169 
1239. G. Groposa. Rox. Flora. 2. p, 63, Flos Glohosus. Rumph. Amb. 
5. t. 100. f. 2, Wadapu. Rheed. Mal. 10. ¢, 37. Bot, Mag. ¢. 2315. 
Jufferee Goondee,—Globe Amaranth.—Annaual; common in every garden. 
The flowers are in heads, and look much like red clover. The native women 
wear thein in their hair. In Catholic Eurepe they are used for decorating 
Charches. 
Probably this is Milton’s 
‘“« Immortal amarant, a flower which once 
In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, 
Began to bloom.” 
Paradise Lost, Book 3. 
He might possibly notice it when travelling in Italy, and_ borrow the idea 
from Ist Peter 1. 4. and 5. 4. amaranton, and amarantinon:—the unfading in- 
heritance; contrasted with the fading crowns, of wild olive, laurel, pine and 
parsley, for which the Greeks contended in the Olympic Games, and to 
which Paul makes beautiful allusion in Ist Corinth. C. 9. 25. to the ead. 
1240. G. Hisprpa. Willd. Spec. 1.p. 1321. Nin angani. Rheed. Mal. 
9. t. 72. Grows wild ia S. Concan. N. 4 
692. AMARANTHOUS. tL. Monoecia Pentandria. 
From a—privative, and maraino—to wither: in allusion to the flowers of 
most of the species retaining their bright colours when dead. Lam. t, 767. 
Guert. 2. ¢. 128. 
1241. A. Tenuirotius. Rox. Flora. 3. p.602.—annual, diffuse plant. 
{242, A. Potycamus. Rox, Flora. 3. p. 603. Blitum indicum album. 
Rumph. Amb. 5, ¢. 82. f. 1. 
Choolae.—Common Bajee.—A diffuse plant, with rhomb-ovate leaves: much 
cultivated. 
1243, A. Taristts, Rox. Flora. 3. p. 694. Blitam indicum secundum. 
Rumph, Amb. 5. ¢. 82. f. 2. A. campestris. Willd. 4. p. 382. 
Annual, erect, ramous, from 1 to2 feet high: frequently tinged with red: 
cultivated in almost every garden. Roxburgh says, it differs from A. oleraceus, 
in BeMag ons diffuse branches from the base, aud in having always terminal 
spikes. : 
1244, A. Viripis. Rox. Flora, 3. p. 605. Willd. Amar. 18. #. 8: F- 16. 
Fas common weed, ia gardeus and cultivated grounds;—native also of the 
razils, i 
1245. A. Oxeraceus. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 605. Willd. Amar. 17. ¢. 5. f. 9, 
Tamdoolja, Maat Tambree. Several varieties are commonly cultivated 
and used as Spinage.—Roxburgh says, Willdenow’s figura does not agree 
with his plant. 
1246. A.Tricotor. Rox. Flora. 3... 608. Willd. Amar. 11.¢. 6. i 2: 
Tiree —coloured Amaranth;—an erect growing plant, from 2 to 3 feet hish: 
leaves variegated.—Common in gardens, and in flower all the year. or 
1247. A. Spinosus. Rox. Flora. 3. p.6ll. Willd 
Rumph. Amb. 5. ¢.83. f. 1. a ee 
A common weed among rabbish during the rainy season: ar i 
spines in the axils of the leaves, i y Hi pere 
1248. A. CAUDATUS. Sprengel’s syst. 1. p. 929. 
Love lies oleediny.—Auaual, in gardens: ~an ornamental plant. 
