430 Amarantaceao R.Br. 



322. AMARANTUS (ALBERSIA) OLERACEUS L. 



Char. Ge7i. cf. Endl. Gen. 1972 et Sppl. 1. 1971/1 etp. 432. not, ad Amar. 

 spinosiiin; mea opinione Alhersia Kntli. haud ab Amaranto distin- 

 gnendum genus ; partium floris nujnerus ternarius, nec quinarius et 

 stigmata 3, nec 2 haud sufficiunt ad signa distinctionis et fructus in 

 nostra etsi cum calyce deciduus, tamen circumscissus evadit, nec in- 

 dehiscens remanet. 



Char. Spec. cf. Bl. Bijdr. 539, valde accedit ad A. interruptum R. Br, 

 Prdr. I. 270. — Bhtum album Emph. amb. V. 231 t. 82 f. 1; 



icon mala. Albersia Knth. Hsskl. Cat. p. 84. 



Descrpt. Herbae annuae, ad vias et in ruderatis tofms 

 Javae occidentalis in locis haud nimis elatis vulgatissimae, 

 olus in hortis frequentissime cultae et Bajem a Malaiis, 

 Sengang a Sundensibus dictae, loco Spinaciae oleraceae L. — ; 

 r«z//2> (plantae incultae) erectus, 1 — 2 ped. longus, nunc pro- 

 cumbens, viridis giaber teretiusculus, sed costis asperis stria- 

 tus, ramosus; rami teretiusculi , adpresse strigosi; petioli 

 altemi, e basi latiore subdecurrentes, 0,3 — 1,5 poU. longi;/b- 

 lia rhombeo-lanceolata , nunc ovato- s. oblongo - lanceolata, 

 j)lus minus longiter acuminata, apice obtusiusculo, mucronu- 

 lato, utrinque glabra, 1 — 2 poU. longa, 0,5 — 1,0 poU. lata; 

 stipulae nullae; flores 3-bracteati, glomerulati; glomeruli e 

 cymis dichotome ramosis abbreviatissimis congesti, apice in 

 spicam interruptam, 3 poll. longam dispositi, flores pistillige- 

 ros et staminigeros intermixtos proferentes ; hracteae oblongo- 

 lanceolatae, longiter subulato - acuminatae, diaphanae, nervo 

 medio viridi, calyce duplo longiores, cum acumine 0,1 — 0,2 

 poll. longae; cali/x 3-phyllus connivens, in anthesi patens; 

 foliola ovato-oblonga , longiter subulato - acuminata ; bracteis 

 subsimiha, florum cf et 2 aequalia, 0,1 poU. longa; stainina 

 3 ; filamenta erecta, flexuosa, filiformia, flavescenti-viridia, in 

 centro floris inserta, basi ima subconnata; antherae oblongae, 

 utrinque bifidae, dein exsertae; loculi basi divergentes; jwl- 

 len flavescens globosum; germen sessile complanato-subglo- 

 bosum; stylus subglobosus, basi supra germen constrictus; 

 stigmata 3 divergentia, subulata, papilloso - pilosa, hyalina; 

 fructus calyce et bracteis cinctus et cum iis deciduus, stylo 



