ORDER 106. AMARANTACE^E. C19 



late, entire, smooth Ivs. and small, green, subpedicillate fls. in slender, 



axillary and terminal spikes. 



A. cannabina L. Salt marshes, brackish swamps, Can. to Ga. and La. St. tall, 

 3 to G to 8f, thick, subterete. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 5 to 8' long, acuminate, 

 wavy, cuneate at base, petiole 1 to 2' long. Fruit panicle loose. Bracts $ lance- 

 ovate, shorter than the calyx, ? linear-subulate, very unequal. Fr. near 2" long. 

 Jl. Oct. 



5. MONTE'LIA, Moq. Flowers, bracts, stamens, inflorescence, nearly 

 as in Acnida. Stigmas 3, very long, bristle-shaped, feathery ; fruit a 

 thin utricle, with a tortuous circumscissile dehiscence. Herb glab 

 rous, with long-petioled Ivs. and small, greenish, spicate fls. 



M. tamariscina Gray. Damp sandy soils or shores, "W. States, rare in N. Eng. 

 St flowering at all heights from 1 to 5f, angular, branched, Ivs. lance oval, 1 to 5' 

 by 6 to 15", petiole as long. Spikes interrupted and leafy at base, continuous 

 above. Bracts $ acute, shorter than the calyx, rigid, subulate, longer than the 

 ovary which in fruit opens by a tortuous line. Seed dark brown, polished. Jl. 

 Sept (A. ruscocarpa and altissima MX. A. Miamensia Ridd.) Yaries with 

 the clusters all axillary, hardly forming spikes. 



5. IRESI'NE, Brown. (Gr. eipeoiuvrj, an olive-branch bound with 

 tufts of wool borne by supplicants.) Flowers dioecious or , 3-bracted ; 

 calyx of 5 erect sepals ; stamens 5, anthers 1-celled J stigmas 2, 3 ; 

 utricle roundish ovate, valveless, 1-seeded, included in the calyx ; seed 

 vertical. Herbs with opposite, petiolate Ivs. and minute, densely spi^ 

 cate or capitate, often, woolly fls. suggesting the name. 



I. celosioides L. St. erect, furrowed, paniculate above ; Ivs. scabrous, punctate, 

 lower oblong, acuminate, upper ovate-lanceolate ; panicle compound, large, rather 

 dense. A tall handsome annual, 3 to 4f high, on river banks, Ohio near Cincin- 

 nati, to 111. and La Lvs. tapering to the base into a winged petiole, 3 to 6' by 

 2 to 4'. Panicle of delicate, whitish fls. large, with opposite branches, branchlets 

 and pedicels, nearly or quite leafless. Sept., Oct. 



7. GOMPHRE^NA, L. GLOBE AMARANTH. Flowers perfect or poly- 

 gamous, 3-bracted; calyx 5-sepaled or 5-cleft, sepals erect; stamens 5, 

 filaments dilated and 3-cleft at apex, middle tooth bearing the 1-celled 

 anther; stigma capitate; utricle valveless, 1-seeded, included in the 

 calyx. Herbs or shrubs of S. America. Lvs. opposite. Fls. usually 

 capitate. 



G. globosa L. Erect, trichotomously much branched, pubescent ; Ivs. short- 

 petiolate, oblong, acute, mucronate, entire ; fls. bright purple, in globular, 2-bracted, 

 pedunculate, terminal heads ; bracts glabrous, longer than the woolly calyx. 

 Gardens. Stem 1 to 2f high. Branches suberect. lids, near 1' diam, fadeless. 

 f E. Indies. 



8. TELANTHERA Brown. (Gr. rc^eio^ full, complete, Lat. an- 

 ther as ; alluding to the perfect flowers.) Fls. perfect, 3-bracted ; calyx 

 of 5 sepals ; stamens 5, with 5 intervening, elongated, sterile filaments ; 

 anthers 1-celled ; style short, stigma capitate ; utricle valveless, 1-seeded, 

 included in the calyx. Herbs or shrubs with opposite Ivs., axillary and 

 terminal lids, of fls. 



T. polygoiioides Moq. (3. REPEXS. Procumbent, diffusely branched, hairy; Ivs. 

 oval, obtuse, attenuate to a winged petiole ; hds. sessile, 1 to 2 together, oval, 

 obtuse ; fls. whitish silvery ; bracts shorter than the ovate-acuminate, mucronate, 

 unequal sepals, inner sep. hairy. 1J. Cultivated grounds, roadsides, in the vicinity 

 of the coast, S. States. Sts. slender, 1 to 2f long. Lvs. indudbg the petiole G 

 to 15" by 4. to 7". Hds. 3 to 4" long. Feb. Oct. 



