872 BENGAL PLANTS. [Cyathula, 
solitary, pendulous from a long, basal funicle ; = simple, 
filiform ; stigma capitellate. Fruit an ovoid, membranous utricle, 
enclosed in the perianth, its apex areolate. Seed — oblong ; 
testa coriaceous ; embryo annular; cotyledons linear, flat ; radicle 
erect. 
1704. CyarHuna prostrata Bl.; F. B. I. iv. 723. Achyranthes 
prostrata F. I. i. 674. 
E. Bengal ; giienens 
A slender, erect weed. 
772. Pupalia Juss. 
Herbs or undershrubs, 3- eat branched ; leaves oppo- 
site, petioled, ovate or orbicular, entire. owers green, fascicled, 
in simple or panicled spikes ; nce with 1 perfect flower, the 
rest imperfect ; perianth-segments of imperfect flowers ultimately 
converted into yee sor \ Becemit seer. bristles; bracts and 
bracteoles scariou Perianth-segm of perfect flowers 5; 
slightly oats Rie ‘an tt wopliiie iiawoat equal, lanceo- 
1 acuminate, 3-5-nerved. Stamens 5; aments subulate, 
shortly connate at the base ; anthers didymous, 2-locular. Carpels 
ing an ovoid, 1-celled ovary, gradually tapering jute’ a sland 
sigs ovule solitary, pendulous from a long, basal funicle ; style 
simple; stigma capitellate. Fruit an ovoid, membranous utricle, 
enclosed in the perianth, its apex areolate. Seed inverse, lenticular, 
rostellate; testa thinly coriaceous; embryo annular; cotyledons 
linear, flat ; radicle ascending. 
Herbaceous, glabrous or nearly so, annual or biennial; leaves distinctly 
petioled ; sepals laxly villous; bracts pungent.................. atropurpured- 
Shrubby, tomentose, perennial; leaves shor sera sepals densely 
woolly ; outermost bract very broad, membranous..............++++ lappw 
1705. Purana aTRopuRPUREA Mogq.; F. B. I. iv. 723. Achy: 
ranthes a Fd 6 
ise a ; Behar ; Tirhut ; N. Bengal; W. Bengal. — 
—. ere herb. Beng. Kuya-duya, days : 
1706. a LAPPACEA Mogq.; F. B. I. iy. 724. 
A large, straggling undershrub. 
