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Amaranthus speciosus. Shewy AMARAN- 

 THUS. 



Class and Order. 

 Moncecia Pentandria. 



Generic Character. 



Masc. Cal. 3-9. 5-phyllus. Cor. 0. Stam. 3. s. 5. 

 Pem. Cal. maris. Cor. 0. Sti/li 3. Caps, l-locularis, 

 circumscissa. Sem. 1. 



Specific Character. 



Amaranthus speciosus; pentandrus, caule erecto ramoso, 

 foliis oblongo-ellipticis utrinque acutis longissime petio- 

 latis, racemis terminalibus compositis subverticillatis. 



There is certainly considerable affinity between our present 

 subject and Amaranthus sanguineus of the species Plantarum, 

 and Miller's figure is not altogether dissimilar to our plant, 

 but Willdenow's figure in his Monograph of the genus does 

 pot accord with it, neither does the specimen of that species 

 J n the Banksian Herbarium. 



The Stem is erect and much branched ; the middle leaves 

 oblong-elliptical, red-purple, brightest on the under side, ta- 

 pering at both ends, on long slender footstalks ; flowers bright 

 crimson, on compound terminal racemes, and also on lateral 

 axillary simple or less compounded ones : the branchlets are 

 short, and grow two or three together, separated from the rest 

 . D y a small distance between them, giving the racemes some- 



i 1 °f a verticillate appearance. 



This fine Amaranthus was raised in the garden of Sir 

 ^eorge Staunton, Bart, at Leigh Park, from Napaul seeds 

 g»ven him by H. I. Colebrook, Esq. It appears by an ac- 

 count transmitted by Sir George's gardener, Mr. George 



Hall, 



