AMARANTACE^. (AMAHANTH FAMILY.) 675 



3. A. eaiidatus, L. ^Urf-cd-Dil. .3 to .8, glabrescent or 

 apprcssed-piibcrulent; stem erect, angled. Leaves ovate to oblong -lan- 

 ro)late, tapering at both ends, bright green. Panicle nearly simple or 

 ijranched, spikes cylindrical, 2'miduloiis, the terminal 'very long ; flowers 

 In dense clusters, crimson, rarely white; bracts lanceolatc-sul3ulate, a 

 iittle longer than sepals; utricle 2-o-lobed at tip — Summer — Antioch ; 

 ilauran. 



1 1 Floiccrs green. ■ 



4. A. clilorostachy^i, Willd. .3 to. 8, pale green, minutely 

 crisp-pubescent, erect. Leaves ovate-rhombic^ rather obtuse. Spikes of 

 loose 2)anicle ascending, rather loose, acute, the terminal much longer; 

 bracts lanceolate-subulate, spiny, ticice as long as greeti, linear-oblong, 

 retuse or obtuse sepals; utricle 2-3-tootlied at apex — September - 

 Roadsides; common. Probably a variety of the next. 



5. A, rctro{!exM§, L. .3 to .8, 2:)ale green, puberulent, stout, 

 erect. Leaves ovate-rhombic, rather obtuse. Spikes of compact panicle 

 green, short, sessile, the lower often rather remote, obtuse, the terminal 

 a little longer; bracts lanceolate, subulate-spiny, twice as long as green, 

 linear-oblong, retuse and mucronate sepals ; utricle 2-o-toothed at apex 

 — July to December — Fields and roadsides; common. 



* * Stamens and^ sepals 3. Flower clusters small, axillary. 



6. A. §ylvcstris, Desf. .3 to .5, glabrescent; stem decumbent 

 or erectj with ascending branches. Leaves rhombic-ovate to oblong- 

 lenticular, obtuse. Flower clusters. 003 to .005 long; bracts lanceolate, 

 acute, not spiny, as long «s linear, keeled, mucronate sepals; utricle 3-3- 

 dentate, twice as long. as calyx — All the year — Roadsides; commou. 



Var. Greeciza]i§, Boiss. Leaves narrower — Waste places; less 

 common than type. 



3. AtiBERSIA, KuNTH. Albersia. 



Flowers monojcious, 3-bracted. Sepals 3, equal, erect. Stamens 

 3, free, with subulate filaments, and 2-celled antliers. Staminodes 0. 

 Style 0. Stigmas 3, filiform. Utricle membranous or fleshy, indehis- 

 cent, 1-seeded. Seed vertical, lenticular-reniform, crustaceous; aril 0. 

 Albumen central; embryo circular; radicle inferior — Annuals, with 

 alternate leaves, and clustered or spiked flowers. Difllers from Amarantus 

 by indehiscence of utricle. 



A. ISIitiim, Ktli. ,0 .2 to .3, glabrous, branching from neck ; stems 

 diffuse or ascending. Leaves rhombic-ovate to oblong, .01 to .02 long, 

 obtuse to retuse-. Clusters dense, axillary, the lower separated, thcuj>per 

 approximated, forming a cylindrical spike .03 to .OG long, .01 in 

 diameter; bracts triangular, acute, shorter than lanceolate, acutish 

 -sepals; utricle globular-ovate, a little longer than calyx — Summer — 

 Uoadsides and waste places; coast. 



4. JEJIW, Forsk. ^Erva. 



Flowers hermaphrodite, 3-bracted. Sepals 5, nearly C(iual, fleecy. 

 Stamens 5, united at base into a cuj^ule; filaments subulate; anthers 2- 

 cL'Ued. Staminodes 5, tooth-like or subulate-triangular. Ovary 1- 

 ovuled; style short; stigmas 2, minute. Utricle nearly spherical, in- 



