Deerincia.] |§ AMARANTACEA. — 5 
inhabiting tropical and sub-tropical regions. The family is closely 
allied to the Chenopodiacee, differing chiefly in habit. 
Leaves alternate ; staminodes none :— 
Ovary 2-many-ovuled :— ; 
A shrub with scarlet berries . . 1. DEERINGIA, 
Herbs with circumscissile capsules ~« 2. CELOSIA. 
Ovary l-ovuled ; ovule erect :— 
Flowers 2-sexual, in spikes; fruit a crus- 
taceous nut . , Seb heee: . 3. DIGERA. 
Flowers moncecious or polygamous : 
fruit an indehiscent or circumscissile 
utricle . f ' : ; 
Leaves alternate or fascicled or with opposite 
and alternate leaves mixed ; stamens with 
interposed staminodes . ; . . 5. ADRUA. 
Leaves all opposite (not fascicled) ; stamens 
with or without interposed staminodes :— 
Anthers 2-celled :— 
Flowers all perfect, in spikes :— 
4. AMARANTUS. 
Stamens 2; staminodes none . 6 NoTHOsSzaRvVA. 
Stamens 5, with interposed stami- 
nodes . 7. ACHYRANTHES. 
Flowers fascicled, each fascicle con- 
taining one perfect flower and several 
sterile ones the perianth-segments 
of which become converted into 
spreading hooked bristles ; stami- 
nodes none. ~ ; ‘ . 8. PUPALIA. 
Anthers ]-celled . 5 ° . . 9. ALTERNTHERA. 
1. DEERINGIA, R. Br. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 714. 
Rambling or climbing undershrubs. Leaves alternate, petioled. 
Flowers small, in simple or panicled spikes, 2- sexual or polygamo- 
dicecious; bracts and bracteoles scarious. Perianth-segments 95, 
sepaline, free and equal or nearly so, membranous or herbaceous, 
spreading in fruit. Stamens 4 or 5, connate below in a hypogy- 
nous cup; anthers broadly oblong, 2-celled. Ovary ovoid or sub- 
globose, sessile or stipitate ; styles 2 or 4, subulate, connate below, 
uniformly papillose throughout, or small sessile and capitellate ; 
