170 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Feather, is cultivated in gardens, and escapes to waste places 

 at Southington and Meriden (Andrews), and Bridgeport 

 (Eames). 



The species is often a bad weed in cultivated ground. 



Amaranthus paniculatus L. (panicled). 



Amaranthus hybridus L., var. paniculatus U. & B. 

 Amaranth. Purple Amaranth. 



Occasional. Roadsides, waste places and about old gardens, 

 especially in the more populous districts. July — Oct. Adven- 

 tive from tropical America. 



Amaranthus graecizans L. 



Amaranthus alhiis L. 



Tumble Weed. White Amaranth or Pigweed. Bushy Pig- 

 weed. 

 Frequent. Cultivated fields and waste ground. July — 



Oct. 



A weed, but not usually troublesome in this state. 



Amaranthus blitoides Wats, (like Blitum, the Blite). 

 Prostrate Amaranth. 



Rare. Roadsides and waste places: Norwich (Mrs. E. E. 

 Rogers), New London (Graves), Hartford (H. S. Clark, 

 Bissell), Naugatuck (A. E. Blewitt & Harger), Waterbury 

 (A. E. Blewitt), Southbury (Harger), Milford, Bridgeport 

 and Norwalk (Eames). July — Sept. Adventive from the 

 West. 



Amaranthus spinosus L. (spiny). 

 Spiny or Thorny Amaranth. 



Rare. Waste places: New London (Graves), Norwich 

 (Mrs. E. E. Rogers). July — Sept. Adventive from tropical 

 America. 



Amaranthus caudatus L. (tailed). 



Prince's Feather. Love-lies-bleeding. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation into waste ground in 

 Bridgeport and Norwalk (Eames). Aug. Native of India. 



