A.VARA.\TACE.^. 291 



Go.vrHRi:xi£JE. 

 Anthers l-celled. Ovary 1-ovulcd. 



Alternanthkiu, Mart. 



Prrif!>ith of 5 nearly equal scavious segments, not cnvolopcil iu wool. Sfameni 

 5, or sometimes fewer, very shortly united at the base. Anthers 1-colled. Ovule 

 solitary. Sti/le short, or scarcely any, with a capitate stigma. Utricla usually 

 tleitteiuxl, ovate or obcordate, indehiscent. Leaves opposite. Flowers in sessile 

 axillary or terminal clusters or heads. Herbs. 



A. sEssiLis, R. Br. 



Telanthera polygunoides, Seem. 



GoMPHEENW, Ltnnceus. 

 *G. OLOiiosA, L. Cultivated. 



Ma-huyo-bea. 



C. AQUATICA, Wall. 



D. MUEiCATA, Mart. 



A cu yranthiea:. 



Anthers 2-celled. Ovary l-ovukd. 

 CENTROsTAcnYS, Wallich. 



DiGERA, ForshM. 



Amarantus, Linnaus. 



Flowers polygamous. Periatith of 5 equal segments, thin, but less scarious than 

 usual iu this Order. Stamens 5, or rarely 3, free and slightly perigynous. Anthers 

 2-cclled. Ovary solitary. Style divided to the base into 2 or 3 stigraatic lobes. 

 Utricle opening transversely or indehiscent. Embryo coiled round the albumen. 

 Leaves alternate. Flowers small, green or reoldish, clustered in axillary or terminal 

 spikes or panicles. Bracts small. 



*A. TRisTis, L. (31.). Cultivated. 



*A. OLERACEUs, L. (il.). Cultivated. 



Nipal spinach. 



A. POLTOAMTIS, L. (M.). 

 var. atropurpureas. 



Hen-ka-nweh. 



A. spixosus, L. (M.). 



Hon-ka-nwch. 



A. Ganoeticus (K.). Katchall. 



A. vraiDis, L. (K.). Katchall and Kumorta. 



A common weed. 



All the species of Amarnntits are edible, their leaves, especially when young, 

 forming a capital spinach, particularly A. oleraeeiis, A. polygamus, and A. tristis. 



jEkva, ForsJcahl. 



JE. MoxsoyLE, Mart. (M.). 



JR. SCANDENS, Mart. (M.). 



J£,. iiKAciuATA, ]Mart. (M.). 



*Al. Javajjica, Juss. (M.). Cultivated. 



M. lanata, Juss. (M.). Burma. Katchall (K.). 



