Obdee 106.— AMARANTACEiB. 6lV 



<% recurved ; utricle circumscissile, many-seeded, more or less inclosed 

 in the calyx. — Herbs or shrubs smooth, erect, with alternate lvs. and 

 brilliant, scarious lis. 



C. cristata L. Lvs, ovate-lanceolate, pctiolate; spikes subsessile, ovate- 

 pyramidal, or (in cultivation) compressed, dilated and truncate at the apex, or 

 excessively branched ; fls. subsessile, 2-styled; sep. mucronate, longer than the 

 bracts. — (J) Gardens. This curious and popular annual is said to be native of E. 

 Ind. Its broad spikes -are of fantastic shapes and of the richest crimson, varying 

 to white. 



2. AMARANTUS, Tourn. (Gr. a, not, }iapah>b), to fade, avOoc, 

 flower; sc unlading flowers.) Amaranth. Flowers polygamous, 3- 

 bracted ; calyx 5 to 3-sepaled, equal, erect; stamens 5 to 3, with no 

 rudiments ; style ; stigmas 2 to 3 ; utricle ovate, 2 to 3-beaked, partly 

 inclosed, circumscissile; seed 1. — ® Herbs with alternate leaves taper- 

 ing to a petiole, and minute green or purplish fls. in axillary or ter- 

 minal clusters. 



5 Flowers m long axillary and terminal, paniculate spikes, and 5-parted. (*) 



* Herbage and flowers more or less tinged with crimson Nos. 1, 2 



* Herbage and flowers green, nev-er tinged with crimson Nos. 8 — 5 



§ Flowers in romotisb, axillary, dense glomerulus, aud 3-parted Nos. 6, 1 



1 A. hypocrondriacus L. Prince's Feather. Erect, furrowed, smoothisli, 

 and somewhat reddened ; lvs. long-petioled, oblong-lanceolate, pointed at each 

 end, roughish beneath; panicle branched; spikes erect, very obtuse, the terminat 

 one much the longest and largest, lateral short and crowded ; lis. deep purple ; caL 

 shorter than the long-awned bracts. — Fields and gardens, spontaneous and often 

 cultivated. Very tall (3 to 4 to 6f ) and showy. Lvs. 4 to $' long, petioles nearly 

 same length, f § Mex. 



2 A paniculatus Moq. Prince's Feather. Erect, subterete, pubescent, pale 

 green ; lvs. oval or ovate-lanceolate, taper pointed at each end, purplish on the 

 margin ; panicle very branching, spikes erect or spreading, cylindric, acutish, 

 crowded, all nearly eqital; fls. reddish green or (in variety sanguineus) blood-red ; 

 bracts short-awned, a. little longer tfian the calyx. — Fields and gardens. St. 3 to 5f 

 high, with purple lines. Lvs. 4 to 8' by 2 to 3', petiole 2 to 3'. Spikes slender. 

 f § Mex. 



3 A. retroflexus L Erect, subterete, pubescent, glaucous green; lvs. long- 

 petioled, ovate or subrhombic, acuminate, obtuse at apex, undulate; panicle 

 pyramidal, spikes oblong-ovate, thiclc, crowded, in a dense panicle, Uie terminal 

 hardly longer ; fls. dense, pale green; bracts awned, twice longer than the calyx; 

 utricle included, — A common weed in cultivated and waste grounds. St. 2 to 4f 

 high. Lvs. 3 to 5' by 18 to 30" with prominent veins, petiole 2 to 3'. Spikes G 

 co 9" thick aud rather short. JL — Sept 



4 A. chlorostachys "Willd. Lvs. ovate, obtuse, intense green, as well as tho 

 flowers; panicle raceme-like, with acute spikes, terminal spike longest andflexuous; 

 bracts a third longer ilian the calyx; utricle exserted; otherwise as in No. 3. — Cul- 

 tivated and waste grounds. St. 3 to4f high. Lvs. 2 to 3' by 1 to 2', petiole 2 

 to 3'. Fls. smaller than in that species. JL — Sept. § Asia. 



5 A. hybridus L. Erect, angular, glabrous, green ; lvs. ovate-oblong or ovate- 

 acute, bright green • panicle loosely branched ; spikes erect cylindric obtuse, terminal 

 one long, rigid, lateral short, close; fls. loose, green, col. shorter than the awned 

 bracts, as long as the utricle. — Cultivated and waste grounds, common. St. 2 to 4f 

 high. Lvs. 2 to 4' by 9 to 18", petioles longer. Panicle long, sometimes tinged 

 with red. JL — Sept. § Mex. 



6 A. albus L. "White Pigweed. Erect, subterete, whitish, with spreading 

 branches; lvs. Iong-p3tioled, ovate, rhomb-ovate or obovate, very obtuse, glabrous, 

 light gr-een; glemerules remote, in pairs, much shorter than the petioles; fls. 

 dense, green ; cal. much shorter than the' rigid, subulate, pungent bracts, twice 

 shorter than the utricla — A common weed, roadsides, waste grounds. Sts. 1 to 



