AMARANTACEAE. 



Amarantaceae Juss. in Ann. Mm: II. 131 (1804); R. Brown Prodr. Fbr. Nov; HoU. I. 413 

 (1810); DC Flor. Franq. III. 400; id. Theor. mm. 247; Mart. Nov. Gen. II. 64; id. Beur. z. Kenntn. 

 d. Amarantaceen in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. XIII. 1. (1826) 209; Bartling Beitr. II. 151; id. Ordin. not. 

 pi 297; Endl. Gen. 300; Lindl. Introduct. not. syst. ed, 2. 207; id. Nixus pi. 24; Moq. in DC. Prodr- 

 XIII. II. 231; Schnizl. Iconogr. II. t. 102. — Amaranthi Adans. Fam. II. 766; Juss. Gen. 87. — 

 Amarantinae Batsch Tab. affin. 174. — Amaranteae Spreng. Anleit. II. 214. 



DlCOTYLEDONEAE PERIG0N10 INFERO, 3 5-MERO, CALYCINO V. SCARIOSO, STAMINIBUS HYPOGYNIS 5, RARIUS 



PAUCIORIBUS, LIBERIS V. INTERNE MONADELPHIS, SAEPIUS STAMINODIIS TOTIDEM INTER JECTI8, OVARIO 8UPERO UNILOCULARI 



UNI- V. MULTIOVULATO, EMBRYONE PERIPHERICO CURVATO, ALBUMINE CENTRALI. HEBBAE V. SUFFBDTJCES, F0LII8 



EXSTIPULATIS SIMPLICIBUS INTEGBIS, FLOBIBUS GLOMEBATIS V. CAPITATIS 2 3-BBACTEATIS. 



Flores hermaphroditi rarius abortu polygamo-monoici v. dioici, plerumque tribracteati, 

 bractea ima antica, lateralibus saepe carinato-compressis. Perigonium herbaceum v. scariosum 

 saepius intense coloratura, post anthesin parum mutatum v. vario modo excrescens, foliolis liberis 

 v. inferne in tubum connatis subaequalibus; aestivatione quincunciali, foliolo impari postico. 

 Stamina perigonii foliolis opposita, libera v. inferne in cupulam v. tubum coalita. Filamenta 

 simplicia v. dilatata et apice 2 — 3-fida. Antherae dorso affixae, uni- v. biloculares, rima simplici 

 v. duplici introrsum dehiscentes. Pollen minutum globosum. Staminodia, si adsunt, in eodem 

 cyclo inter stamina posita et plerumque cum iis pro parte coalita. Pistillum ex ovario, stylo plus 

 minus evoluto cylindrico et stigmatibus 1 — 3 constans v. stylo deficiente ex ovario tantum et stigmate 

 v. stigmatibus sessilibus. Ovarium uniloculare. Ovulum v. ovula in funiculi e loculi basi orti 

 apice erectum v. pendulum, ampbitropum. Stigma capitatum, integrum v. emarginato-bilobum, 

 v. stigmata 2, rarius 3, lanceolata v. linearia, tota superficie papillosa. Fructus est utriculus 

 membranaceus, stigmate v. stylo stigmatibusque coronatus, evalvis v. circumscisse dehiscens, rarius 

 caryopsis v. bacca. Semen lenticulare v. subglobosum ad hilum emarginatum , interdum arillo 

 praeditum. Testa Crustacea hilo punctiformi. Embryo periphericus arcuatus v. annularis, radicula 

 supera, hilo contigua; cotyledonibus angustis plano-convexis. Albumen centrale, copiosum, 

 farinaceum. 



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