AMARANTH FAMILY. 275 
Fr. Epinard des potagers. Germ. Der Spinat. Span. Espinaca. ; 
Stem 18 inches ~ 2 feet high, somewhat branched, or often simple, 
~ Root annual. 
2-4 aa biog | On neately ap petiole an 3 or4 sig mag in length. Flowers gre 
ish. , Which is scarcely cleft at matarhe, 
the variety usually cultivated 
Gabdene cultivated. Native of the east. F. June-July. Fr. Aug. —-September. 
Obs. This well-known pot-herb—said to have been first brought into 
Spain by the AF abs—is frequ apd found in gardens,—especially in the 
vicinity of our cities and market towns. The Atriplex hortensis, ee or 
Garden Or a is another po therb, belonging to this tribe ; but I be- 
lieve it is not much cultivated in the United States. 
Orper LIX. AMARANTA’CE. (Amarantu Fanny.) 
Weed-like herbs; characters near ad as those of the preceding Order—but the 
ent saagig with ary scarious pers bots, which are . ater colored, commonly 3 in 
ae 
ng U mental 
lants. Among sal best hewn of the Jeter ‘are Love Lies Bleeding and Prices! o veaie 
{both specie & f AMaRANTUS), Coxcomb (CELOSIA CrisTaTU), and the Globe Amaranth (Gom- 
PHRUM GLOBOSA). 
1. AMRAN’TUS, Z. Amarantu. 
[Greek, a, not, — to fade, and anthos, a flower ; the flowers not changing or fading.] 
polygamous: calyx of 3-5 sepa colored, 
slightly connected at base. yoo fe 5, free. Stigmas 2-3. The fi 
an ovoid, ed membranaceous ufricle, 2— at the apex, 
9) -seed ’ 
mostly longer than the calyx, opening transversely all round,—the 
part falling away as a lid. — oiled into a ring around the albu- 
men. Coarse annual weeds, with minute flowers in axillary or or terminal- 
spiked clusters. 
* Flowers in nga i ns ae vet . mostly panicled spikes, green ; 
armed ; stam snd sp 8. 
1. A. hy’ bridus. 7s pee Da aeiadeas 2 oat bem. fruit 2- 
3cleft at og apex, nearly smooth, not piieees the calyx. ne 
Hysrrp Amarantus. Green Amaranth. Pigweed. 
r obtuse, in aa 
Gorey deerers oxeercgblong ce. the segedinrany Mies fino Poets Fert ape ba ts! | 
chlorosta ‘cia, Willd, Bracts rk oa pe seen oe than sd : 
sl, which is shorter than the 2—3-toothed rug : 
Leaves bright deep green, is, Yongpbitbd: ovate or rhomlic-ovate. Sykes ascending, nto 
crowded in an open panicle, the terminal one one long a and often nodding, Be 
A, retrofler'us, L. Bracts inte, trio fe net of the ely, 2 
said i ges Gane main 
