PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Hellconia. 195. 



alba, ' 



pfitiacorum. 



h'lrfnta. 



H. nerves of the leaves moft fimple fmootheft, egg- 

 rounded at the bafc, ne6lary^halberted free. 5. 



white, 

 H. leaves fmootheft nerved rounded at the bafe, infio- 

 refcence moft fmooth, fpadix ere<9: bradtelefs, 

 nectary lanced adhering. 5. parrot. 



H. leaves rounded at the bafe moft fimply nerved 

 fmootheft, inflorefcence ihaggy, fpadix winding, 

 ne6lary lanced adhering. iS. jhaggy* 



288. ACHYRANTHES. Cal. 5-leaved. Cor. o. 

 Stigma 2-cleft. Seeds iblitary. 



ajpera. 3. A. ftem fhrubby ere^t, calyxes reflected apprefTed to 



the fpike. rough, 



lappacea. 4. A. ftem ftirubby diff'ufe, proftrate with interrupted 



fpikes, the lateral florets on both fides with a 

 hooked fafcicle of briftles. hurry, 



muricata. 2. A. ftem ftirubby expanding, leaves alternate, flowers 



fpiked remote egg'd, calyxes ragged, murex^d, 



corymhofa. . 7. A. leaves fourfold linear, panicle two-fork-corymbed. 



corymbed, 



dichotoma. lO. A. ftem fiirubbyifti, fpikes oppofite linear flat acute, 



cyme two-fork'd. two-fork* d, 



projlrata, 5. A ftems proftrate ftirubby, fpikes oblong : florets 



with a hooked fafcicle on both fides, projirate. 



altermfoUa. A. ftem erect, flowers in fubglobular hedgehogs. 



^' alternate-leaved, 



patula. A. ftem ftirubby expanded pubefcent, flowers in or- 



bicular fpikes hedgehog-hook'd. iS. expanded. 



lappacea, A. ftem flirubby diffufe proftrate, fpikes interrupted, 



lateral florets on both fides in a hook'd fafcicle 

 of briftles. S. hurry. 



289. 



argentea. 



CELOSIA. Cal, 3-leaved. Qoroh 5 petal'd 

 in appearance. Stamens conjoined ar 

 the bafe to the plaited nedlary. Capf. 

 gaping horizontally. 



I. C. leaves lanced, ftipules fomewhat fickled, peduncles 

 angled, fpikes parched. ftlvcr, 



B b 2 2. C. 



