Order 94. Amarantacece. 267 



terminal, erect, rather thick, flowers closely clustered, pale 

 green, sepals 3, stamens 3 to 5. Rdnmdti, tdmdulja, mat 

 tdmbari. 



A variable weed, cultivated and wild in most parts of India (H.). 

 There are apparently several varieties. This is the only species of 

 the order fonnd wild or half-wild in England. 



3. A. polygamus (Amblogyna polygonoides, D.). Only a 

 form of the last (H.) with small usually obovate leaves with a 

 soft point, flowers fewer in a cluster, sepals larger, more subulate, 

 utricles smaller, more acute. Chduli. 



This appears to be the species most commonly used as bhdji. Very 

 common in all cultivated lands (D.). But Dr. Dymock thinks that 

 the next is the commonest species and the most used, 



4. A. gangeticus (A. tristis, D.). Erect, smooth, branched, 

 tinged with red, leaves long-petioled, waved, ovate or lanceolate 

 obtuse, spikes rather obtuse, sub-erect, the terminal one longer 

 and slightly drooping, flowers crowded, small, green, sepals and 

 stamens 3. Mdti, cJiulai. 



The following species all seem to be cultivated more or less, and 

 found in cultivated ground, but I have not identified them, and D. 

 throughout this order very rarely gives any habitat. The native 

 names are, I think, of very little use in distinguishing the species, 

 and Dr. Dymock gives to No. 4 all the names I have for No. 2, which 

 he calls pokald. 



* A. paniculatus, tall, thick-stemmed, leaves ovate lanceolate, 

 spikes panicled, red, green, or yellow, sepals and stamens 5, bracts 

 recurved, longer than the sepals. Kahola-bhciji. Cultivated in India 

 from time immemorial (H.). * A. viridis, erect, smooth, leaves ovate, 

 the tip rounded or notched, spikes slender, panicled, flowers green, 

 sepals and stamens 3, bracts and sepals membranous with green keel. 

 A common weed in gardens and cultivated ground ((?.) * A. 

 tenuifolius (Mengea t. D.) smooth, branched, spreading from the root, 

 leaves small oblong, very variable, clusters of flowers minute, 

 axillary, sepals and stamens 2. Ghol. 



A. caudatus is the old English garden flower " Love lies bleeding," 

 a romantic name rather calculated to disappoint. A. hypochondriacus 

 is Prince's feather. Dr. Gray mentions * A. salicifolius, with other 

 species and vars., having brilliant crimson or deep-purple foliage, 

 as common in Bombay gardens. 



Deeringia, a shrub, stamens 4 or 5, stigmas 2 to 4, berry seated on 

 the spreading perianth. * D. celosioides (D. baccata, D.) straggling, 

 stem angled, leaves ovate or lanceolate acute, spikes long, slender, 

 flowers greenish-white, bracts acute, berry round, scarlet. Konkan 



4. PUP ALIA. 



P. lappacea. A strong thick-stemmed plant tinged with 

 red, more or less hairy all over, leaves ovate petioled, flowers in 



