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  FAMILY 
  

  

  75 
  

  

  the 
  upper 
  ones 
  of 
  staminate 
  flowers 
  in 
  long 
  slender 
  spikes, 
  the 
  axil- 
  

   lary 
  ones 
  globular, 
  composed 
  of 
  pistillate 
  flowers. 
  Bracts 
  lance-awl- 
  

  

  A 
  30 
  

  

  FIG. 
  16. 
  Prince's 
  feather 
  (Amaranthus 
  hypochondriacus) 
  

  

  A, 
  staminate 
  flower; 
  B, 
  pistillate 
  flower; 
  C, 
  frait. 
  (All 
  magnified.) 
  

  

  (After 
  Schnizlein) 
  

  

  shaped 
  about 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  5 
  sepals. 
  In 
  waste 
  ground, 
  fields, 
  and 
  

   gardens. 
  Naturalized 
  from 
  tropical 
  America. 
  

  

  A. 
  retroflexus 
  L. 
  and 
  A. 
  hybridus 
  L., 
  usually 
  known 
  as 
  pigweed, 
  

   are 
  common 
  autumn-flowering 
  weeds. 
  

  

  28. 
  PHYTOLACCACE-S. 
  POKEWEED 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Plants 
  with 
  alternate 
  entire 
  leaves. 
  Flowers 
  bisexual, 
  5- 
  

   parted, 
  with 
  the 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  Goose 
  foot 
  Family, 
  but 
  the 
  

   ovary 
  generally 
  consisting 
  of 
  several 
  carpels, 
  which 
  unite 
  to 
  

  

  form 
  a 
  berry. 
  

  

  PHYTOLACCA 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennial 
  herbs. 
  Stems 
  tall, 
  branching. 
  Leaves 
  large, 
  

   entire. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  in 
  terminal 
  racemes, 
  pedicels 
  bracted. 
  

   Calyx 
  of 
  45 
  nearly 
  equal, 
  persistent 
  sepals. 
  Stamens 
  5-15, 
  

   inserted 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  calyx. 
  Styles 
  5-12, 
  recurved 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  depressed-globose, 
  juicy 
  berry.* 
  

  

  1. 
  P. 
  decandra 
  L. 
  POKEWEED. 
  Stems 
  erect, 
  smooth, 
  branched 
  

   above, 
  usually 
  dark 
  purple, 
  4-7 
  ft. 
  tall 
  ; 
  root 
  large, 
  fleshy, 
  poisonous. 
  

   Leaves 
  ovate-lanceolate, 
  smooth, 
  acute, 
  long-petioled. 
  Racemes 
  pe- 
  

   duncled, 
  many-flowered, 
  opposite 
  the 
  leaves 
  ; 
  flowers 
  white, 
  becoming 
  

   purplish 
  Stamens 
  10, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  sepals. 
  Styles 
  10, 
  carpels 
  10. 
  

  

  