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(2) A. Q-ANGETicrs. {Lmn.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 261.— Eoxb. 1. e. p. 606. 



Spec. Chab. Stem erect, fufrowed and striated, glabrous, 

 dark red, or greemsh : leaves long-petioled, ovate or lanceolate- 

 ovate, somewhat obtuse, dark green, sometimes purple below 

 spike terminal, very short, ovate, stiff: glomerules axillary, ovate 

 flowers thick, reddish-green : calyx shorter than the bracts 

 utricles enclosed in the calyx, 2 — 3-toothed at the apex, smooth. 



Bengal, flowering in the rains. 



X (3) A. ATEOPTTEPUEEUS. (^Eooih.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 264.— Eoxb. 1. c. p. 608. 



Spec. Chae. Erect : leaves lanceolate, reddish-purple above, 

 dark purple beneath : sepals' 4 — 5, cuspidate: stamens 8: spike 

 terminal : glomerules axillary ; iitricles shorter than the calyx, 

 wrinkled. 



Bengal. 



(4) A. FASCIAT0S. {Boxh.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 265.— Eoxb. 1, c. p. 600. 



Engrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 717. 



Spec. Chae. Erect: leaves petioled, rhomb-ovate, acute: 

 panicle terminal, sparingly branched : sepals 3, lanceolate-acumi- 

 nate : stamens 3 : spikes cylindric : bracts small, obtuse : utricles 

 longer than the calyx, wrinkled : flowery greenish. 



Peninsula. Bengal. Elowering in the rains. 



(5) A. PETIMENTACErS. {Buoh.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 265.— Eoxb. 1. c. p. 699. 



Engrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 720. 



Spec. Chae. Stem herbaceous, erect: leaves long-petioled, 

 broad-lanceolate, acute : panicles terminal, erect : sepals subulate, 

 acute : stamens 5 : stigmas 3 : seed subcompressed, smooth : 

 utricles wrinkled. 



Mysore. Coimbatore. 



GENUS V. AMBLOGYNA. 

 Monoecia Triandria^ Sex: Syst : 



Beriv. Erom Ambloma, abortion, and Oyne, female, alluding 

 to its reputed medical properties. 



Gen. Chae. Elowera monoecious, tribracteate. Male : calyx 

 8-sepaled: sepals equal, glabrous, erect: stamens 3, free: stami- 



