288 ORDER 107. AMARANTACEJ3 



C. iiiantlma Moq. Diffusely branched ; Ivs. linear, 2' and less, semiterete ; flowers 

 minute, green, clustered, sessile ; seed black, shining. Marshes. August. 



13. SALSOLA, Gsert. SALTWORT. Fls. 2 sessile. Sep. 5, transversely- 

 winged on the back. Wings enlarged and scarious in fruit. Sta. 5. Styles 

 2. Utricle depressed, horizontal. Embryo cochleate. Seaside fleshy 

 plants, with terete leaves and axillary, whitish flowers. 



S. Kail L. Branches diffuse on the sand, rigid, with crowded subulate leave?, eacii 

 tipped with a spine; flowers solitary, wings purplish; seed with a thin testa and 

 green embryo coiled like a snail-shell, (i) 



ORDER CVII. AMARANTACE^E. AMARANTHS. 



Herbs similar to the last Order, but with an imbricated involucre ot 3 

 diy, scarious bracts added to the flowers. Sepals 3 5 (rarely but 1), per- 

 sistent and often colored, unchanged in fruit. Stamens 3 5. Ovary com- 

 pressed, 1-celled, 1-oo-ovuled. Style 1. Fruit a utricle, caryopsis or 

 berry. Seed vertical, albuminous. Embryo annular. 



Anthers 2-celled. Ovary with many ovules. Cultivated CELOSIA. I 



S Anthers 2-celled. Ovary 1-ovuled. Leaves alternate... (*) 

 S Anthers 1-celled. Ovary 1-ovuled. Leaves opposite. ..(a) 



* Flowers monoecious or polygamous, nil with a calyx and stamens AMARANTHS. 2 



* Flowers dioecious, the pistillate with neither calyx nor stamens ACNIDA. 3 



a Sterile stamens none. (Flowers white, paniculate) IRKSINE. 4 



a Sterile stamens none. (Flowers crimson, Ac. Capitate. Cultivated) GOMPMKENA. 5 



a Sterile stamens 5, the 5 fertile in a tube. x Heads axillary . ..TBLANTHKRA. 6 



x Spikes terminal and axillary FROELICHIA. 7 



1. CELOSIA, L. COCKSCOMB. Fls. perfect, 3-bracted. Calyx of 5 se- 

 pals. Sta. 5, anth. 2-celled. Stig. 2 or 3, recurved. Utricle circumscissile, 

 many -seeded, more or less enclosed in the calyx. Herbs or shrubs, smooth, 

 erect, with alternate leaves and brilliant, scarious flowers. 



I C. CRIBTATA. Leaves lance-ovate ; spikes ovoid-pyramidal, varying in cultivation to 

 fantastic shapes, crimson or even white. (?) E. India. 2 4f. 



2. AMARANTHS, Tourn. AMARANTH. Fls. $ $ S or S , 3-bracted. 

 Cal. of 5 or 3 sepals. Stamens 3 5, rarely 2, anth. 2-celled. Stig. 2 or 3. 

 Fruit a 1-seeded utricle, circumscissile, or tearing, or not opening, (i) 

 C'oarse weeds, with alternate petioled Ivs. and minute fls. in clusters. Aug. 



AMARANTUS proper. Utricle thin, regularly circumscissile. Not spiny., .(o) 

 EUXOLUS. Utricle somewhat fleshy, indehiscent, or tearing open. ..(c) 



a Flowers 5-parted, in long panicled spikes, b crimson-tinged Nos. 1, 2 



b green Nos. 3, 4 



s. Flowers 3-parted, in separate, axillary, dense glomerules No?. 5. 6 



c Spines 2 in each axil. Bracts not longer than the 5 sepals No. 7 



C Spines none. x Bracts longer than the 3-5-sepalled calyx Nos. S, 9 



x Bracts shorter than the 5-sepalled calyx Nos. 10, 11 



1 A. hypocliondriacus L. Prince's Feather. Smoothish; leaves lance-oblong, 



on long stalks, some reddened ; spikes very obtuse, the terminal one much the 

 largest ; flowers deep purple. Fields and gardens. 3 (if. Mexico. 



2 A. paiilculatiis Moo. Prince's F. Pubescent, pale-green: leaves lance-ovate' 



