Amarantus 



AMARANTACEiE 



131 



[A. paniculatus L. (Bleeding Hearts), found in gardens, is allied to 

 A. tristisLi. The blood-red or reddish-green terminal panicle of flowers 

 is roagh with the projecting bracts. The plant, cut young, makes 

 excellent greens, the young stems are as as good as asparagus. A. san- 

 guineus L., Wright Mem. 298.] 



3. A. viPidis L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1405 (1763); terminal spike 

 with few branches, long and flexuose, with the clusters some- 

 times distant, axillary spikes long or short or reduced to clusters ; 

 perianth-segments 3; stamens 2 or 3 ; utricle rough with wrinkles, 



Fig. 40. — AmararUus viridis L. 



A, Portion of plant in flower. - 



B, Male flower. 



C, Female flower with one perianth-seg- 



ment removed. 



D, Fruit with persistent perianth. 



E, Seed cut lengthwise ; c, cotyledons 



r, radicle ; e, endosperm. 



acute with the style, indehiscent. — Wriglit Mem. 298. A. gracilis 

 Desf. Tabl. 43 (1804) ; Urh. op. cit. 219. Blitum minus album 

 polyspermum &c. Sloane Cat. 49 & Hist. {., 143, t. 92, /. 1. 

 Euxolus caudatus Moq. torn. cit. 274 ; Oriseh. loc. cit. Type in 

 Herb. Linn. (Fig. 40.) 



Common Garden Oalalu, Green Galalu, Spinach. 



Sloane Herb. ii. 114 and io. 115 ! Wright ! Broughton ! MarchX Arcadia, 

 Mrs. Sewell I— Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, 

 St. Cruz, St. Martin, St. Eustatius, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, 

 St. Vincent, Bequia, Curasao, tropics. 



Leaves ovate-rhomboid, ovate or elliptical, apex rounded or notched, 

 3-5 cm. 1., long-stalked. Bract and bracteoles shorter than the perianth 



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