Amarantus L. 431 



persistente coronatus, granuloso - tubcrculatus, monospermus, 

 mecllo circumscisse dehiscens ; semen sessile, subgloboso-len- 

 ticulare subcomplanatum, arillo nullo cinctuui aut stipitatum, ' 

 atrum, lucidum; testa crustacca, atro-sanguinca ; emhri/o an- 

 nularis albumen cingcns; alhumen farinaceum candidum. — 

 Per totum annum florcs fructusque proferentem vidi. — 184G. 



323. AMARANTUS (ALBERSIA) POLYSTACHYUS W ld. 



Char. Spec. cf. Bl. Bijdr. 538; affin. A. rhomheus R.Br. Prdr. I. 270, 

 qui practcr staminiim nimicnim distingucndus e bractcarum ct folio- 

 lorum calycis longitudine ct forma nunc obtusa, nunc acuta, nunc 

 longitcr aciiminata, tum e glomcrulis plcrumque axillaribus aut in 

 spicam simplicem aut polystachyam, plus minus densam, aut intcr- 

 ruptam tcnuem, aut crassam dispositis. 



Descrpt. Herbae annuae glaberrimae, in ruderatis, ad 

 vias ct in hortis sua sponte et olus cultae \)Y0\)Q Bataviam et 

 in tota fere Java occidejitali vulgatissimae ; caulis ramosus 

 erectus, 1 — 2 ped. altus et ultra cum ramis, subangulatus c 

 petiolis subdecurrentibus ; ramuli subpuberuli ; petioli oppositi 

 erecto-patentes semi-teretes, supra canaliculati, 0,5 — 2,0 poll, 

 longi, albcscenti-virides ; folia ovato-lanceolata, nunc oblongo- 

 lanceolata, nunc ovata, 1,0 — 2,5 poll. longa, 0,6 — 1,5 poll. 

 hxta, acuta, in apice retuso mucronata; flores staminigeri 

 nonnulli inter pistilligeros plures in glomerulos collecti; ^lo- 

 meruli ad basin ramorum axillares, nunc paullo supra basin 

 ramorum inserti solitarii, nunc plerumque in spicas subpani- 

 culatas tenues graciles interruptas, 2 — 4 poll. longas, dispositi ; 

 bracteae 3-nae ad basin floris cujusdam in cymae trichoto- 

 mae axi abbreviata, flexuosa, geniculata persistentes ; inter- 

 media major, laterales minimae, hyaUnae, nervo viridi vahdo 

 percursae, ovatae, acutae, nervo medio excurrente vix mu- 

 cronulatae; intermedia navicularis calyce brevior; calyx tri- 

 phyllus; foliola angusta navicularia, erecta, hyalina, nervo 

 medio crasso viridi, bracteis consimiha, sed longiora ; stamina 

 3 ; filamenta subulata, erecta, calycis longitudine ; antherae 

 oblongac, luteae, utriuque bilobae; pollefi giobosum; gcrmen 



