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CLXXX. AMAEANTACE^J. 



Gomphrena ylobosa,. 

 Flower (mag.). 



Gomphrena. 



Part of andrcecium and 

 Btaminal tube (mag.). 



Amarantin rejlexut. 



A mar an tu K. 

 flower cut vertically 

 (mag.). 



Gomphrena. 



Staminal tube 



(mag.). 



Gomphrena. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



Amarantu*. 



Seed, entire and cut 



vertically (mag.). 



black, shining ; endopleura membranous ; hilum naked, or rarely arillate ; albumen 

 abundant, central, farinaceous. EMBRYO peripheric, annular or curved; cotyledons 

 incumbent ; radicle near the hilum, inferior, sub-ascending. 



