AMARANTACE^. (AMARANTH FAMILY.) 675 



3. A. cauclatu§, L. ^Urf-ed-Dll. .3 to .8, glabrescent or 

 appressed-puberulent; stem erect, angled. Leaves ovate to oblong -lan- 

 ceolate^ tapering at both ends, bright green. Panicle nearly simple or 

 branched, spikes cylindrical, pendulous, the terminal mry long ; flowers 

 in dense clusters, crimson, rarely white; bracts lanceolate-subulate, a 

 little longer than sepals ; utricle 2-3-lobed at tip -- Summer — Antioch ; 

 Hauran. 



1 1 Floioers green. ■ 



4. A, cliloro§tacliys, Willd. .3 to.8, pale green, minutely 

 crisp-pubescent, erect. Leaves ovate-rhomdic, rather oltuse. Spikes of 

 loose panicle ascending, rather loose, acute, the terminal much longer; 

 bracts lanceolate-subulate, spiny, tioice as long as green, linear-oblong, 

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

 Roadsides; common. Probably a variety of the next. 



5. A. retroflexus, L. .3 ta.8, pale 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 S-S-toothed at apex 

 — July to December — Fields and roadsides; common. 



* * Stantens and sepals 3. Floicer clusters small, axillary. 



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

 or erect, 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 2-3- 

 dentate, tioice as long as calyx — All the year — Roadsides ; common. 



Var. €rr£ecizaii§, Boiss. Leaves narrower — Waste places ; less 

 common than type. 



3. ALiBER^lA, Kuntii. Albersia. 



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

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

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

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

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

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

 by indehiscence of utricle. 



A. Blitum, Kth. .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, the upper 

 approximated, forming a cylindrical spike .03 to .06 long, .01 in 

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

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

 Roadsides and waste places ; coast. 



4. iERVA, Forsk. ^rva. 



Flowers hermaphrodite, 3-bracted. Sepals 5, nearly equal, fleecy. 

 Stamens 5, united at base into a cupule; filaments subulate; anthers 2- 

 celled. Staminodes 5, tooth-like or subulate-triangular. Ovary 1- 

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



