AMARANTH FAMILY. 589 
6. Amaranthus Torreyi (A. Gray) Benth. ‘Torrey’s Amaranth. 
(Fig. 1403.) 
sa ecmne Torreyi A. Gray, Proc. Am, Acad. 5: 167. 
IS6I. 
Amarantus Torreyi Benth.; S. Wats. Bot. Cal. 2: 42. 
1880. 
Glabrous or nearly so, stem stout or slender, 
erect, grooved, usually much branched above, 2°- 
3° tall. Leaves lanceolate or rhombic-lanceolate, 
thin, narrowed above toa rather blunt apex, mostly 
cuneate at the base, 114’--4’ long, 4’-1’ wide, slen- 
der-petioled; flowers dioecious, borne in terminal 
slender sometimes panicled spikes and in small ax- 
illary clusters; bracts shorter than or about equal- 
ling the 5 sepals, cuspidate; sepals of the pistillate 
flowers obovate or broadly spatulate, clawed, obtuse 
or emarginate, those of the staminate flowers nar- 
rower and subacute; utricle dry, indehiscent. 
In dry soil, western Nebraska to Nevada, south to 
Mexico. Plant with the aspect of Acuida. June—Aug.° 
7. Amaranthus Palmeri S. Wats.  Pal- 
mer’s Amaranth. (Fig. 1404.) 
Amaranthus Palmeri $. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 12: 
274. 1876. 
Somewhat similar to the preceding species, stem 
erect, slender, branched, 2°-3° tall, usually pubes- 
cent above. Leaves ovate, rhombic-ovate or the 
upper lanceolate, blunt at the apex, narrowed at 
the base, prominently veined, slender-petioled, the 
lower petiole often longer than the blades; flowers 
dioecious, borne in elongated erect or drooping 
spikes often 1’ long or more, and some of them 
commonly in small clusters in the upper axils; 
bracts subulate, spiny-awned, spreading, twice as 
long as the sepals; sepals 5, spatulate, clawed; 
utricle dry, indehiscent. 
In dry soil, western Kansas (according to A. S. 
Hitchcock) to Texas and Mexico, west to California. 
June-Sept. 
8. Amaranthus lividus L. Purplish 
Amaranth. (Fig. 1405.) 
Amaranthus lividus I, Sp. Pl. 990. 1753. 
Euxolus lividus Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13: Part 2, 275. 
1849. 
Glabrous, rather succulent, purplish-green, stem 
erect, slender, branched, 1°-3° tall. Leaves ovate, 
entire, 1/-3/ long, strongly emarginate at the apex, 
narrowed at the base, slender-petioled; flowers 
monoecious or polygamous, in dense terminal 
spikes and in capitate axillary clusters usually much 
shorter than the petioles; bracts shorter than the 
2 or 3 oblong or spatulate sepals; utricle dry, scar- 
ious, smooth, indehiscent, longer than the sepals. 
In waste places, eastern Massachusetts to southern 
New York. Adventive from tropical America. July— 
Sept. 
