JErva. AMARANTACEiE. 993. 



mucronulatis basi longe allenuatis siibpctiolatis, spicis cyliridricis 

 lanatis scssilibus in paiiiculau) tcrmiijalcni apbyllam sicpc composilam 

 disposilis lerminali longiorc, floVibus nilidis, bracleis ovalis perigonio 

 sul)breviorii)us mucronulatis exleriore pilosula, pbyllis uniiierviis, 

 utriculo oblongo acutiusculo ^. Iresina Jdvaiiicaci I. Prrsica IJiirm. 

 Ind. tab. 65. — Celosia lanata L. S[). 208. — jE. tomtutom Fnrsk. 

 loc. cit. — Achyrautkes afopecuroictcs Lam. 



Hab. in lapidosis .'t drK.TUs. Egvplu.s supfrior (IJd 1 Boiss! Sieb!), iii Oasi 

 ma^rnA (Scliw!) et Oasi Da.-li.d (As.-h!), Arahiu ptitrea fScliiiap. 2-'i3!), Baby- 

 lonia(Aucli. 3193! N.h>!), Persia australis ((iarc). 



/3. BnmiWehb. Sjiic. Gorg. — Folia anguste lanceohda vel liiiearia 

 sappc revoluta et interdum deflexa. — jE. Bovei Edgew. 



Hab. in desertis iEgyptiaco-Arabicis prope Syonem (Kral!) et in littnro 

 iEgyptiaco prope Kosseir (Schwoinf!), in vallibus Sinaiticis (Boisi;!) ctOuadi 

 Hebran Arabia^ Petrete (Bove! Schinip. I'i4!i, AfYghaniii (GrilV!), Behitscliia 

 (Stocks!). 



Ar. Geogr. Africa borealis, Sei-egalia, Insuhe capitis viridis, Xubia, Altys- 

 sinia, Arabia, India. 



2. JE. lanata (L. Sp. p. 296 sub ArJn/rnnthes) mnu?^ vel percn- 

 nans el iiiferne indurata tcnuiler cinereo-tomentella, caiilibus lierba- 

 ceis terelibus tenuibus patule ramosis, foliis obovalis oblusis iri 

 petiolum brevem attenuatis. spicis lanatis sessilibus omnibus dissilis 

 ovatis vel breviter cyliridricis inferioribus ad foliorum axillas supe- 

 rioribus secus ramos longe spicatis foliis minutis suffultis, bracleis 

 triangulari-ovatis apiculatis extus pilosiusculis perigonio brevioribus, 

 pliylHs unincrviis, utriculo subgloboso V^.jE.tanala Juss. Anri. Mus. 

 IL p. 131. — Achyranthes villosa Forsk. Fg. Ar. p. 48. 



Hab. in Egypto (ex Forsk.), Pcrsia ad sinuni Persicum (Belang.r). 



Ar. Geogr. Nubia, Abyssinia, Aralaa.. India, Africa australis. 



ACUYRAMnES (L. Gen. p. 413). 



Flores bermapbroditi tribracteati. Pcrigonium 5 rariiis 4-pbylhin> 

 glabrum pbyllis subin.Tqualibus dcmum induratis. Stamina 5-4 basi 

 in cupulam coalita. Stamiiiodia quiii(|ue iiiterjecta intcgi-a vel s.epius 

 apicc dcnticulata dorso intcrdum limbrialo-appcndiculata. Ovarium 

 uniovulatum. Stylus subclongatiis. stigma simplex capilatum. Ulr'i- 

 culus ovatus vcl subglobosus indcliiscens calyce iriclusus. Senicii 

 verticalc subcruslaccum. arillo iiiillo. Albumen parcum ccntrale, 

 einbryo aniiularis pcripbericus, radicula ascciidens — Ilerba? vel 

 suffrulices, foliis et ramis oppositis bisce articiilatis, lloribus sjiicatis. 



\. A. aspera (L. Sp. p. 295. — Ascbcrs in Scliw. Bcilr. p. 172) 

 fruticosa adprcsse pubescens ramis elongafis ramosis ramulis virgalis 

 erecto-pafulis, foliis l)i'cvitcr petiolatis ovatis vel oblongis aculis ve! 



