^28 Amarantaceae R. Br. 



vermculosls , acutlssimis , subcurvatis, hyalinis, succo dein 

 laete roseo foetis et corpuscula minuta, globosa continenti- 

 bus; mtermodia tetragona, 4-sulcata, inferiora breviora, 0,5 — 

 3,3 poU. longa, 0,05 — 0,10 poll. crassa; /olia opposita, basi 

 in petiolum brevem aut subnullum attenuata, obovato-rbom- 

 boidea, acuta, aut rhomboidea, juveniha • in gemma subrosea 

 pilis strictls, rectis, caeterum iis caulis consimilibus imbrica- 

 tim sese obtegentibus tecta, sublanata, dein piHs raris utrin- 

 que puberula, supra atro-viridia, subtus glauca, nervis alter- 

 nantibus patenti-erectis^ dichotomis, utrinque prominulis per- 

 cursa, 1,0—3,0 poll. longa, 0,7 — 1,7 poU. lata; spicae axIUar. 

 res aut terminales, plerumque 3-nae, binae axIUares cum 

 terminaU, inevolutae sessiles, 0,3 poU. longae, floribus brac- 

 teisque densis imbricatae, stroblUformes, albescentes, floribus 

 dein a basi sensim evolutis distantibus successive elongatae, 

 strictae, pedunculatae, cum pedunculo, 0,5 — 2,0 poU. longo, 

 2,0 — 8,0 poU. longae; rhachis angulata viridis, dense incano- 

 tomentosa, e pilis decumbentibus flexuoso - tortis ; hracteae 

 prlmo alabastro longlores, dein brevlores, ternae sub quoque 

 flore, intermedia longlore et latiore 0,05 poU. longa, ovato- 

 lanceolatae, subulato-acuminatae, albescentes uninerviae, con- 

 cavae, longiter clliatae, dorso serlceo-puberulae ; flores in axll- 

 lis bracteae cujusque solitarli, inde 3-ni, laterales in basi 

 spicae inevolutae, rudimentariae, cristam formantes, e florlbus 

 tribus constanter rudimentariis , singulo e foliolls calycinis 

 3 — 5, lineari-subulatis, apice hamato-reflexls, lanato-pilosis, 

 erectis, apice pauUo dlvergentlbus viridlbus composito ; — 

 nunc, florlbus lateralibus evolutls, terni glomerulati, iterum a 

 lateribus crlstis florum mutatorum obslti; — nunc in supe- 

 periore spicae parte flos alter tantum rlte evolutus, alter ad 

 squamulam plus minus mlnutam, albldo-lanatam reductus, 

 floribus mutatis glochidlatis nuUIs ; flores subsessiles erecti, 

 in anthesi patentes, post anthesln reflexi, rhachldl adpressi; 

 calyx 5-phyUus virldls Intus glaber, extus incano-lanatus e 

 pUIs tenuissimls, acutissimis, verruculosis, hyalinis; foliola 

 erecta, 0,1 poU. longa, in anthcsi per brevc tempus patentia, 



