The first, or TAvo-colourcd Ahiaranthus, lias the stem upright, 

 half a foot hiuh, dark purple, sinoolh, streaked, and simple: the 

 leaves are blunt, wrinkled,* waved, femarginalc, nuicronale, with a 

 short while j)oint; Uic loweV ones 'rufous livcr-coiourcd on the upper 

 surface, l)right purple on the lower, with elevated veins: the upper 

 ones green, wilh red tips: the petioles ehannclled, bright purple, 

 smooth, edged at top with the decreasing leaf: the lower ones nearly 

 the length of the leaves: tiie gionierules subsessile, dark purple, on 

 a very short undivided peduncle: the calyxes five-leaved: the leaf- 

 lets oblong, ])urple, membranaceous, ending in a dark red point. 

 Professor Martyn observes that this species varies in the colour of 

 the leaves; as in the open air they are of a dirly purple on their 

 upper surface, and in the younger ones green; while in the stove the 

 whole plant is of a fine purple colour. It is, however, easily dis- 

 linguishetl in all slates by its colour, its leaves, and the lateness of 

 its flowering, which is after all the others are past. It is a native 

 of Guiana and the East Indies. ]\Ir. Miller remarks that it grows 

 to the same height with the Tricolor, and in the manner of ils growth 

 greatly resembles it; but that th.e leaves have only two colours, an 

 obscure purple and a bright crimson, so blended as to set off each 

 other, making a fine appearance when ihe plants are vigorous. 



The second species, or Three-coloured Amarantlui's, has the stem 

 a foot and half or two feel in height, obscurely angular, smooth, and 

 upright: the leaves blue with a red point, smooth, and waved: llie 

 younger ones red with yellow tips: those in a more mature state 

 coralled at the base, violet in the middle, and green at the end: the 

 old ones green with a violet base: the j)etioles very long, smooth, 

 green, channelled, and bordered: the glomerules geminate, green, 

 axillary: the calyxes ihree-leaved : the leaflets oblong, acuminate, 

 membranaceous, with a green nrrve. It varies in the colour of ihe 

 leaves, which are less painted in the oj)en air ihan in the stove. It 

 has been long cultivated for the beauty of its variegated leaves, in 

 which the colours are elegantly mixed. When the plant is in full 

 vigour these are kirge, and closely set from the bottom to the top of 

 the stalk: the brandies also form a sort of [)yramid; so that there is 



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