AMAHANTACEJE. ( AMARANTH FAMILY.) 37'J 



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. 



Trim! T. CET.iOSIEj'E. Anthers 2-oelled. Ovary many-ovuled. 



1. CELOSIA. Stamens united at the base. Utricle circumscissile. 



Tribe II. ACHYRANTHEJE. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary 1-ovuled. — Leaves alter- 

 nate. Stamens free. Sterile filaments none. 



* Utricle circumscissile. 



2. AMARANTUS. Flowers monoecious. Sepals 3 -5. 



» * Utricle indehiscent. , 



3. EUXOLUS. Flowers all alike, monoecious, sessile. Sepals 3-5. 



4. AMBLOGYXA. Flowers monoecious. 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. 



Tribb III. GOMPIIREXE.E. Anthers l-celled. Ovary 1-ovuled. Leaves opposite- 

 Stamens united below- 



7. IRESIXE Calyx 5-sepalous. Stamens united into a short cup. Sterile filaments none. 



8. ALTERXAXTHERA. Calyx 5-sepalous. Stamens united into a cup. Sterile filaments 



minute, tooth-like. 



9. TELAXTHERA. Calyx 5-sepalous. Stamens united into a tube. Sterile filaments cleft 



or fimbriate at the apex. 

 10. FRG3LICHIA. Calyx 5-cleft. Stamens wholly united. Anthers sessile. Sterile fila- 

 ments entire. 



1. 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 

 or 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 loncrer 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-monoecious, 3-bracted. Sepals 5, rarely 3, smooth, erect. 

 Stamens 5 or 3, free. Sterile filaments none : anthers oblong, 2-cellcd. Style 

 none: stigmas 2-3, slender, spreading. Utricle 1-seeded, ovate, 2-3-toothed 

 at the apex, circumscissile, commonly included in the calyx ; pericarp mostly 

 membranaceous. Radicle inferior. — Unsightly annual herbs, with erect or dif- 



