Amarantus 



AMARANTACE.E 



131 



[A. paniculatus L. (Bleeding Hearts), found in gardens, is allied to 

 A. tristis L. The blood-red or reddish-green terminal panicle of flowers 

 is rough with the projecting bracts. The plant, cut young, makes 

 excellent greens, the young stems are as as good as asparagus. A. san- 

 guineus L., Wright Mcvi. 298.] 



3. A. viridis L. Sp. PL e<l. 2, 1405 (1763); terminal spike 

 with few branches, long and flexiiose, with the clusters some- 

 times distant, axillary spikes long or short or reduced to clusters ; 

 jDerianth-segments 3; stamens 2 or 3 ; utricle rough with wrinkles, 





Fig. 40. Amarantus viridis L. 



A, Portion of plant in flower. 



B, .Male Hower. 



C, Female flower with one perianth-sej. 



ment removed. 



D, Fruit witli persistent perianth. 



E, Seed cut lencrthwise ; c, cotyledons ; 



r, radicle ; e, endosperm. 



acute with the style, indehiscent, Wright Mem. 298. A. gracilis 

 Desf. TahJ. 43 (1804); Urb. op. cit. 219. Blitum minus album 

 polyspermum cfec. Sloane Cat. 49 cfe Hist. i. 143, t. 92, /. 1. 

 Euxolus caudatus Moq. torn. cit. 274 ; Grisch. loc. cit. Tvpe in 

 Herb. Linn. (Fig. 40.) 



Common Garden Galalu, Green Calalu, Spinach. 



Sloane Herb. ii. 114 and ic. 115 ! Wright ! Broughton ! March\ Arcadia, 

 Mrs. Sewell ! Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, 

 St. Cruz, St. Martin, St. Eustatius, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, 

 St. Vincent, Bequia, Cura(,'ao, tropics. 



Leaves ovate-rhomboid, ovate or elliptical, apex rounded or notched, 

 3-5 cm. 1., long-stalked. Bract and hractcolcs shorter than the perianth 



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