J(HI AMAKANTACK.K. (aMAKAN'IMI FAMILY.) 



siiiki's numcrmis, iKiniileii, tlio teriiiiiial mii' i-loii^jati'il, tlic lower axillary ones 

 ^*lnM•t ami ruiunlisli ; sejials oblong, acuniinaic, ratlu-r shorter than tiic xuIju- 

 late hrarts, and e(iualliug the slightly rugose utricle. — Cultivated ground. 

 August-Sept. — Stem 2°-3'^ h'Kl»- J^-aves 2'-5' long. 



4. A. spinoSUS, L- Smooth; stem .<tout, sueeuliMit, often imrplish ; 

 leaves ovate or ovate-ohlong, olituse or eiiiargiiuite, long-peticded, often 

 lilotilied with ]iurple, the axils spiny; terminal spike elongated, bending, the 

 lower axillary ones short and roumlish ; sepals, bracts, and rugose utricle 

 nearly equal. — Fields and wiusle places. July - Oct. — Stem 1^-3^ high. 



3. EUXOLUS, Kaf. 



Characters chiefly of Aniarantus ; but the .somewhat fleshy utricle indehis- 

 cent, and the (greeu) sepals longer than the bracts. 



1. E. lividus, Moquiu. Stem erect, branched; leaves long-petioled, 

 ovate, obtuse; spikes den.-^e-flowered ; the terminal one longest, witii several 

 shorter ones crowded near its i)a.'ie, the lowest axillary ones much shorter 

 than the petiole ; sejials 3. sliorter than the roundish acute rugo.se utricle, and 

 3 times as long as the bracts. — Waste ground. July - Sept. (l) — Stem 1°- 

 3^ iiigli. Leaves, with the petiole, 3' -6' long. 



1' E. deflexus, Kaf. Stems decumbent, widely branched ; leaves ovate 

 or rhombic-lanceolate, obtuse ; spikes mostly single, thick, the clu.sters oblong ; 

 utricle ovate, smooth; margins of the seed acute. — Waste grouud. Intro- 

 duced. — Stems 1° - 1 ^° long. Leaves I' - 1 i' long. Spikes 2' - 3' long. 



3. E. pumilus, Raf. Stem low, somewhat fleshy ; leaves small, mo.stly 

 crowded near the end of the branches, ovate, obtuse, short-petioled ; flowers 

 in small axillary clu.sters ; sepals ft, half as long as the ovate obscurely 5-ribbed 

 utricle. — Sandy sea-shore, South Carolina, and northward. August -Sept. 



4. AMBLOGYNA, Kaf. 



Flowers monoecious. Staminate flowers 3-sepalous, triandrous. Pistillate 

 calyx round-funnel-shaped, 5 cleft, with spreading spatulate scarious lobes, 

 enclosing the indehisceut utricle. Otherwise like Amarantus. 



1. A. polygonoides, Kaf. Stem slightly pxihescent, branching; leaves 

 small, rhombic-ovate or ubovate ; flowers crowded in axillary clu.'^ters ; bracts 

 subulate ; calyx of the pistillate flowers twice as long as the bracts, with a 

 spreading white border; utricle ovate, rugose above, 3-cleft at the apex. — 

 South Florida, (l) — Stem l°- 1^° long. Leaves ^'- V long. 



5. SCLEROPUS, Schrad. 



Flowers monoecious, 3-bracted, triandrous. Calyx 5-sepalous. Utricle in- 

 dehiscent. Staminate flowers solitary, sessile in the upper axils. Pistillate 

 flowers clustered in the lower axils, on flattened pedicels, which become indu- 

 rated and fall away with the mature fruit. Otherwise like Amarantus and 

 Euxolus. 



