Oomphrena 



AMAEANTACEiE 



143 



G. decumbens Jacq. Hort. Schoenhr. t. 482 ; stem procum- 

 bent ; 3 outer perianth-segments woolly at base only, flat, 2 

 inner lateral concave woolly. — Moq. in DC. Prodr. xin. pt. 2, 

 410. (Fig. 47.) 



Up Park Camp, 240 ft., Harris ! PI. Jam. 11,542.-18. of Pines, tropical 

 continental America. 



Stem to IJ ft., with ascending branches, woolly, especially when 

 yomig. Leaves 2-3 cm. 1., -5-1 cm. br., oblong-elliptical, semi- 

 amplexicaul. Flower-heads subglobose, "8-1 -5 cm. 1., terminal, usually 



Fig. 47. — Gomphrena deeumbens Jacq. 



A, riowering branch x |. 



B, Flower enclosed by bract (6)^ and brac- 



teoles (6) X 7. 



C, Flower x 7. 



D, Flower with perianth removed, showing 



staminal tube through which the 

 pistil is visible X 7. 



B, Upper portion of staminal tube with 

 2 stamens removed x 10. 



F, Utricle and seed X 7. 



G, Seed in section x 10 ; e, endosperm ; 



c, cotyledons ; r, radicle. 



solitary, with 2 (or 3) leaves at the base. Bract about 2 mm. 1., persistent. 

 Bracteoles about 5 mm. 1., crested, deciduous with flower. Flowers white 

 and pink, enclosed by the bracteoles. Perianth-segments 3- 6-4 mm. 

 Staminal tube about 2*5 mm. 1. 



G. globosa L. Sp. PI 224 (1753) ; Moq. torn, cii, 409 ; 

 Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 63. G. erecta &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 

 184. 



Bachelor's Buttons. 



Naturalised ; Browne ; Miss Wood ! — Widely naturalised ; perhaps a 

 native of America. 



