AUemanthera 



AMAKANTACEyE 



139 



2. A. parvifolia sp. nov. ; leaves elliptical, attenuated into 

 the stalk, obtuse, one of a pair larger than the other ; two 

 exterior segments of perianth acuminate spiny, three- nerved, 

 villose from base to above the middle ; hairs minutely barbed at 

 apex. — A. Achyrantha B. Br. var parvifolia Moq. torn. cit. 359 

 (1849). A. repens Urb. loc. cit. (1905) (in part). A. Achyrantha 

 Oriseb. loc. cit. (1859) (in part). (Fig. 45.) 



Fig. 45. — Alter nanthem parvifolia Fawc. & Reudle. 



A, Portion of plant. D, Flower with perianth removed. 



B, Flower with bract and bracteoles. E, Seed cut lengthwise ; e, cotyledons ; 



C, Flower. r, radicle ; e, endospierm. 



JPt Hairs from perianth. 



Wright \ Cinchona, 5000 ft., ^'awce^n Fl. Jam. 6007.— Cuba, Hispaniola, 

 Porto Rico, St. Cruz, St. Vincent, Barbados, trop. and subtrop. America, 

 Azores, Madeira, Canary Is. , Spain. 



Stem pubescent, villose. Leaves, larger 1*2 to nearly 2 cm. 1., •6-" 8 

 cm. br., smaller •&-•! cm. 1., mucronate, with a few hairs or glabrate. 

 Heads 7-9 mm. 1. Bract glabrous, ovate, with spiny apex, f length of 

 exterior lateral perianth-segments, and equal to or shorter than bracteoles ; 

 brskcteoles with a few hairs. Flowers straw-coloured. Perianth-segtnents 

 very unequal, two exterior 3' 5 mm. 1., elliptical-lanceolate; median 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, shorter, villose near base; interior 2-3 mm. 1., 

 bearded at the base and from the middle upwards. Stamens 5, about 

 1 mm. 1. ; staminodes nearly as long, triangular-acuminate ; cup about 

 •3 mm. 1. Pistil (incl. style) as long as stamens, broader above. Utricle 

 1*8 mm. 1. Seed about 1*3 mm. 1., ovate-roundish, somewhat compressed, 

 reddish-brown. 



