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(2) A. ErBEOPrscA. {E. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. V. t. 1778. 



Spec. Chae. Herbaceous : stems erect, branched, round, 

 pubescent, branches ascending: leaves ovate-acuminate, short- 

 petioled, finely pubescent on both sides : spikes virgate, compact : 

 flowers pale greenish : awn of the bract as long as the limb : calyx 

 longer than the bracts : sepals 3-nerved : staminodes truncated, 

 fimbriated on the margin, about half the length of the filaments : 

 style equalling the stamens. 



Neilgherries, on moist soil. 



(3) A. EiDENTATA. (Blumie.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 312. 



Syn. A. aspera, Zolling (not Linn.). — A. hispida, Moq^. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1799. 



Spec. Chae. Herbaceous, erect, branched : stems obsoletely 

 ascending : leaves short-petioled, oval, acuminate, slightly pube- 

 scent on both sides : spikes long, cylindric, loosely flowered : 

 flowers horizontal, greenish-brown : lateral bracts very minute, 

 2-lobed, with a long stifi' awn: lower one ovate, naviculate, 

 pointed : calyx longer than the bracts, 1-nerved : staminodes 

 minute, truncated, almost entire at the margin : filaments about 

 the length of the style. 



Neilgherries. 



(4) A. Benghalensis. {Dec.) 

 Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 317. 



Syn. lUecebrum Bengalense, Linn. Mant. p. 213. — A. Ben- 

 galense. Lam. — Paronychia Benghalensis, Boem. and Sehult. 

 Syst.Y.p. 521 (notJuss.). 



Spec. Chae. Stem herbaceous, erect : leaves sessile, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, pubescent, green on both sides : spikes small : 

 flowers white. 



Bengal. 



GENUS XIII. CENTEOSTACHTS. 



Pentantlria Monogynia. Sex : Syst : 



Deriv. Prom Kentron, a sharp point, and Stachys, a spike. 



GrEN. Chae, Plowers hermaphrodite, tribracteate : calyx 

 5-sepaled : sepals very unequal : stamens 2 or 5, connate at the 

 base : staminodes 2 — 5, with scales bifid at the apex at the back 

 towards the middle, produced into a narrow appendage, deeply 

 fimbriate at the apex : anthers 2-celled, elliptic : ovary 1-celled, 

 1-ovuled : style filiform : stigma capitate : fruit a utricle, 1-seeded, 



