4o6 
lappacea, 
echinata. 
PENTAND. MONOG. 475. Achyranthes. 
Stem fhrubby, difFufe; leaves glabrous, ovate> 
tapering to the bafe: fpike interrupted; 
florets with a tuft of hooked brilUes each 
India. Burm.Zeyl, t. li.f. i. Pluk.alm. /. Sz./* 
Spikes long, folitary : fim glabrous. 
Stem ere£i, pubefcent: leaves ovate, acute, tap^^ jodi 
the bafe, pubefcent underneath : fpike 5 eS'- 
the lateral florets with a tuft of hooked brih ^ 
fide. 
India. Retx, ohf, z. p. \2. Willd. i.p.iigz. 
Stem fhrubby, fpreading: leaves alternate: flowers 
mote ovate fpikes: calyxes fquarrous. 
Egypt. Arabia. Rumph. amb 5. 235. /. 83./. z* 
axillary : 2-leaved, ered, 
Stem llirubby, fpreading, pubefcent : flowers in 
fpikes, with hooked briftles. 
Ball Indies. Stem green ; /pii<e terminal, feffile. 
Stems proftrate, fhrubby; fpikes oblong: florets i® ^ 
with a tuft of hooked briftles each fide. 
India. Rumph. amb, 6 . t- Zl. Bont. 'jaoj /. i 50, 
Stems hairy : leaves obovate, witn a purpufli margin. 
Leaves ovate, pointed, alternate : fpikes axillary ■ 
fuffruticofe. 
Ball Indies. I'ahl. fymb. 2. p. 44. Willd. \ . p. \ 194* 
Stemereft: flowers in fubglob.ular hook-briftly h^^ 
Baft Indies. Pluk. aim. 36. t. 250./. i Amaranthus* 
Stem flexuous, angular, rough : leaves alternate, lanced- 
Stem decumbent, 4-rided: leaves ovate-heart-fhape‘i' 
lax, unarmed. . 
Arabia felix. India. Ret%. obf. 2. p. 1 2. Willd. \ .p- ^^ 9 ’ 
Leaves ovate, obtufe, hean-fhaped, or lanceolate. .]|} 
Stem fufFriiticofe, climbing; panicles terminal ann 
ry, branched. 
Jamaica, Sloane Jam. z. p. ^t^z. t. g\. f.z. Blitum. 
Leaves in whorls, ovate, downy: corymbs compa*^’ 
ed: flowers furnifhed with corols. 
muncata, 
paiula, 
prostrata. 
farmentosa, 
alternifolia, 
polygonoides 
altissima. 
nivea, 
Bellata, 
id 
Canaries. AitonKevi. 1.^. 286. WiUd. \ ,p, 1195- 
Leaves in fixes, linear, with pellucid fpots : 
forked corymbs. 
Guinea. Willd./p. pi. p, iig^. n. 
Branches pubefcent : leaves 4 — 8 in a whorl. 
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