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Carey, 2, p. 496 ;— /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 168 ; excl. Rheed. 10. t. 

 79. and syn. Rumph. — A. obtusifolia, Lam — A. indica, Roth. — Rheed. 

 10, t. 78.— Burm. zeyl. t. 50,/. 3.) ^^^ Upang. (f- Both Penin- 

 sulas of India. Bengal, (Serarapore.) Nepal. Fl. small, greenish, and 

 fr. nearly the whole year. 



Desmoch^ta, DC. {Endl. gen.pl. \,p. 303.) 



\. atropurpurea, DC. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 817 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 168. — Achyranthes atropurpurea, Lam. — A. lappacea, L. ; — Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 1, p. 673 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 500; — Rheed. 10, t. 59 i—Burm. 

 zeyl. t. 18,/. 1.) It^TTl '^ft^l Duiya-Khuiya. (f- Coui-tallum. Bom- 

 bay. Bengal, (Serampore, Monghir.) Lower Nepal. Fl. minute, dark 

 purple, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 2. velutina. Wall. {Cat.) % Banks of the Irawaddi, at Yenangheun. Fl. 

 small, whitish, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 



Pupalia, Mart. (Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 303.) 



X.prostrata, Mart. (Desmochseta prostrata, DC. — Spreng.syst. !,;>. 818; 

 — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 168. — Achyranthes prostrata, L. ; — Roxb. 

 fl. ind. I, p. 674 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 501. — Cyathula geniculata, Lour. — 

 Rheed. 10, t. 79 ; — Rumph. 6, t. 11.) Moluccas. Peninsula of India. 

 Fl. minute, greenish red or purple, and fr. C. S. 



Centrostachys, Wall. {Endl. gen. pi. I, p. 303.) 



l.aquatica. Wall. (Cat. — Endl. ichnogr, t. 20. — Achyranthes aquatica, 

 Roxb.fl. ind. 1, p. 673 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 497.) % ? Coromandel. Moul- 

 mein. Silhet. Goalpara. Nepal. Fl. largish, green, R. S. ; fr. Dec. 



Digera ciliata, Mart Deeringia Amherstiana, Wall. Simla. Sirraore. 



— Allmania esculenta, R. Br. Singapore. — A. albida, R. Br. Peninsula 

 of India. — Erua brachiata, Mart. Coromandel. Banks of the Irawaddi, 

 at Yenangheun. — Gomphrenaperennis, L. ^. Rio Janeiro. — G. hispida, 

 L. Rheed. 9, t. 72. S. Concan. — Alternanthera denticulata, R. Br. 

 Doab. Silhet. — Polyscalis sequax, Wall. Nepal. — C/adostachi/s fru- 

 tescens, D. Don. Rumph. 5, t. 83, f. 1. ^ Amboyna. — Lestibudesia spi- 

 cata. Pet. Th. L. B Madagascar. — Trommsdorffia aurata. Mart. S. Ame- 

 rica. — T. pulverulenta. Mart. — S. America. — Mogiphanes villosa, Mart. 

 Brazil. — M. flavescens. Mart. New Granada. — Brandesia villosa. Mart. 

 Brazil. — B. rufa, Mart. Brazil. — Bucholzia maritima. Mart. Brazil. 



ORDER CLI.— CHENOPODIACE^,— Lind. Nat. Syst. p. 208. 



THE GOOSEFOOT TRIBE. 



Herbs or undershrubs, by Lindl. referred to 51 genera. Of these, Spreng. 

 syst. assigns about 85 species to Europe ; 36 to New Holland and Van 

 Diemen's Land; 16 to N. America; 15 to Siberia; 15 to S. America; 



