Frcelichia 



AMARANTACEiE . 



137 



1 -celled, sessile on the tube between the lobes. Ovary with 

 1 ovule pendulous from a long stalk. Utricle enclosed by the 

 perianth-tube, indehiscent. Seed with annular embryo. 



Species about 10, natives of warmer regions of America from 

 Texas to southern Brazil, including West Indies. 



F. interrupta Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. pt. 2, .421 (1849); 

 Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 63 (excl. syn. F. floridana). Gomphrena 



A, Portion of plant. 



B, Flower surrounded by the bract and 



bracteoles. 



C, Flower without the bract- and brac- 



teoles. 



D, Flower without the perianth. 



Fig. 44. — Froeliekia interrupta Moq. 



E, Portion of the staminal tube with 

 anthers. 



F, Fruit. 



G, Ditto, cut lengthwise. 

 H, Embrj'o ; c, cotyledons ; r, radicle 



e, endosperm. 



interrupta L. Sp. PI. 224 (1753); L'Her. Stirp. i. 5, «. 3; 

 Nutt. Gen. Am, ii. 79 (1818) (under Oplotheca) ; Celosia pro- 

 cumbens Jacq. Misc. ii. 344 (1781) & Ic. Bar. t. 51. (Fig. 44.) 



Wright 1 Shakspear ! St. Andrew ; Kingston ; McNab 1 Kingston, Prior ! 

 Admiral's Pen, Kingston, Campbell ! Long Mt. road, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 11,234. — Hispaniola, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru. 



Stem to 3 dm. high. Leaves, radical elliptical, obtuse, 6 cm. 1., 

 3 cm. br., cauline narrowly elliptical or oblong, 2-4 cm. 1., nearly 2-1 

 cm. br. Fruiting perianth about -5 cm. 1., lobes linear- lanceolate; crests 

 2, narrow. Stamens shorter than perianth. 



