Achyranthes L. — Aerva Frsk. 423 



ima basi in annulum connata, fcrtilimn dcin subulata, basi 

 hyalina, apicc purpurasccntia, attenuata; antherae terminalcs 

 oblongac, utrinquc bilobac, 2-loculatac; loculi contigui, latc- 

 ralitcr rima clchisccntcs ; imlleii albidum, globosum; germen 

 viride glabrum, obvcrse pyramidatum, subglobosum, pcntago- 

 num, vcrtice subconico in stylum attcnuato; stylus tcrcs albi- 

 dus versus apiccm attcnuatus ; stigma truncatum, subbilobum ; 

 gemmula unica in filo umbilicali crecto pcndula; fructus in- 

 deiiisccns monospermus, ovoideo-cylindricus, apice truncatus, 

 styli rudimento coronatus; semen tcres; emhryo annularis, al- 

 bumcn cingcns. — Mensibus Januario ad Majum flores fruc- 

 tusque gcrens obviam venit. — 18-16. 



319. AERVA LANATA Jss. 



Char. Gen. cf. Msn. Gen. 319. Comm. 231. 19. Endl. Gen. 19G8, sed 

 btaminu stcrilia sunt tcrctia, apicc subulata, planc fcrtilibus conformia, 

 ncc plana dentata (Msn. Endl.), uti jam recte adnotavit Z>/M/ne cclbrr. 

 (in Bijdr. 547) , qui diifcrentiam nullani inter filamenta fcrtilia ct 

 gtei'ilia observavit. 



Char. Spec. cf. Bl. Bijdr. 547, folia autcm haud ovata. 



Descrpt. Ilcrbae annuae erectae, 12 — 24 poll. altae, 



in graminosis et rudcratis prope Bataviam et Bidara-tjina 



vulgatissimac ; caulis juvenilis simplex, senilis e basi ramosa ; 



rami pariter crecti, caule intermedio paullo breviorcs, nunc 



basi procumbentes, apice adscendenti-erccti, teretes, juvenilcs 



rubcntes, dein viridcs, ad apices ramulorum pilis longis acu- 



tissimis, capillaribus dcin flexuosis angulatis et dense verru- 



culoso-aculcolatis, c basi crccta dccumbcntibus intricatis al- 



bido-, imoque candido-lanati (cf. apiccs pilorum Alternanthe- 



rae axillaris in Schld. 1. c. p. 2G7 f. 84), infcrne puberuli aut 



glabrati; stipulae nullae; folia altcrna infima subrotundo-, 



superiora et summa obovato-cuneata, acutiuscula aut acuta, 



in pctiolum 0,5 — 0,2 poll. longum, scmitcretem, paritcr incano- 



tomentosum atte- finfima 1,0 poll. longa, 0,8 poll. latal 



^ superiora 1,0—0,8 - - 0,6—0,5 - - / 



nuata, patentia Isumma 0,35 - - 0,'.>5 - - J 



intcgerrima, iufima viridia subtus pauUo pallidiora, utrinque 



pilis raris, in ncrvis subtus crcbrioribus, adprcssis obsita, mar- 



