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8, P. pusilla Nutt. : minutely pubescent ; leaves linear-subulate, flat, 

 entire, acute ; scape terete, slender, longer than the leaves ; spike cylin- 

 <3ric, loose ; lower flowers distant ; bracts ovate, acute, &5 long as the 

 calyx. P. hybrida Bart. P. litiearifolia Muhl. 



Rocky hills. IN. Y. to Flor. W. to Miss. May, June. (^.— Scape 2—3 

 inches high, slender. jFZow;ers in an mterrupted spike. Dwarf Plantain. 



Subclass IV.— MONOCHLAMYDEALS. 



Flowers with a simple perianth, or whose calyx and corolla 

 form only one envelope. 



Order C. AM ARANTHACE^.— Amaranths. 



Perianth 3 — 5-parted, scarious, persistent. Stamens hypo- 

 gynous, either 5 or some multiple of that number, distinct or 

 monadelphous ; anthers 1 — 2-celled. Ovary single ; style 1 or 

 none. Fruit usually a membranous utricle. Seeds lenticular, 

 pendulous ; the embryo curved around mealy albumen. — Herbs 

 or shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite or alternate. Flowers in 

 heads or spikes, sometimes monoecious or dioecious. 



AMARANTHUS. Z,m%.— Amaranth. 

 (.From the Greek a, not, and ixapaivo, to fade ; or flowers which do not fade.) 



Monoecious. Perianth deeply 3 — 5-parted. Sterile Fl. 

 Stamens 3 — 5. Fertile Fl. Styles 3. Utricle opening trans- 

 versely all round, indehiscent. 



1. A. lividus Linn. : stem erect ; leaves elliptic, retuse ; flowers clustered, 

 triandrous, in rounded spikes. 



Cultivated grounds. Penn. ? to Car. June — Aug. ®. — Stem 2 — 3 feet 

 high, smooth. Livid Amaranth. 



2. A. hybridus Linn. : stem sulcate, angled, roughish pubescent, spar- 

 ingly branched; leaves ovate-lanceolate; flowers pentandrous, in dense 

 compound axillary and terminal spikes. 



Near gardens, &c. N. Y. to Car. June — Sept. (I). — Stem 2 — 3 feet high. 

 Flowers small, green, in compound sessile crowded spikes. Introduced ? 



Hybrid Amaranth. 



3. A. grcBcizans Linn. : stem obtusely angled, smooth, erect, with hori- 

 zontal branches ; leaves obovate and spatulate, oblong, retuse, mucronate ; 

 flowers triandrous, in small axillary clusters. A. Dlitum Big. 



Cultivated grounds. Mass. to Virg. July — Sept. (T)- — Stem 1 — 3 feet high. 

 Flowers numerous, pale-green. Introduced ? Bushy Amaranth. 



4. A. spinosits Linn.: stem striate, smoothish, much branched; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate ; axils spinose ; flowers pentandrous, in compound ter- 

 minal and axillary spikes. 



Cultivated grounds near West Chester, Penn. Darlingt. Aug. (J). — Stem 



