AMARANTHACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



7. Amaranthus Torreyi (A. Gray) 

 Benth. Torrey's Amaranth. Fig. 1665. 



Amblogyne Torreyi A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5: 



167. 1861. 

 Amaranthus Torreyi Benth. ; S. Wats. Bot. Cal. 2 : 



2 : 42. i88g. 



Glabrous or nearly so, stem stout or slender, 

 erect, grooved, usually much branched above, 

 2°-3° tall. Leaves lanceolate or rhombic- 

 lanceolate, thin, narrowed above to a rather 

 blunt apex, mostly cuneate at the base, lJ'-4' 

 long, i'-i' wide, slender-petioled ; flowers 

 dioecious, borne in terminal slender some- 

 times panicled spikes and in small axillary 

 clusters; bracts shorter than or about equal- 

 ling the 5 sepals, cuspidate ; sepals of the 

 pistillate flowers obovate or broadly spatu- 

 late, clawed, obtuse or emarginate, those of 

 the staminate flowers narrower and subacute ; 

 utricle dry, indehiscent. 



In dry soil, western Nebraska to Nevada, south 

 to Mexico. Plant with the aspect of Acnida. 

 June-Aug. 



8. Amaranthus lividus L. Purplish Ama- 

 ranth. Fig. 1666. 



Amaranthus lividus L. Sp. PI. ggo. 1753. 



Eu.rolus lividus Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13- : 275. 1S49. 



Glabrous, rather succulent, purplish-green or red; 

 stem erect, slender, branched, i°-3° tall. Leaves 

 ovate, entire, I'-j' long, strongly emarginate at the 

 apex, narrowed at the base, slender-petioled ; flow- 

 ers monoecious or polygamous, in dense terminal 

 spikes and in capitate axillary clusters usually much 

 shorter than the petioles; bracts shorter than the 

 2 or 3 oblong or spatulate sepals; utricle dry, sca- 

 rious, smooth, indehiscent, longer than the sepals. 



In waste places, eastern Massachusetts to southern 

 New York. Adventive from tropical America. July- 

 Sept. 



Amaranthus gracilis Desf., which differs mainly from 

 this species Ijy its warty utricle, has been found in bal- 

 last at the seaports and is reported from Ohio. It is 

 native of tropical America and has been confused with 

 A. viridis L. 



9. Amaranthus deflexus L. Low Amaranth. 

 Fig. 1667. 



Amaranthus deflexus L. Mant. 2: 295. 1771. 

 Eu.rolus deflexus Raf. Fl. Tell. 3: 42. 1836. 



Glabrous, purplish-green, rather succulent, stem 

 usually much branched, erect, stout or slender, 

 i°-3° tall. Leaves ovate or oval, obtuse refuse or 

 emarginate at the apex, mostly narrowed at the 

 base, i'-3' long, I'-iV 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 capitate in the 

 axils ; bracts shorter than the 2 or 3 oblong or 

 spatulate sepals usually very short ; utricle fleshy, 

 3-S-nerved, smooth, indehiscent, longer than the 

 sepals when ripe. 



In waste places and ballast along the coast, Massa- 

 chusetts to southern New York. Also in California. 

 Probably adventive from Europe. July-Sept. 



