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javanicum, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. i, 1780-81, p 289; Aerva tomentosa, 

 Foi-sk. Fl iEgypt. Arab, p 122 and 170, N. 66 ; Lam. Diet, i, p 

 46 ; Achyranthes alopecuroides, Lam. Diet, i, p 548, N. 16 ; Aerva 

 iEgyptiaca, Gmel. sy.s-^ Nat. p 1026; Aehyranthes javanica, Pers. 

 Syn. i, p 259 ; A ineana, Roxb. Fl Ind. ed. WaU. ii, p 495 ; A 

 javanica, Wight Ic. t. 876. 



2. ScANDENS, Wall. List No. 69n. — Stem sufFruticose, climb- 

 ing, branched, round, striated, pubescent, green ; leaves alternate, 

 very shortly-petioled, elliptic or oblong, acuminated at both ends, 

 very acute mucronulate, pubescent, green ; spikes solitary or twin, 

 sessile or shortly-ped uncled, spreading, ovate-oblong or ovate-pyra- 

 midal, rather acute, woolly; flowers whitish; calyx twice as long as 

 the mucronate bracts (Bombay, P Roux. 1835) Wight Ic. t. 724; 

 Achyranthes seandens, lloxb. Fl Ind. ed. Wall, ii, p 503. 



3. Lanata, Juss. Ann. Mus. ii, p 131. — Stems herbaceous, 

 ascending, much-branched, round, striated, a little tomentose, 

 ash-coloured ; leaves shortly-petioled, obovate-obtuse, shortly 

 mucronate, pubescent on both sides, ashy or hoary and glaucous ; 

 spikes solitary or in twos or threes, sessile, horizontal, ovate- 

 obtuse, woolly; flowers white, hoary; calyx twice as long as the 

 bracts; sepals one-nerved. Mill. Ic. t. ii, /. 1 ; Wight Ic t. 723; 

 Achyranthes lanata, Linn. sp. p 296 ; Lam. Diet, i, p 548 ; 

 lllecebrum lanatum, Linn. Mant. p 344; Willd. sp. i, p 1204; 

 Achyranthes villosa, Forsk. Fl iEgypt Arab, p 48, N. 64 ; Ama- 

 rantiius lanatus, Dura. Coura. ed. i, 1802, p 640, N. 21. 



7. AERVA. 



1. Brachiata, Mart. Beitrag. Amarant. p 83, N. 3. — Stems 

 herbaceous, ascending, much-branched, striated, glabrous, green ; 

 leaves opposite or alternate, shortly-petioled, oblong-oval or obo- 

 vate oblong-obtuse, mucronulate, glabrous, bright-green ; spikes 

 3 to 4 together, subsessile, spreading, oblong-hnear, obtuse, 

 villous ; flowers snow-white ; calyx twice the length of the bracts 

 (proper near Bombay, P. Roux.); Syn. Achyranthes brachiata, 

 Linn. Mant. p 50; Roth. nov. sp. PL p 159; lllecebrum 

 brachiatum, Linn. Mant. p 23 ; Willd. sp. 1, p 1203 ; Pseudanthus 

 brachiatus, Wight Ic. t. 1 776. 



2. MoNSONiA, Mart. loc. cit. — Stem suffruticose, ascending, 

 branched, striated, tomentose, hoary ; leaves verticelled or opposite, 

 sessile, linear-subulate, acute-mucronate, hairy, green; spikes 

 solitary, shortly-peduncled, erect, oblong-ovate or ovate-cylindric, 

 obtuse, woolly ; flowers pinkish, shining. Syn. Celosia monsonia, 

 Retz. Obs. ii, p 13, N. 26 ; lllecebrum monsonia, Linn. Fil. Suppl., 

 p 1 6 1 . Achyranthes pungens, Lam. Diet, i, 546. ; Achyr. monsonise 

 Pers. Syn. i, 258 ; Wight Ic. t. 725. 



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