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be fowri in Auguft, foon aftef they are ripe -, and if 

 a fcv/ of them are potted in Oftobcr, and iheltered 

 under a frame in winter, they will flower the follow- 

 ing June, fo good feeds may be obtained the iame 



for thofe plants which arife early in the year, 



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grow luxuriantly in fjmmer, fo do not often live 

 through the winter, or ripen feeds. -- 

 The ninth and tenth forts have trailing ftalks, wliich 

 fpread on tlie furface of the ground ; the plants^ pro- 

 duce their tiowcrs toward the extremity of the ftalks 

 in loofc fpikcs, which are formed like thofe of the 

 other forts, having four petals in each in form of a 

 crofs ; thofe of the ninth fort are fucceeded by fwoUen 

 feed-veflels, but the tenth, which flowers e^rly in the 

 fpring, are rarely fucceeded by feed-velTels in this 

 country, Tiiis is an abiding plant, which may be 

 j.5ropagated from its traihng brandies, which, if 

 planted in April, will take root and become good 

 plants by the following autumn, when two or three 

 plants may be placed in a common frame for faelter 

 in winter, to preferve the fpecies ^ for in hard win- 

 ter?, thofe which are expofed are fometimes deftroyed. 

 The eleventh and twelfth are both annual plants, fo 

 are propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown in a 

 border of light earth in April, in fuch places where 

 the plants are to remain •, if thefe are thinned and 

 kept clean from weeds, they will flower in July, and 

 perfeft their feeds in autumn. 

 A'M a R a N T H O I D E S. See Gomphrena. ' " 

 AMARANTHUS ['A^aapai/1(^-, of « privative, and 

 /u,«pa/i/w, Gr. to wither ; fo called, becaufe the flower 

 of this plant being cropped, does not foon wither -, 

 but being dried, keeps the beauty of its colour a 



great v^hile,] Flower-gentle. 

 The Characters are. 



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It kath male and female flowers in the fame plant. 

 flower hath no petals^ but the empalement confifts of three 

 or five pointed fpear-floaped leaves which are coloured and 

 termanent \ this is common to both f exes, "The male flow- 



fome fpecies three, and in others five flender 



ftamina, which are of the ft 

 mcnt^ crowned with oblong fv. 



The female fl< 



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fupporting three fhort awl-fhaped 

 fiyles, which are crowned with fmple ftigma, The em- 

 palement afterward becomes an oval coloured feed-veffel 

 having one celU in which is lodged afingle globular feed. 

 This genus of plants is by Dr. Linnasus ranged in the 

 fifth divifion ot his twenty-firft clafs, entitled Monce- 

 cia Pentandria, from their having male and female 

 flowers on the fame plant, and the male flowers hav- 

 ing five ftamina. 



The Species are, 

 Amaranthus {Tricolor) glomerulis triandris axilla- 

 ribus fubrotundis amplexicaulibus foliis lanceolato- 

 ovatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1403. Flower-gentle vjith 

 roiiyidifh heads, placed at the wings of the ftalks embracing 

 them, whofe flowers have three ftamina, and the leaves 

 are oval and fpear-fhaped. Amaranthus tricolor. Lob. 

 Icon. 252. i. e. Three coloured Amaranthus, 

 Amaranthus {Melancholicus) glomerulis triandris ax- 

 illaribus fubrotundis fefillibus foliis lanceolatis acu- 

 minatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1403. Flower-gentle with 

 three ftamina, roundiftj heads growing clofe to the ftalk^^ 



leaves, Amarantliu 



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end acute-pointed fpear-fhap 

 lore obfcuriori five mas, 

 ranthus bicolor. 



ifi. 



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Tourn. Inft. 236. Ama- 



tis fubfpicvitis, foliis ovato-cordatis emarginatis petiolo 



brevioribus. Lin. Sp. 1404. Flower-gentle with three 

 ' ftamina, rotaidifi heads growing from the wings of the 

 'ftalks in fpikeSy and oval heart-fhapcd leaves with ftoort 



foot-ftalks, 



4. Amaranthus (Caudatus) racemis pentandris decom- 



■ pofitis cylindricis pendulus longiffimis. Hort. Cliff. 

 443. Flower-gentle with five ft amina, and very long, hang- 

 ings cylindrical fpikes, Amaranthus maximuspanicula 

 longa pcndula femine rubello. Raii Hifl:. 



5. Amaranthus (Maximus) racemis fubcylindricis pen- 

 ■dulis, caule eredo arboreo. Flower-gentle with hang- 

 ing ahnoft ijUndrical fpikcsy and an ereol tree-like ft alk, I 



Amaranthus maximus. C. B. P. 120. _ Commonly 



called Tree-like Amaranthus, 



6. Amaranthus {Lividus) glomerulis triandris fubfpi- 

 catls rotundatis, foliis rotundo-ovatis retufis. Lin. Sp. 

 1404. Flo-zver-gentle with roundiftj fpikcs of flower shav- 

 ing three ft amina, and rcundift-j, oval, blunt leaves. Bli- 



'turn pulchi'um reftum magnum rubrum. J. B. 2. 



p. c)66. 



7. Amaranthus {Flavus) racemis pentandris compofi- 

 tis, fummo iiifimifque nutantibus, foliis ovatis mu- 

 cronatis. Lin. Sp. 1406. Flower-gentle zvith a com- 

 pound fptke of flowers having five ftamina, and oval 



pointed leaves. ■ ■ 



8. Amaranthus (Blitum) glomeratis lateralibus trifidis 



foliis ovatis retufis, caule^ilfufo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 990. 

 Flower-gentle with roundifto beads at the joints of the 

 ftalks, oval bltmt leaves, and difftifed ftalks, Blitum al- 

 bum minus. C. B. P. 118. The f nailer white Elite, 



9. Amaranthus {Gr^ecizans) glomerulis triandris axil- 

 laribus foliis lanceolatis obtufis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1405. 

 Flower-gentle with fl.owers having three ftamina, which 

 grozv in chfters from the wings of the ftalks, and blunt 

 fpear-ftoapcd leaves, Amaranthus floribus lateralibus 

 congeiiis foliis lanceolatis obtufis. Flor. Virg. ii6. 

 Commonly called Pellitory-lcaved Elite. 



10. Amaranthus {Hybridus) racemis pentandris decom- 

 pofitis congefliis nudis, fpiculis conjugatis. Flor. Virg. 

 148. Flower-gentle with five ftamina, decompounded 



fpikes haviftg double fpicule. Amaranthus fylveftris 

 maximus Novne Angli^e fpicis viridibus. Raii Hift. 

 201.' Or Wild New England Elite with green fpikes. 



11. Amaranthus {Hypocondriacus) racemis pentandris 

 comp6riti5 confertis ereftis, foliis ovatis mucronatls. 

 Hort. Cliffy. 444. Flower-ge-atle with five ftamina, erect 

 cluftered fpikes, and oval-pointed leaves: This is tlie 



" Amaranthus fylveftris maximus Novx Angl:;c fpicis 

 purpureis./ Tourn. Inft. R. H. 235. Commonly celled 



Purple Flozver-gentle. 

 i2,AMARANTHV5{Spinofus)T^cem\s pentandris cy]ii*idricis 



ereftis axillis fpinofis. Hort. Cliff. 444. Flower-gentle 

 with five ftamina, upright cylindrical fpikes, andfpines 

 at the joints of the ftalks. Amaranthus Indicus fpino- 

 fus fpica herbacea. H. L. 31. 



13. Amaranthus (5^;?g-z//«^^J") racemis pentandris com- 

 pbfitis ereclis, lateralibus patentiffimis, foliis ovato- 

 oblongis. Lin. Sp. 1407. Flower-gentle with com- 



' .pound fpikes, whofe lateral fpikes fpread out, the upper 

 are ere5i, and oblong oval leaves. Amaranthus racemis 

 cylindricis lateralibus terminalibufque cruciatim pofi- 

 tis. Fig. Plant. 22. 



14. Amaranthus [Retroflexus) racemis pentandris late- 

 ralibus terminalibufque caule flexuofo villofo TamJs 

 retrocurvatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 991. Flower-gentle 

 with five ftamina, fpikes proceeding from the wings of the 



ftalks, and alfo at their extremities, and flexible, hairy, re- 

 curved branches. 



15. Amaranthus {Oleraccous) glomeribus triandris pen- 

 tandrifque, foliis ovatis obtufiffimis emarginatis ru- 

 gofis. Lin. Sp. 1403. Flower-gentle whofe globes have 

 flowers with three and five ftamina, and rough, obtufe, in- 

 dented leaves. Blitum album majus. -C. B. P. 118. 



16. Amaranthus {Viridis) glomerulis triandris, flori- 

 bus mafculis trifidis, foliis ovatis emarginatis, caule 

 erefto. Lin. Sp. 1405. 

 heads whofe fio-wers have three ft. 

 fid, oval, indented leaves, and an upright ftalk. 



17. Amaranthus {Cruentus) racemis pentandris decom- 

 pofitis remotis patulo nutantibus, foliis lanceolato- 

 ovatis. Lin. Sp. PL 1406. Flower-gentle with de- 

 compounded fpikes of flowers with flve ftamina, the outer 

 fpreading afunder, and oval fpear-fliaped leaves, Ama- 

 . ranthus finenfis foliis v^riis, panicula fpeciofa patula. 

 Cent. tab. 6. 



The firftfort has been long cultivated in gardens for 

 the beauty of its variegated leaves, which are of three 

 colours, viz. green, yellow, and red \ thcfe are veiy 

 elegantly mixed : and v/hen the plants are in full vi- 

 gour, the leaves are large, and clofely fet from the 

 bottom to the top of the ftalks, and the branches 

 form a fort of pyramid •, fo that there is not a niore' 



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Flower-gentle with globular 



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