Order 106.— AMARANTACE^E. 619 



late, entire, smooth lvs. and small, green, subpcdicillate fls. in slender, 



axillary and terminal spikes. 



A. cannabina L. — Salt marshes, brackish swamps, Can. to Ga. and La. St. tall, 

 U to 6 to 8fJ thick, subterete. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 5 to 8' long, acuminate, 

 wavy, cuneatc at base, petiole 1 to 2' long. Fruit panicle loose. Bracts $ lance- 

 ovate, shorter than the calyx, S linear-subulate, very unequal. Fr. near 2" long. 

 Jl.— Oct. 



5. MONTELIA, Moq. Flowers, bracts, stamens, inflorescence, nearly 

 as in Acnida. Stigmas 3, very long, bristle-shaped, feathery ; fruit a 

 thin utricle, with a tortuous circumscissile dehiscence. — CD Herb glab- 

 rous, with long-petioled lvs. and small, greenish, spicate fls. 



JVI. tamariscina Gray. — Damp sandy soils or shores, TV. States, rare in N. Fng- 

 St. flowering at all heights from 1 to if, angular, branched, lvs. lance oval, 1 to 5* 

 by 6 to 15'', petiole as long. Spikes interrupted and leafy at base, continuous 

 above. Bracts $ acute, shorter than the calyx, S rigid, subulate, longer than the 

 ovary which in fruit opens by a tortuous line. Seed dark brown, polished. Jl. 

 — Sept (A. ruscocaqja and altissima Mx. A. Miamensis Ridd.) — Varies with 

 the clusters all axillary, hardly forming spikes. 



5. IRESFNE, Brown. (Gr. vipeoiuvr], an olive-branch bound with, 

 tufts of wool borne by supplicants.) Flowers dioecious or £ , 3-bracted ; 

 calyx of 5 erect sepals; stamens 5, anthers 1 -celled; stigmas 2,3; 

 utricle roundish ovate, valveless, 1 -seeded, included in the calyx ; seed 

 vertical. — Herbs with opposite, petiolatc lvs. and minute, densely spi- 

 •cate or capitate, often woolly fls. suggesting the name. 



X celosioides L. St. erect, furrowed, paniculate above ; lvs. scabrous, punctate, 

 lower oblong, acuminate, upper ovate-lauceolate ; panicle compound, large, rather 

 dense. — A tall handsome annual, 3 to 4f high, on river banks, Ohio near Cincin- 

 nati, to 111. and La Lvs. taperiug to the base into a winged petiole, 3 to 6' by 

 2 to 4'. Panicle of delicate, whitish fls. large, with opposite branches, branchlets 

 .and pedicels, nearly or quite leafless. Sept., Oct 



7. GOMPHRE^NA, L. Globk Amaranth. Flowers perfect or poly- 

 gamous, 3-bracted; calyx 5-sepaled or 5-cleft, sepals erect; stamens 5, 

 filaments dilated and 3-cleft at apex, middle tooth bearing the 1 -celled 

 Anther; stigma capitate; utricle valveless, 1-seeded, included in the 

 calyx. Herbs or shrubs of S. America. Lvs. opposite. Fls. usually 

 ■capitate. 



G. globosa L. Erect, trichotomously much branched, pubescent; lvs. short- 

 petiolate, oblong, acute, mucronate, entire; fls. bright purple, in globular, 2-bracted, 

 pedunculate, terminal heads ; bracts glabrous, longer than the woolly calyx. — 

 Gardens. Stem 1 to 2f high. Branches suberect. lids, near 1' diain, fadeless. 

 4 E. Indies. 



8. TELANTHERA Brown. (Gr. riXeiog, full, complete, Lat. an- 

 therae ; alluding to the perfect flowers.) Fls. perfect, 3-bracted ; calyx 

 of 5 sepals ; stamens 5, with 5 intervening, elongated, sterile filaments ; 

 anthers 1-celled ; style short, stigma capitate ; utricle valveless, 1-seeded, 

 included in the calyx. — Herbs or shrubs with opposite lvs., axillary and 

 terminal lids, of fls. 



T. polygonoidec Moq. j3. repexs. Procumbent, diffusely branched, hairy; lvs. 

 oval, obtuse, attenuate to a winged petiole ; hds. sessile, 1 to 2 together, oval, 

 obtuse; fls. whitish silvery; bracts shorter than the ovate-acuminate, mucronate, 

 unequal sepals, inner sep. hairy. — If Cultivated grounds, roadsides, in the vicinity 

 of the coast, S. States. Sts. slender, 1 to 2f long. Lvs. including the petiole 6 ' 

 40 15" by 4 to 7". lids. 3 to 4" long. Feb.— Oct 



