ClIENOPODAI I - j 



wi \i; \\ I \« i i 





tropical America, bul 8 in exfa Vsia, and but 21 in i 



..I Europe, 28 •■• N< i Holland, and 

 Many of the Bpeciee are used, with the addition of Lemon 



' '"'"" "' ' ll " whole* • mucilaginous qualitiea of thi 



employed externaUj as an emollient poultice. I he bitter and acrid l< av, 

 eelosioides are used against the measles in Java. Achyranth. 



kdmimstered in India in dropsical cases The flowers of thi i 

 lata, are astringent, and an exhibited in Asia in cases of diarrha*, blei 

 excessive menstrual discharges, bnmafa us, and similar disordi i 

 ranthus frumentaceua Kiery), and of A. Anardhana, are gather. . ;,, 



In, ha. Achyranthee globulifera and Amaranthus debilis, are both us< 



111 ,l " l " n " "' l " 111 ^ :i ~ : > cure for Byphilis. Amaranthus obtusifolius 



diuretic. Several are objects of interesl with gardeners, for the beautj of their colour- 

 ad the durability ol their blossoms. Gomphrena officinalis and macrocephala 

 have a prodigious reputation in Brazil, where the} an called Para todo I ,„l 



is do Padre Salerma : as the firet of these names imports, they an I useful 



n»»U kinds ol diseases, esj ially in cases of intermittent fever, colic, and diarri 



and against the bite of serpents. The root is considered a stimulating tonic. 



The Order lias been remodelled by Moquin Tandon (D. C. P 



I ), as follows :— '' ' 



G] \! i: \ 



I Cklosi 

 Qadostachys, P 



II. ' ni t \loq 



i, /.. 



I. ■ 



-iiar- 

 Mart. 

 I ii'U 

 // I; • 



/' I M 



II Ai H\ i: i\ i in i 

 /. 

 Much 



I i\ 



Sarm 



-sou, Kth. 

 ' • >, K. Br. 



- 



Ltca 



Ilal.lit/.ia. M. B. 

 Ami 



'■' nk. 

 '■' 



Kth. 

 P ' Kaf. 



Aoni.la. M 



Psilotrichu 



Wail. 



I 



Ptilotus, A 

 Trichinium, R. Br. 



i 



Kotschy. 



Pscudaiithu- R II 

 looma, I- 



K i 



•. Fen/.]. 

 N •-./.' Br. 



i harp utiera, <. 



I 

 Diffi 

 Sahia. R 



. ' 

 Cyathula, I 



Kth. 



I Wall, 



hroa, R \ 

 Polycm 



III QOMFHBJ ' 



pianthus, 1 

 Guillemjnia, Kth. 



Phil Mart 



Rofta. Mart 



lira, Raf. 



.. L 

 - • ra.) 



Gu, 



\ 

 I urcz. 

 Alternant] 



Altai 



I 

 rPhyllepidum, i 



Numbbbs. Qen. 46. S] 



Position.— Chenopodiacea?.— AmaRANTACJ i 



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