Psilotrichiim Bl. — Alternanthera Frsk. — Achyranthes L. 421 



Ohs. 1. Affinitas maxima ad A. villosam H. B. K. et A. frutescentem 

 R.Br. cf. R.etS. V. 503. Piior differt: caule volubili foliisque fer- 

 rugineo-scriceis, subsessilibus ovatis, acuminatis, . peclunculis clensissi- 

 me ferrugiueo-villosis , foliolis calycis ovato - lanceolatis ; — allera 

 ditfert: caule rufescente succulcnto 1,5 jjed. alto, foliis ellipticis aut 

 obovatis pulvcrulentis, squamis 5 brevibus ciliatis staminibus inter- 

 jectis. — Nomcn sundense : Tdntang (jida, i. e. lusus sacchari. 



Obs. 2. A. denticvlata E.Br. (3. bifaria Hsskl. Catal. 376. Diagn. nov. 

 77. A. denticulata Bl. Bijdr. 546 dittert: capitulis sessilibus, calycis 

 foliolis ovatis, acuminatis, glabris, fructu vix longioribus ; foliis op- 

 positis , angusto - lanceolatis , denticulatis, glabris, axillis barbatis, 

 caule procumbente tetragono, glabro ; ramis bifariam pubescentibus 

 Bl. 1. c. — Nomen sundense: Telontdga. 



Descrpt. Herba perennls basi frutescens, erecta 3 — 6 

 ped. alta; caulis teres nodosus viridis versus apicem ruber, 

 ramosissimus ; rami patentisslmi, divaricati, oppositl, versus 

 apicem dichotoml, sti-Igoso - hirti ; folia opposlta, petiolata, 

 ovato- s. oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, basi In petiolum at- 

 tenuata, utrlnque adpresse pllosa ; juniora puberula, margine 

 ciliolata; capitula in ramulls termlnalia longe pedimculata, 

 subglobosa, albida ; flores tribracteati ; bracteae binae laterales 

 majores concavo-carlnatae, ovatae, acutae, cum calyce extus 

 albldo-pllosae ; calyx pentaphyllus, bractels duplo major; fo- 

 llola apice et marglnlbus connlventia, lineari-lanceolata ; sta- 

 mina 10; filamejita basi in urceolum brevem connata, 5 fer- 

 tilia cum totidem sterihbus, apice tridentatls majorlbus alter- 

 nantia; antherae unlloculatae ; germen subglobosum; stt/ltis 

 filiformis; stigma capitatum; fructus indehlscens monosper- 

 mus, calycis foHolis duplo brevlor. 



318. ACHYRANTHES CAXESCEXS R.Br. 



Ckar. Gen. cf. Msn. Geu. 319. Comm. 231. 17. Eudl. Gen. 1966; an 

 Cenlrostachijs Wll. Endl. Gcn. 1967 sufficienter ab hoc generc distinc- 

 tum ? squamulae inter fdamenta vix diversae ; bracteae muticac ad 

 distinguendum genus utrumque hatid sufficiuut et caetera signa de- 

 stinctionis desunt ! — Puimlia'M.vt. Endl. Gen. 1971 an jure sejuncta? 



Ckar. Spec. cf. E.Br. Prdr. 1.273. An A. bidentala ^. elongata Bl. Bijdr. 

 546 huc pertinet? 



Descrpt. Herbae vilissimae, ublque ad vias et in 

 apricis per totam Javam occidentalem et forsan etiam orien- 



