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sterile filaments interposed: anthers 1 = 2-celled, introrse. Ovary single, 
ovate, compressed, 1— many-ovuled. Stigmas 1-3. Utricle closed or 
circumscissile. Embryo coiled into a ring around the central albumen. 
Synopsis. 
Tame T. CELOSIEJE. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary many-ovuled. 
1. CELOSIA. Stamens united at the base: Utricle circumscissile. 
Tre ll. ACHYRANTHEZ/E. .Anthers 2-celled. Ovary l-ovuled. — Leaves alter- 
nate. Stamens free. Sterile filaments none. 
: * Utricle cireumscissile. d 
2. AMARANTUS. Flowers moncecious. Sepals 3-5. 
i * * Utricle indehiscent. 
8. EUXOLUS. Flowers all alike, moncecious, sessile. Sepals 3- P 
4. AMBLOGYNA, Flowers moncecious. Calyx of the staminate flower 3-sepalous, of the 
- pistillate flower 5-parted, funnel-shaped. 
5. SCLEROPUS. Flowers monoecious. Sepals 5. Stamens 3.° Fruiting pedicels indurated 
and deciduous with the fruit. 
6. ACNIDA. Flowers dioecious. Sepals of the staminate flower 5, of the pistillate none. 
" Stamens 5. 
Tame II. GOMPHRENE/E. Antbers 1-celled. Ovary l-ovuled. Leaves opposite. 
Stamens united below. 
T. IRESINE. Calyx 5-sepalous. liis diis fap otic dig Sterile filaments none. 
8. ALTERNANTHERA. Calyx 5-sepalous. Stamens united into a cup. ‘Sterile filaments 
minute, tooth-like. - 
9. TELANTHERA. Calyx 5-sepalous. Stamens united into a tube. Sterile filaments cleft 
or fimbriate at the apex. 
10. FROELICHIA. Calyx 5-cleft. Stamens wholly united. Anthers sessile. Sterile fila- 
ments entire. 
L CELOSIA, L. 
Flowers perfect, 3-bracted. Sepals 5. Stamens 5, united at the base into 
a cup. Sterile filaments none. Anthers 2-celled. Style short or elongated. 
Stigmas 2 - 3, recurved. Utricle many-seeded, circumscissile. — Smooth herbs 
9r shrubs, with alternate petioled leaves, and glossy flowers, crowded in axillary 
and terminal spikes or panicles. 
1. C. paniculata, L. Stem shrubby, erect; leaves deltoid-ovate, acute, 
abruptly petioled ; spikes cylindrical, simple or branched, mostly shorter than 
the leaves; sepals oblong, rigid, several times longer than the bracts; stigmas 
3; utricle many-seeded. — South Florida, Dr. Blodgett. Leaves 2! long. Seeds 
Minute, lenticular, shining. 
2. AMARANTUS, Tourn. AMARANTH. 
Flowers polygamo-moncecious, 3-bracted. Sepals 5, rarely 3, smooth, erect. 
5 or 3, free. Sterile filaments none: anthers oblong, 2-celled. Style — 
Rone: stigmas 2-3, slender, spreading. Utricle 1-seeded, ovate, 2-3-toothed - 
at the apex, circumscissile, commonly included in the calyx; pericarp mostly B 
metbranaceous. Radicle inferior. E. c hehe, mih, a ; 
