590 



AMARANTHACEAE. 



9. Amaranthus deflexus L. Low 

 Amaranth. (Fig. 1406.) 



Amaranthus deflexus L. Mant. 2: 295. 

 Euxolus deflexus Raf. Fl. Tell. 3: 42. 



1771. 

 1836. 



Glabrous, purplish -green, rather succulent, stem 

 usually much branched, erect, stout or slender, 

 i-3 tall. Leaves ovate or oval obtuse retuse or 

 emarginate at the apex, mostly narrowed at the 

 base, i '-3' long, l /'-i%' wide, slender-petioled, 

 the petioles often as long as the blades or the 

 lower ones longer; flowers polygamous in dense, 

 mostly short and thick terminal spikes and capi- 

 tate in the axils; bracts shorter than the 2 or 3 ob- 

 long or spatulate sepals usually very short; utricle 

 fleshy, 3-5-nerved, smooth, indehiscent, rather 

 shorter than the sepals. 



In waste places and ballast along the coast, Massa- 

 chusetts to southern New York. Also in California. 

 Probably adventive from tropical America. July-Sept 



10. Amaranthus crispus (L/esp. & Thev.) Braun. 



(Fig. 1407.) 



Euxolus crispus Lesp. & Thev. Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 

 6: 656. 1859. 



Amarant us crispus Braun; A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 428. 

 1890. 



Pubescent, stem copiously branched, slender, 

 spreading on the ground, prostrate, forming mats 

 S'-2}4 in diameter. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, 

 mostly acute at the apex and narrowed at the base, 

 petioled, 4 // -i / long, their margins remarkably 

 crisped; petioles shorter than or exceeding the 

 blades; flowers all in small axillary clusters shorter 

 than the petioles; bracts lanceolate, cuspidate, 

 shorter than the 5 spatulate spreading sepals; sta- 

 mens (always?) 3; utricle wrinkled, indehiscent, 

 about as long as the sepals. 



In waste places, New York city, Brooklyn and Al- 

 bany, N. Y. Also in France. Native region unknown. 

 June-Sept. 



Crisp-leaved Amaranth. 



Coast 



ii. Amaranthus pumilus Raf. 

 Amaranth. (Fig. 1408.) 



Atnarantus pumilus Raf. Med. Rep. (II.) 5: 360. 



1808. 

 Euxolus pumilus Chapm. Fl. S. States, 381. 1860. 



Glabrous, fleshy, branched, the branches pros- 

 trate or ascending, 3'-$' long. Leaves ovate, 

 rhombic-ovate or suborbicular, most of them 

 clustered toward the ends of the branches, ob- 

 tuse or emarginate at the apex, narrowed or 

 rounded at the base, prominently veined, peti- 

 oled, 3 // -io // long, the veins often purple; flowers 

 few together in small axillary clusters; bracts 

 lanceolate, subacute, shorter than the 5 oblong 

 obtuse sepals; stamens 5; anthers yellow; utricle 

 fleshy, indehiscent, faintly 5-ribbed, slightly 

 wrinkled, nearly twice as long as the sepals 

 when mature; seed very large for the genus. 



On sea beaches, Rhode Island to North Carolina. 

 June-Sept. 



