et ee ee yh ee ee ne ee ee ee ee ae 
Cyathula,} AMARANTACER. 871 
1699. Oe MANGOSTANUS Linn.; F. B. I. iv. 720; EH. D. 
A. 984. 
In most of the provinces. 
A diffusely branched annual; perhaps a feral state of 
A. gangeticus var. tristis. Beng. Sag. 
1700. Amarantus viripis Linn.; F. I. iii. 605; F. B. I. iv. 720; 
KE. D. A. 958 
In all the provinces, a weed of cultivation. 
ender annual. 
1700/2. Var. rasciata. A. fasciatus F. I. iii. 609; E. D. A. 928. 
In most of the provinces. 
A slender annual. Beng. Ban-nati, tun-tuni-nati. 
1701. Pats Buiitum Linn. ; Pan yh ae Bae Ay 9 3 Ags CB ee a 
In the western provinces. 
A procumbent, annual pts 
1701/2. Var. onmracea; F. B. I. i 
In most of the provinces, ‘llnivabed. 
A tall, succulent annual. Beng. Sada-natia, natiya- 
sag. 
1702. AMaranrus potycamus Linn.; F. B. I. iy. 721; E. D. 
A. 941. A. polygonoides F. I. iii. 602 
Behar; Tirhut; N. Bengal; C. Bengal. 
A prostrate, annual weed. Vernac. Champa-natiya, 
lal-champa-natiya. 
1703. AMARANTUS TENUIFOLIUS Willd.; F. I. iii. 602; F. B. I. 
iv. 722; E. D. A. 949. 
> A, 
Tirhut; Behar; ©. Bengal; E. B 
A prostrate, castles weed, Beng. pan nati, jélehumili. 
771. Cyathula Lour. 
Herbs or undershrubs; leaves opposite, petioled, ovate, entire. 
Flowers small, in large or small bracteate an ind bracteolate fas- 
Imperfect flowerg ultimately converted into rigid, hooked awns; 
bracts ovate, concave, often aristate. pein of 5 scarious, 
l-nerved sepals, acuminate or with hooked aristw. Stamens 5; 
ee connate below, with intervening linear, lacerate or 2-fid 
odes in a — — cup; anthers oblong, 
2eclled, Carpels forming oboyoid, 1-celled ovary; ovule 
