Amarantiis L- — Chamissoa 11. B, K. 435 



qiic glabemma, dein flaccida, integerrima ; capitula in prima 

 intentione terminalia, subsessilia, bracteis imbricatis nitidis, 

 florcs obtcgcntibiis , dcin ramo axillari cxcrcscente lateralia, 

 pedunculata, patentia, hcmisphaerica aut ovato-globosa ; pe- 

 dunctdi in prima juventute una cum summo ramidorum apice 

 pilis et aculeolis minutissimis. antrorsis obsessi, dein glabrati, 

 0,5 — 1,5 poll. longi, subangulati virides; capitula e cymis 

 subsessilibus tricliotomis 5 — 7-floris composita, ramis brevis- 

 simis iterum trichotomis ; hracteae plurimae ad ramificationem 

 quamque et inde ad florem intcrmcdium qucmque solitariae 

 et dein sub flore ultimo quoque binac lateralcs ct una inter- 

 media exterior et inde in cyma 7-flora 15 subscariosae ovato- 

 lanceolatae, longiter acuminatae, subulatae, margine tenuissi- 

 mo albescenti, nitidae, nervo medio vii'idi pcrcursae, subcari- 

 natae, ad carinam et subulam minutissime antrorsum serru- 

 latae, floribus arcte adpressae, cum subula 0,2 poU. longa, 

 intermedia quaque suis collateralibus paullo latior et robustior ; 

 flores sessiles ; aili/x o-phylhis ; foliola margine tenuissima, 

 membranacea, hyalina, lucida, nervo medio sat crasso viridi 

 percursa, 0,2 poll. longa, 0,05 poll. lata, cum bracteis in an- 

 thesi erecto-pateutia, ante et post anthesin conniventia j^er- 

 sistentia ; stamina 5 foliolis calycinis opposita eisque vix bre- 

 viora: filamenta albida, lucida, ima basi in cupulam 0,02 

 poll. altam counata, sinubus obtusis , sterilia nuUa , fertilia 

 filiformia, subulata erecta ; antherae oblongae, kermesinae, 

 introrsae subversatiles supra basin insertae, utrinque leviter 

 bifidae, 2-loculatae; loculi contigui paralleli; pollen albidum, 

 globosum; germeyi oblongum viride vix complanatum, gla- 

 brum, unilocidatum ; gemmula unica sessilis ; stylus staminir- 

 bus paidlo brevior albidus persistens ; stigma capitato-bilobum, 

 hlacinum, lobis obtusiuscidis crassis subclavatis, intus papiUis, 

 cyhndricis, apice subclavatis obsessis ; fructus calyce persis- 

 tente immutato, primo conniventi dein patulo cinctus oblon- 

 gus, stylo toto aut ejusdem rudimento apiculatus, apice sub- 

 complanatus, viridis, glaber, calyce minor, versus basin sub-5- 

 gonus, monospermus, dein supra basin circumscissus, opcrcu- 



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