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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 

 Petals none. 

 Flowers in terminal chaffy spikes. 



Amarantiis 

 paniculatus, 



Batliu, cliua. 

 Amarantace.^. 

 r. B. L iv. 718. 

 The Plains to 

 9,000 ft. 



Valleys below and 

 Hills above Simla 

 (Collet t). 



Amarantus caudatus, 

 Love-Li3S bleeding, 



Batliu, kedari cliua. 

 Amarantace.e. 



E. B. I. iv. 719. 



The Plains to 

 9,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Boissier). 



Amarantus 

 gangetieus, 

 Lal-sag. 

 Amarantace.e. 



F. B. I. iv. 719. 

 The Plains to 

 9,000 ft. 



Amarantus viridis, 



Amarantace.e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 720. 

 The Plains. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Boissier). 



Amarantus 

 polygamus, 



Amarantus Elitum, 



Am.arantus 

 tenuifolius, 



large, annual, stout, stem streaked, smooth or very 

 slightly downy ; leaves 2-6 by 1-3 in., oblong with the 

 ends rounded or ovate-lanceolate, short-pointed or finely 

 long-pointed ; flowers like the last speeies, but red or yellow 

 in ovate branched racemes, roughly scurfy with spread- 

 ing recurved bracts, bracts needle-like, very much longer 

 than the long-pointed sepals, seeds -j'^j- in. diam., yellow- 

 ish-white or densely black vdth a narrow tliin border. 

 This plant is widely cultivated as a rainy season crop. 



very like the last species, but the spikes are long, 

 tail-like and drooping, bracts shorter and sepals ovate- 

 oblong. This plant is less commonly cultivated. It has 

 been introduced into Lid' a since Boxburarh's time. 



like Amarantus paniculatus, but the leaves are often 

 pink or red, bracts and sepals with long bristle-like points, 

 sepals 3, stamens 3, seeds larger, xovx black -with a sharp 

 border. This plant is cultivated and only found on culti- 

 vated f:^round ; it is only eaten as a vegetab'.e. 



like the last species, but green, bracts shorter than 

 the 2 or 3 sepals, stamens 2 or 3, seeds smaller with a 

 sharp border. This plant is only found in waste places ; 

 the tops arc sometimes eaten as a vegetable. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



sec Prostrate Herbs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 see Prorstrate Herbs, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple. 



