140 FLORA OF JAMAICA AUemanthera 



3. A. ficoidea Boem. & Schult. Sysi. v. 555 (1819); leaves 

 elliptical, attenuated at both ends, somewhat acute ; two exterior 

 segments of perianth acuminate-cuspidate, 3-ribbed, more or less 

 hirtellous and brownish. — Urb. loe. cit. A. polygonoides Oriseh. 

 loc. cit. (1859). Gomphrena ficoidea L. 8p. PL 225 (1753). Ille- 

 cebrum ficoideum L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 300 (1762). Gomphrena 

 repens <fec. Browne Hist. Jam. 184. Telanthera ficoidea Moq. 

 torn. cit. 363 (1849). Type in Herb. Linn. 



CrabWithe, Rupturewort. 



Rock River, Browne ; Siiakspear ! Moneague, Prior 1 J.P. 632 ; 

 Catherine Peak, J.P. 1441, Hart ! Kingston ; between Kingston and 

 Morant Bay ; Fawcett I Hope, 600 ft. ; Grove, St. Andrew, 800 ft. ; Black 

 River; between Portland Point and Rocky Point; Harris] Fl. Jam. 6044, 

 6114, 6716, 6801, 6832, 8244, 9856.— West Indies, South America. 



Stem glabrate, more or less tomentose at apex of branches. Leaves 

 8-7 cm. 1., 1-2-3 cm. br., glabrate, the tomentum of the young leaves 

 sometimes partially remaining. Heads -5-1 cm. 1. Bracts about 2*5 

 mm. 1. Flowers straw-coloured. Perianth, two exterior segments about 

 3'5 or 8-6 mm. 1. ; median 3"1 mm. 1., slightly pubescent; interior 3-2-75 

 mm. 1., glabrous. Stamens 2*2 mm. 1.; staminodes as long, with apex 

 fimbriate. Pistil (incl. style and stigma) about 1 mm. 1., ovary globose. 



Var. flavogrisea var. nov. ; stems with very dense greyish- 

 yellow adpressed pubescence above, glabrescent below ; perianth 

 densely hirtellous nearly to apex.^ — -Telanthera flavogrisea Ur1>. 

 Symb. Ant i. 300 (1899). 



Kingston, Priori Eggersl seashore, Rockfort, Campbell \ Kingston, 

 Fawcett I Rockfort ; coast between Portland Point and Rocky Point ; 

 Harrisl PI. Jam. 6059 (fide Urban), 6114, 9568, 10,182. 



4. A. sessilis Moq. torn. cit. 357 (1849) ; leaves elliptical, 

 attenuated at base, obtuse ; exterior segments of perianth 2 mm. 1., 

 acuminate, strongly one-nerved, glabrous ; utricle a little longer 

 than perianth. — Griseb. loc. cit. ; Senb. in FL Bras. v. pt. 1, 184, 

 /. 57, /. II. ; Urb. Symb. Ant iv. 220. Gomphrena sessilis L. Sjt. 

 PL 225 (1753). Illecebrum sessile L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 300 (1762). 

 Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. (Herm. Fl. Zeyl.). 



A weed on lawns, Hope Gardens, Harris <£ Britton 1 Fl. Jam. 10,644. — 

 Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Kitts, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, 

 Martinique, St. Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad, tropics. 



Stem pubescent in two lines. Leaves variable in size, 1-2-6 cm. 1., 

 •8-1-3 cm. br., sometimes larger, glabrous. Heads 2-3 mm. 1. Bracts 

 about 1 mm. 1. Flowers white. Perianth-segments about equal in length, 

 2 nam. 1. Stamens 8, perfect, about 1 mm. 1 ; staminodes as long as 

 stamens, lanceolate-linear ; cup almost obsolete. Pistil (incl. style) 

 shorter than stamens ; ovary broader above. Utrtcle obreniform. 



5. A. paronychioides St. HiL Voy. BrSs. it. 439 (1833) 

 leaves long-stalked, oblanceolate or lanceolate to elliptical ; 

 exterior segments of perianth 4 mm. 1 , acute or somewhat 

 obtuse, scarcely mucronulate, 3-neryed and hirsute on lower 



