86. 40. AMARANTACEAE. 



1. Ovules 2 or more. Anthers 2 celled. Leaves alternate, 2. 



Ovules solitary. 3. 



2. Filaments united at base. Staminodes or very short. 



1 CELOSIA. 

 Filaments united high up. Staminodes longer than filaments. 



2 HERMBSTAEDIA. 



3. Anthers 2 celled. 4. 

 Anthers 1 celled. 11. 



4. Ovule erect, funicle short. 3 AMARANTUS. 

 Ovule on a long basal funicle (pendulous). 5. 



5. Flow^ers 2 or more in axil of each bract, usually some sterile 



or reduced to spines. 6. 



Flowers solitary in axil of each bract, bi-bracteolate. All her- 

 maphrodite. 8. 



6. Staminodes none. 6 PUPALIA, 

 Staminodes present. 7. 



7. Fruit horned, sterile flowers reduced to straight spines. 



4 CYPHOCARPA. 

 Fruit not horned, spines hooked. 5 CYATHULA, 



8. Staminodes none. 7 PSILOTRICHUM. 

 Staminodes present. 9. 



9. Perianth woolly. 8 AERVA. 

 Perianth glabrous or scantily hairy. 10. 



10. Filaments connate into a long tube. 9 ACHYRANTHES. 

 Filaments connate at the base. 10 ACHYROPSIS. 



11. Stigma 1, capitate. 11 ALTERNANTHERA 

 Stigmas 2, linear. 12 GOMPHRENA. 



1. CELOSIA Linn 



1. trigyna Linn. Margins of coast. Bush. 



2. triloba E.M. 



2. HERMBSTAEDTIA. Reichb. 



1. caffra Moquin. Margins of coast. Bush. 



3. AMARANTUS Linn. "imBuya." 



1. spinosus L. Common. Coast and Midlands. 



2. paniculatus L. Midlands. Cultivated in India for its 



grain. 



3. thunbergii Moquin. Common all over. 



4. CYPHOCARPA Lopr. 



1. trichinioides Lopr. Coast and Midlands. 



2. angustifolia Lopr. Thornveld, near Mooi River. 



5. CYATHULA Lour. 



1. cylindrica Moquin. Common all over. 



2. globulifera Moquin. Coast and Midlands. 



3. natalensis Sond. Durban, 



4. spathulifolia l<opr. Coastbelt. 



6. PUPALIA Juss. 



1. atropurpurea Moquin, Coastbelt. 



