PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Flores incompleti, inferi. Calyx 5-phyllus. Corolla 0. Stigma 2-fidum. Semina solitaria.
Flowers incomplete, beneath. Empalement 5-leaved. Corolla none. Summit 2-cleft. Seeds solitary.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
Achyranthes, foliis oppositis, lanceolatis, spicis ovatis, acutis. Jacq. Hort. Schœnb. 3. 349. t. 350.
Achyranthes, with leaves opposite, spear-shaped, and egg-shaped sharp-pointed spikes.
Descriptio. Suffrutex ramulis distantibus, filiformibus, canescentibus. Folia opposita, elliptico-ovata, breviter petiolata, obsolete venosa, supra pallide viridia lente pubescentia; subtus pallidiora magisque pubescentia. Flores dichotome-paniculati, divaricati, capitulis ovalibus, persistentibus, ante et post exsiccationem læte purpureis pulchellisque, ut in Gomphrenâ perenni.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower complete.
2.The empalement magnified.
3.The blossom magnified.
4.The same cut open.
5. The seed-bud and pointal