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Plants of the Punjab. 
Heras, Erect, wird ALTERNATE EXSTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Amarantus 
paniculatus, 
Bathu, chua. 
AMARANTACES. 
Babette ls. 
The Plains to 
9,000 ft. 
Valleys below and 
Hills above Simla 
(Collett). 
Amarantus caudatus, 
Love-Lies bleeding, 
Bathu, kedari chua. 
AMARANTACE®. 
RPBal avert: 
The Plains to 
9,000 ft. 
Baluchistan 
(Boissier). 
Amarantus 
gangeticus, 
Lal-saq. 
AMARANTACE. 
Pipeal iv. 119. 
The Plains to 
9,000 ft. 
Amavantus viridis, 
AMARANTACES. 
Hee Ly. 2720; 
The Plains. 
Baluchistan 
(Boissier). 
Amarantus 
pelygamus, 
Amarantus Blitum, 
Amarantus 
tenuifolius, 
LEAF Maroains ENTIRE. 
PETALS NONE. 
FLOWERS IN TERMINAL CHAFFY SPIKES. 
large, annual, stout, stem streaked, smooth or very 
slightly downy ; leaves 2-6 by 1-3 in., oblong with the 
ends rounded or ovate-lanceolate, short-pointed or finely 
long-pointed ; flowers like the last species, but red or yellow 
in ovate branched racemes, roughly scurfy with spread- 
ing recurved bracts, bracts needle-like, very much longer 
than the long-pointed sepals, seeds ,'; in. diam., yellow- 
ish-white or densely black with a narrow thin border. 
This plant is widely cultivated as a rainy season crop. 
very like the last species, but the spikes are long, 
tail-like and drooping, bracts shorter and sepals ovate- 
oblong. This plant is less commonly cultivated. It has 
been introduced into Ind’a since Roxburgh’s time. 
like Amarantus paniculatus, but the leaves are often 
pink or red, bracts and sepals with long bristle-like points, 
sepals 8, stamens 3, seeds larger, very black with a sharp 
border. ‘This plant is cultivated and only found on culti- 
vated ground ; itis only eaten as a vegetable. 
like the last species, but green, bracts shorter than 
the 2 ov 3 sepals, stamens 2 or 8, seeds smaller with a 
sharp border. ‘This plant is only found in waste places ; 
the tops are sometimes eaten as a vegetabte. 
see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 
