136 FLORA OF JAMAICA Achyranthea 



spinescent. Perianth-segments 5, shortly spinescent, at length 

 hardened and ribbed. Stamens 5, connate at the base with 

 lamellate staminodes broader above, fringed on the back below 

 the apex ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary with a slender style and 

 terminal stigma ; ovule 1, at apex of a long basal stalk. Utricle 

 indehiscent, oblong or ovoid ; embryo surrounding the endo- 

 sperm ; cotyledons linear-lanceolate, flat, infolded at apex. 

 Species 1 2, natives of warm and tropical regions. 



Leaves obovate-roundish 1. A. indica. 



Leaves lanceolate or elliptical, attenuated at both ends, 



acuminate 2. A. aspera. 



1. A. Indiea Mill. Diet. (1768) & Ic. t. U, f. 2; leaves 

 obovate-roundish, base abruptly narrowing, apex rounded, apicu- 

 late, pubescent. — A. aspera X. var. indica L. Sp. PL 204 (1753). 

 A. obtusifolia Lam. Encyc. i. 545 (1785); Urh. Symh. Ant. iv. 

 219. A. aspera Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 2, 314 (1849) ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 1777. A. aspera L. var. obtusifolia Griseb. Ft. 

 Br. W. Ind. 62 (1859). Amaranthus spicatus dictamni &c. 

 Pluh. Aim. 26, t. 10, /. 4. Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. (Herm. 

 Fl. Zeyl.). (Pig. 43.) 



Wilson \ Kingston, Priori Ginger Piece, Blue Mts., J. P. 1420, Hartl 

 near Kingston, Campbell ! Hope, 700 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6484, 6869.— 

 West Indies, warmer regions of the world. 



A weed, to 1 m. high. Leaves 3-7 "5 cm. 1., 2-7 cm. br. Spike to 

 3 dm. 1., woolly. Bract 3 mm. 1. Perianth 4 mm. 1. Stamens 1 mm. I. ; 

 staminoides -5 mm. 1. Ovary '5 mm. 1. ; style 1 mm. 1. 



2. A. aspera L. Sp. PI. 204 (1753); leaves lanceolate or 

 elliptical, narrowing at both ends, acuminate, on upper surface 

 pubescent, beneath sericeous. — Urb. torn. cit. 220. A. caule 

 geniculato &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 180. A. argentea Lam. 

 Encyc. i. 545 (1785); Moq. op. cit. 315 (with var. virgata). 

 A. aspera L. var. argentea Griseb. loc. cit. Type in Herb. Linn. 



"Crescence," Brovme ; Broughtonl Shakspearl — Key West, Cuba, 

 Hispaniola, Porto Kico, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent, Nicaragua, 

 Africa, S. Europe, tropical Asia to Japan. 



Leaves 4-9 cm. 1., 1-6-3 -5 cm. br. Bract about 4 mm. 1., limb about 

 1-5 mm. 1. Perianth 6 mm. ]. Stamens 2*5 mm. 1., staminodes 1'5 mm. 1. 

 Ovary about 1 mm. 1., style about 1 mm. 1. 



7. FRffiLICHIA Mcench. 



Herbs. Leaves opposite. Flowers hermaphrodite, in spikes, 

 enclosed by membranous bracts. Perianth woolly, tubular, 

 5-lobed, tube becoming hard and crested in the fruit. Stamens 

 united into a tube divided at the apex into 5 lobes ; anthers 



