68 AMARANTACEjE. 



l.f. 7. — Stems rosulate, elongated, herbaceous or suffrutescent ; flower-heads ovoid, about 

 4'" long : flowers 1J"' long, The villous down of the calyx distinguishes this species from 

 A. pofygonoides. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains.; Caribbean Islands; [Southern United States !, 

 Cuba !, and Mexico ! to Brazil ! and Buenos Ay res !, TeneriiFe !, Andalusia !]. 



Tribe III. AMJRANTEJE. — Stamens distinct : anthers mostly bit ocular. Ovary 

 uniovulate. — leaves alternate. 



Gossypianthus is the only genus in this tribe with unilocular anthers : G. lanuginosns, 

 Moq. {Tuss. Ft. 2. t. 21), is indigenous in Haiti !, but not yet observed in the British 

 Islands. 



12. AMBLOGYNE, Raf. 



Flowers monoecious. $: Sepals 3 ; stamens 3. ?: Calyx 5 -fid : tube urceolate; styles 

 2-3. Pericarp utricular. — An annual, ceespitose, glabrescent herb ; leaves spathulate, re- 

 fuse, mucronate ; flower- clusters axillary. 



20. A. polygonoides, Raf. — SI. t. 92./. 2. — Amarantus, L.-. ex citat. SI. — Flowers 

 greenish-white; lobes of the female calyx spathulate-linear, blunt, trinerved. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Mac/.; Bahamas!, Swains.; Antigua!, Nichols.; [Florida!, New Mexico!, Cuba!, Guiana]. 



13. SCLEROPUS, Schrad. 



Flowers monoecious : bracts at length indurated, with the pedicel thickened. Sepals 5. 

 Stamens 3. Styles 2. Pericarp utricular. — Annual, glabrous herbs ; flower-clusters ax- 

 illary. 



21. S. amarantoides, Schrad. Leaves spathulate, refuse, mncronate. — Amarantus 

 crassipes, Schlecht. — Habit of Amblogyne ; clusters deciduous at the maturation of the fruit; 

 flowers greenish : bracts keeled, subpungent, recurved, exceeded by the uninerved sepals. — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, AL; [S. Thomas, Mexico, Peru]. 



14. EUXOLUS, Raf. 



Flowers usually monoecious. Sepals 3 (-5). Stamens 3 (2-5). Styles 3. Pericarp 

 utricular. — Annual herbs ; flower-clusters all, or the superior ones, spicate. 



22*. E. viridis, Moq. Glabrous ; leaves ovate or rhomboid, usually refuse ; flower- 

 clusters axillary, s-ubglobose, superior in a terminal, contiguous, simple spike, green ; bracts 

 half the length of the calyx ; pericarp rounded, without prominent wrinkles. — SI. t. 92./. 1- — 

 Amarantus, L.-. ex citat. SI. etHerb. Linn. A. Blitum, L.: ex loc. Suec. Albersia Blitum, 

 Kth. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica {SI.); Dominica!, S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Southern Europe'.; 

 United States !, Guiana !, Buenos Ayres !, Pacific islands !, East Indies !, tropical Africa !]. 



23. E. caudatus, Moq. Glabrous; leaves ovate, refuse; flower-clusters all spicate, 

 forming a terminal panicle : spikes slender, green ; bracts three times shorter than the calyx ; 

 pericarp rounded, rugose. — Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 244. — Chenopodium. Jacq. — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 March ; Caribbean Islands {Moq.); [all tropical countries]. 



15. AMARANTUS, L. 



Flowers polygamous or monoecious. Sepals 5-3. Stamens 5-3. Styles 2-3. Pericarp 

 circumscissile, or irregularly bursting above the base. — Annual herbs ; flower-clusters usually 

 spicate, all, or the superior ones, arranged in a terminal panicle. 



Sect. 1. Centrusa. — Pericarp bursting transversely, but incompletely above the base. 

 Flowers monoecious. 



24. A. spinosus, L. Glabrous ; leaves rhomboid or rhomboid-lanceolate : axils btspt- 

 rtose ; male clusters panicled and spicate, female ones mostly axillary and subglobose ; sepals 

 5, equalling the bracts and the pericarp, pointed, greenish. — Willd. Amar. t. 4./. 8 ; Dese. 

 Fl. 5. t. 314; Wight, Ic. t. 513.— Spines 4"'-5'" long, exceeded by the petiole.— Hab. Ja- 

 maica {SI.) to Trinidad !, Schach, Cr. ; [Southern United States !, Mexico ! to Peru !, and 

 Brazil !; Galapagos Islands !, East Indies!, western tropical Africa !]. 



