retuse or emarginate laminze of the fruiting perianth. 
. BECT 2. EuxoLvs.—Perica membranous, indehiscent or. huss 
irregularly, loose and separate from or close and adhering to the seed: 
ale flowers usually but not always tri " 
perianth of 3, 4 or 5 segments usually 
merous or tet - 
falling off with the fruit. 
. A. Mitchellii, Benth. Apparently erect, rather stout and rigid, 
— but not tall. Leaves on long petioles, ovate-lanceolate 0f 
oblong, obtuse, narrowed at the base, 1 to 2 in. long. + Flowers r 
erous, in sessile or shortly pedunculate cymes often i i 
broad, rarely reduced to close clusters." Bracts s 
as the rianth, with a prominent midrib ending in a sharp point, dà 
bracteoles similar but rather smaller. Segments of the fruiting gem 
5, with a rigid erect stipes of about 4 line, and a broad Menos iat 
ing lamina at ng, 
Perianth globular, membranous, with 12 to 15 prominen 
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