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green ; calyx scarcely longer than the bracts ; utricles the same 

 length as the calyx, bi or trifid at the apex. Syn. Blitum indicum, 

 2 ; Rumph. Amb. v, p 231, t. 82, f. 2 ; Amaranthus tristis, Willd. 

 Amarant. p21,N. 14, .5, f. 10; Wight Tc. t. 514; A dubius, Mart. 

 Hort. Erlang. 1814, p 197; A tristis, Wight Ic. t. 713. 



3. SPINOSUS, Linn. sp. p 1407, N. 22. Stem erect, not angled, 

 obsoletely striated, quite glabrous, reddish ; leaves long-petioled, 

 rhomb-ovate or deltoid, sometimes lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, sub- 

 emarginate, glabrous, dark -green, with 2 thorns in the axils ; pani- 

 cles sparingly branched ; spikes erect, cyliridric-acute, terminal one 

 long and somewhat rigid ; flowers dense, green ; calyx as long as 

 the bracts ; utricles as long as the calyx, bi to trifid at the apex. 

 Syn. Blitum spinosum, Rumph. Amb. v, t. 83, /. i. 



4. EUXOLUS, Rafin. 



1. OLERACEUS, Moq. loc. cit. Stem erect or ascending, striated, 

 glabrous, whitish ; leaves petioled, ovate, very obtuse, emarginate, 

 rather wrinkled, pale-green ; spikelets axillary, shorter than the 

 petiole, a little branched ; spike terminal, erect, abbreviated, thick- 

 ish, rather obtuse, dense rigid ; flowers closely clustered, pale- 

 green ; calyx twice the length of the bracts ; utricles ovate, rather 

 acute, smooth. Amaranthus oleraceus, Linn. sp. p 1403, N. 1 . 

 Aubl. Guy. ii, p 855; Willd. Amarant. p 17, t. 5, f. 9 ; Wight Ic. 

 t. 715 (?); Pyxidium oleraceum, Moench. Meth. p 359; Pentrius 

 oleraceus, Rafin. Fl. Tell p 42 ; Albersia oleracea, Kunth Fl Berol. 

 ii, p 144. 



5. PSTLOTRICHUM, Blume. 



1. SERICEUM, Dalz. Mss. Stem erect, tomentose ; leaves 

 petioled, broad-ovate, acuminate, silky ; peduncles axillary, longer 

 than the leaf, 2 to 3 inches long, round, bifid or trifid, rigid, tomen- 

 tose ; spikes 1 to 1 inch long, flexuose. Kattywar. Syn. Achyr- 

 anthes sericea, Keen, in Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 502 ; Wight Ic. t. 726. 



6. AERVA, Forsk. 



1. JAVANICA, Juss. Ann. d'Mus. ii, p 131. Stein herbaceous, 

 erect or ascending, branched, round, obsoletely striated, tomentose 

 hoary ; leaves alternate, very shortly-petioled, obovate-lanceolate, 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, shortly mucronate, tomen- 

 tose, hoary ; spikes solitary, sessile ascending, long, cylindric-obtuse, 

 woolly ; flowers white ; calyx a little longer than the bracts ; sepals 

 1 -nerved. At Cambay. Syn. Iresine javanica, Burm. Fl Ind. p 

 212, t. 60, /. 2 ; Celosia lanata, Linn. sp. p 298, N. 7 ; Illecebrum 



