

AMARANTH FAMILY. 589 



6. Amaranthus Torreyi (A. Gray) Benth. Torrey's Amaranth. 



(Fig. 1403.) 



Amblogyne Torreyi A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5: 167. 



1801 . 

 Amarantus Torreyi Benth.; S. Wats. Bot. Cal. a- 42 



1880. 



Glabrous or nearly 30, stem stout or slender, 

 erect, grooved, usually much branched above, 2- 

 3 tall. Leaves lanceolate or rhombic-lanceolate, 

 thin, narrowed above to a rather blunt apex, mostly 

 cuneate at the base, \Y^'-0/ long, j4'-i' wide, slen- 

 der-petioled; flowers dioecious, borne in terminal 

 slender sometimes panicled spikes and in small ax- 

 illary clusters; bracts shorter than or about equal- 

 ling the 5 sepals, cuspidate; sepals of the pistillate 

 flowers obovate or broadly spatulate, clawed, obtuse 

 or emarginate, those of the staminate flowers nar- 

 rower and subacute; utricle dry, indehiscent. 



In dry soil, western Nebraska to Nevada, south to 

 Mexico. Plant with the aspect of Acnida. June-Aug. 



7. Amaranthus Palmeri S. Wats. Pal- 

 mer's Amaranth. (Fig. 1404. 



Amaranthus Palmeri S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. u: 



274. 1876. 



Somewhat similar to the preceding species, stem 

 erect, slender, branched, 2-3 tall, usually pubes- 

 cent above. Leaves ovate, rhombic-ovate or the 

 upper lanceolate, blunt at the apex, narrowed at 

 the base, prominently veined, slendcr-petioled, the 

 lower petiole often longer than the blades; flowers 

 dioecious, borne in elongated erect or drooping 

 spikes often i ' long or more, and some of them 

 commonly in small clusters in the upper axils; 

 bracts subulate, spiny-awned, spreading, twice as 

 long as the sepals; sepals 5, spatulate, clawed; 

 utricle dry, indehiscent. 



In dry soil, western Kansas (according to A. S. 

 Hitchcock) to Texas and Mexico, west to California. 

 June-Sept. 



8. Amaranthus lividus L/. Purplish 

 Amaranth. (Fig. 1405.) 



Amaranthus lividus I,. Sp. PI. 990. *753- 



Euxolus lividus Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13: Part 2, 275. 

 1849. 



Glabrous, rather succulent, purplish -green, stem 

 erect, slender, branched, i-3 tall. Leaves ovate, 

 entire, I'-s' long, strongly emarginate at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base, slender-petioled; flowers 

 monoecious or polygamous, in dense terminal 

 spikes and in capitate axillary clusters usually much 

 shorter than the petioles; bracts shorter than the 

 2 or 3 oblong or spatulate sepals; utricle dry, scar- 

 ious, smooth, indehiscent, longer than the sepals. 



In waste places, eastern Massachusetts to southern 

 New York. Adventive from tropical America. July- 

 Sept. 



