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toothed, males very minute, ovate-lanceolate: segments of the 

 female calyx ohlong-ovate acuminate, sparingly ciliated: at the 

 margin : ovary hispidulous : styles about 3-cleft : seeds smooth, 

 acutish. 



A common weed, everywhere widely distributed. 



(6) A. BBAOHYSTAOHTA. (Somematin.) 



Ident. Hornem. Hort. Hafn. p. 909.— Dec. 1. c. p. 870, 



Syn. A. conferta, Boail. flor. Ind. III. p. 677.— A. elegantula, 

 Sochst. in Sdhimp. pi. Abyss. No. 1708. 



Spec. Chae. Annual: leaves long-petioled, broadly ovate, 

 acute, slightly cordate at the base, serrated, membranaceous : 

 spikes axillary, sessile, subaggregate, androgynous, 2—3 times 

 shorter than the leaves : fructigerous bracts green, whitish at the 



. Q— WW.~- »^»W.>.^ (^^^»-^, ,,^^V^»U «... V^.J 



base: segments spreading, two lowermost smaller, stipular, re- 

 flexed : female bracts about 3 — 5-, 2 — 5-floweredr: ovary rougk 

 ^ith tubercles ■■ ' • ' ■ ' - ■ .... 



— 5-lacinulate 

 Neilgherries. 



iio.o.v/vi . iDiiidio uioiviuo auuui/ o — <j-, i, — o-nuwereur: ovary rouga 



with tubercles and hairy above: styles somewhat pectinately 

 3 — 5-lacinulate : seeds smooth. 



(7) A. Malabaeioa. (Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. in Linnaea vol. 34. p. 42. — Dec. 1. c. p. 871. 



Spec. Chae. Annual: stem tawny-hirsute: leaves ovate, 

 acutish at both ends, serrate, stiffish : spikes sessile, somewhat 

 solitary, shortish, male portion scarcely exceeding the upper 

 female bract, peduncled, capituliform : female bracts 2 — 5-flowered, 

 fructiferous, almost twice exceeding the capsules, furnished with 

 stalked glands at the margin : male calyx glabrous : ovary hairy : 

 seeds minute, scabrous. 



Malabar. Concan. 



(8) A. PALLAX. (Muller.) 



Ident. MuU. 1. c. p. 43.— Dec. 1. c. p. 872. 



Syn. A. corchorifolia, VaM. ex Baill. etud. Ev/ph. p. 443. 



Spec. Chae. Annual: leaves longish petioled, broad-ovate, 

 obtuse, very shortly subcuneate at the base, serrated: spikes 

 long-peduncled, thin, androgynous, axillary : male portion of the 

 spikes exceeding the ultimate female bract: female bracts 1- 

 flowered, hairy, glandular-ciliated, broadly truncate-ovate, scarcely 

 exceeding the capsule : slashes of the styles filiform, here and 

 there connate in pairs : ovary hairy : seeds smooth. 



Peninsula. 



