Alternanthera.] AMARANTACER. 875 
nodes toothed but not fimbriate ; leaves membranous, large, wide- 
elliptic, acuminate, sparingly pubescent or glabrous; rachis of spike 
slender ; a straggling, subscandent herb in forest undergrowth 
3 bidentata. 
1711. AcHYRaNTHES aquatica R. Brey: F. Tek 678; Fe By it 
iv. 780; BE. D. A. 381. 
Tirhut ; N. Bengal. 
A tall, stout herb, straggling in water and rooting on 
the margins of ponds and river-banks. 
1712. AcHYRANTHES ASPERA Linn. ; F. I. i. 672; F. B. I. iv. peitt 
E. D. A. 382. 
In all the provinces. 
coarse weed of waysides and waste places. Hind. 
Latjira, chichira ; Beng. Apang. 
1712/2. Var. porrnyrrstacuya F. B. I. iv. 730. 
Chota Nagpur, frequent; Chittagong. 
A straggling climber in shady forests. 
1713. AcHYRANTHES BIDENTATA Bl.; F. B. I. iv. 780. 
Chota Nagpur, Parasnath. 
A straggling climber in shady forests. 
776. Alternanthera Forsk. 
Herbs, usually decumbent or prostrate ; leaves “apposite. entire. 
Plowers hermaphrodite, small, white, in axillary, often clustered 
heads ; ; bracts and 2 bracteoles herbaceous. Perianth-segments fe 
Up, with or without ihereenins staminodes; anthers short 
or long, 1-celled. Carpels forming an orbicular or ovoid 1-celled 
OVASY 3 3 Ovule solitary, pendulous from a long, rete funicle ; 
stigma subsessile, capitellate, or rarely 2-fid. Fruit a compressed, 
void orbicular or obcordate utricle, margins often thickened or 
Winged. Seed inverse, lenticular; testa crustaceous; embryo 
annular, Surrounding the floury albumen; cotyledons narrow; 
tadicle s superior. 
1714, ALTRRNANTHERA sessitis R. Br.; F. B o iv. 781; E.. D. 
A, 877. sitar enttes PAPE ii 4. 
Tn all the prov 
A prostrate laa 
