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Spec. Chae. Stem erect, obsoletely angled, striated, pale 

 green : leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, short-petioled, mu- 

 cronate, petioles somewhat tumid at the base : bracts acute : sepals 

 3, narrow-lanceolate, slightly keeled: stamens 2: stigmas 3: 

 glomerules shorter than the petiole, twin or solitary : flowers dense, 

 green : calyx twice as long as the bracts : utricles ovate, wrinkled, 

 2— 3-teethed at the apex, bursting irregularly : seed lenticular, 

 somewhat inflated, shining, black. 



Peninsula, flowering in the rainy season. 



(3) E. OLEEACBTrs. (Moq.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 273. 



8yn. Amarantus oleraceus, Linn. — Pyxidium oleraeeum, 

 Mcench. — Pentrius oleraceus, Raftn, — Albersia oleracea, Kunth. 



'Engrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 715.— Willd. Am. t. 5. fig. 9. 



Spec. Ghae. Stem erect or ascending, striated, glabrous, 

 whitish : leaves petioled, ovate, very obtuse, emarginate, rather 

 vrrinkled, pale green : spikelets axillary, shorter than the petiole, 

 a little branched: spikes terminal, erect, abbreviated, thickish, 

 rather obtuse, dense, rigid : flowers closely clustered, pale green : 

 calyx twice the length of the bracts : utricles ovate, rather acute, 

 smooth. 



Peninsula. Malabar coast. 



GENUS VIII. BANALIA. 

 Pentandria IWonogynia. Sex: Syst: 



Beriv. Called after Antonio Banal, a celebrated gardener, 

 author of the ' Plorula Monspeliensis.' 



Gen. Chae. Elowers hermaphrodite, 2 — 3-bracteate : calyx 5- 

 sepaled, sepals equal, erect, glabrous : stamens 5, connate below 

 into a cupula : staminodes none : anthers 2-celled, ovate : ovary 

 l-celled, 1-ovuled : style tapering : stigmas 2 : utricle 1-seeded, 

 enclosed in the calyx : seed lenticular : aril none. — Erect or 

 ascending, glabrous herbs : leaves alternate or opposite, petioled 

 or sessile, mucronulate : flowers terminal, panicled, glomerulate 

 or solitary : bracts keeled, concave, persistent. 



(1) B. THTESIEIOEA. {Moq.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 278. 



Syn. Achyranthes thyrsiflora, A. polygonata. Wall. — Celosia 

 thyrsiflora. Wall. 



Mngrav: Wight's Icon. t. 1774. 



Spec. Chae. Herbaceous, erect, branched, glabrous : leaves 



