FLOWERS with ite stamens. .Anthers s 
Amaranthus. MONOECIA PENTANDRIA. 607 
more general use amongst the natives of Bengal then any 
other species, or variety. , 
In the above definition, [ have aimed at including the 
whole, at least all that have fallen under my observation. 
They, as well as oleraceus and its varieties, differ most con- 
spicuously from the other two extensive tribes of cultivated 
~ amaranths, viz. polygamus and tristis, and their varieties, 
in not admitting of being cut, with the hope of succeeding 
crops from the same roots, but are pulled up by the root, and 
carried to market in that state. : 
The varieties are tolerably permanent, and differ in colour 
chiefly, which varies from green, with the slightest tinge of 
red, to rufous, liver coloured, and bright red. One variety 
has particularly broad leaves, with the margins green, and 
the centre dark purple. It isa handsome plant. 
9. A. lanceolaius. R. 
Straight, Leaves lanceolar, plain green ;_ glomerules tri- 
androus, axillary. Calyx daggered, longer than the swell- 
ed, rugose capsules, : 
Bans-puta nuteeya, 7. e. Bamihoo-leaved waiteontl, of the 
Bengalees. 
A native of Bengal. Ido not renee to have seen it on 
the Coromandel coast. Flowering time the rainy season. 
_ Stem perfectly straight, with nearly erect, smooth branches; 
height in a good soil as far as from five to six feet. Leaves 
alternate, long-petioled, lanceolar, tapering much towards 
each end, rather obtuse at the point, with a bristle, from two 
to eight inches long. Petioles channelled by the decurrency 
of these leaves, and nearly of their length, Glomerules 
axillary, never any thing like a terminal spike, which ‘cir- 
~ cumstance alone distinguishes it from o/eraceus, and all its 
varieties.. Bractes numerous and like the calyx. Calyx of 
male and female flowers three-leaved ; leaflets lanceo- 
ered, membranaceous, with a green keates Mare 
te. FemaLe 
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