^^ Amarantaceae R.Br. 



subglobosum ; stylus brevis conicus; stigmata 3 — 2 brevia, 

 papillosa; gemmula soKtaria; fructus a calyce breviori suf- 

 fultus et cinctus et cum eo deciduus, granuloso-tuberculatus, 

 stvlo coronatus indehiscens monospermus; semen lenticulare 

 glaberrimum, nitidum, haud arillatum; emlryo annularis al- 

 bumen farinosum albidum cingens. — Per totum annum 

 flores fructusque profei't. — 1846. 



324. AMARANTLS SPINOSLS L. p. VIPJDICAULIS Hsskl. 



aiar. Gen. cf. Msn. Gen. 319. Comm. 232. 29. Endl. Gen. 1972, Sppl. L 1971/1 

 et /2, Sppl. III. 1971/2. Alhersia Knth. haud diversa, vid. adnot. ad A. 

 (^Alhersiani) oleraceum L. — Scleropus Schrad. differt calyce 3-pliyllo, 

 staminilDUS 3 , fructu indehiscente, sed irregulariter rumpente, com- 

 presso granuloso - tuherculato floribusque cT solitariis ; — 3Iengea 

 "SVlp. flore staminigero solitario inter pistilligeros, stamine 1 in axilla 

 squamulae. caljce pistilligcro monophyllo , stigmatibus 3, fructu in- 

 dehiseente ; — Chamissoa Knth. Endl. Gen. 1973 differt florihus herma- 

 phroditis, staminihus hasi in cupulam hidentatam connatis, seminihus 

 arillatis. 



Ckar. Spec. cf. Bl. Bijdr. 540. Sprg. Syst. Veg. L 929. Hsskl. Catal. 

 385.^- 3. B. 



Varietas a. rubricauUs Hsskl. 1. c. Diagn. nov. 79 caule differt nunc 

 procumhente, hasi luride viridi, versus apicem et ramis laete purpu- 

 reis ; BUiiwi spinosum Rmph. amh. V. 234 (false a me Catal. 1. c. ad prio- 

 rem varietatem citatum) t. 83 f. 1, icon pessima. — Var. y. pxjgmaeus 

 Esskl. 1. c. caule humili, ramis hrevibus coarctatis, suh-procumhenti- 

 hus differt. — Komen sundense: Sengang vionjet lotili, i. e. Aniar. 

 simiarum minor. 



Descrpt. Herbae annuae, in ruderatis totius Javae 

 occidentalis haud nimis elatis vilissimae et Sehgang tjiitjuk 

 s. Bdjem dtiri , i. e. Amar. spinosus dictae, glaberrimae; 

 caulis erectus, laete viridis robustus, 2 — 3 poU. altus, ramo- 

 sissimus; rami eiecti subteretes ramosi spinosi ; petioli alterni 

 erecti, semi-teretes supra canaliculati, albidi, 0,5 — 3,0 poll. 

 longi, versus apicem attenuati et in nervum medium albidum 

 transeuntes, glaberrimi; folia ovato-, s. oblongo-lanceolata, 

 ramulorum oblongo - lanceolata , muho minora, acuta, apice 

 subretusa aut emarginata, ibique mucrone instructa, basi acuta 

 aut in petiolum attenuata, margine repanda, subundulata; 

 supra opaca in nervis lateralibus parallelis et nervo medio 



