502 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Achjranthei. 



united into a membranous ring round the base of the germ. — Germ 



sub-pedicelled. Style single.* 



8. A sericeu, Koen. Ahs. 



Stent erect, downy. Lewes opposite, hroad-'anceolate, covered 

 with much silky down. Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves, 

 bind or i.nrid, m-m> -flowered. 



A >aig j , strangling annual, growing in sheltered shady places in a 

 dry sain y soil. 



Rout sin^ie. — Stem erect, with many long spreading branches 

 resin g on the ^iHiud, 01 some. In. g else ; a i are round, and cover- 

 ed yujh si k) duwn.— Leaves opposite, peti. .ed, broad-coidate, 

 iiciue, coveted wijh veiy soft silky down, aboui an inch and half 

 long — Peduncles asiilary, opposite, round, dovtny, as loi.g as die 

 Jeavrs, each ending in two, ihree, or uiuie, spreaduig, winding till- 

 lumi spike-, The rest as iu the gtuus. 



9 A ferritginea Rf 



Aim. a 1 , tiaccid. Leaves opposite, obovate. Spikes sub-coni- 

 cal, pedunc ed and sessile. Sectary tive-toothed ; each tooth eiiuing 

 m a pioper amli .-lifeious filament. Stigmus enure. 



Jbeng. Hub «.Si, r'nciite. 



Jjind. La-bi inchee. 



A sma I annua , wild in gardens, or about the borders of cultivat- 

 ed lands neai Ca.cutta. where it appears duiing the rainy season. 



Steins slender, leaning, about a feet long, absolutely tour- or five- 

 sided, smooth, riist-coipured, Branches opposite, and like the 

 stem — Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oval or obovate, entire, 

 smooth, or a very soft texture, reddish, about an inch long. — Spikes 

 peduncled, or se E si'e, smal., conical. — 7 eduucles four sided, length 



* A. (Desmochaeta) repens. Roth. nov. spec. 167 ; Syst. Veg. v. 552, of which specimen* 

 are preserved in Or Heyne's collection, comes very near to tbis plant, which is a Desm.-ii 

 justly observed by the accurate Roth. Its copious pubesceii.se distinguishes it readily — N.W. 



.... .t Philoxerus Brown? The anthers, however, are two-celled, and. the stigma entire W 

 Roxburgh's plant N. W. ■ ' ' 



