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Amaranthacea Arnaranthus. 



1 -seeded utricle, dehiscing transversely. There are about 

 twelve species, widely spread in warm and tropical countries. 

 The name is compounded of a privative, /iapatVw, to fade, 

 and av6o$, a flower, in reference to the persistent scarious 



Pig. 209. Amaranthus hypochondriacns. (J nat. size.) 



flowers and bracts. A. cristatus, syn. Oelosia eristata, is the 

 Cockscomb of our conservatories. 



