Cyathula 



AMARANTACEit; 



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A roadside weed. March I Priori Spring Hill, Portland, 2200 ft,; 

 Castleton, 500 ft. ; Harris I Fl. Jam. 6717, 8638.— St. Vincent, Trinidad, 

 tropical S. America, tropics of the Old World. 



Stent to 9 dm. Leaves to 6 cm. 1. to 3'5 cm. br. Spikes (incl. 

 peduncle) 5-15 cm. 1. Perianth 2- 5 ram. I. 



2. C. achyranthoides Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 2, 326 

 (1849) ; leaves ovate-elliptical, attenuated at base, long acumi- 

 nate at apex ; glochidia reddish, often about twice as long as 

 the fruiting perianth. — Seuh. op. cit. 231. C. prostrata Griseb. 

 loc. cit. (in part). Desmochseta achyranthoides H. B. & K. Nov. 

 Gen. dSp.ii. 210(1818). 



A roadside weed ; St. Mary, McNab ! near Gordon Town, 900 ft., 

 Moore \ near Darliston, 700 ft., Harris \ PI. Jam. 9931. — Dominica, 

 Panama, Colombia, B. Guiana, Brazil, Peru. 



Stetn to 6 dm. high. Leaves to 11 cm. 1., to 4"5 cm. br. Spikes (incl. 

 peduncle) 5-18 cm. 1. Perianth 2*5-3 mm. 1. 



6. ACHYRANTHES L. 



Herbs, sometimes shrubby at base. Leaves opposite, entire. 

 Flowers soon deflexed, in slender spikes ; bracts and bracteoles 



Fig. iS.—Achyranthes indica Mil). 



A, Part of plant. D, Portion of staminal tube with 2 stamens 



B, Flower with bract and bracteoles. and 3 staminodes. 



C, Flower with two perianth-segments E, Ovary with ovule. 



removed. F, Utricle. 



G, Embryo ; c, cotyledons ; r, radicle ; e, endosperm. 



