Ordee 106.— AMARANTACBiE. 617 



3, recurved ; utricle circumscissile, many-seeded, more or less inclosed 

 in the calyx. — Herbs or shrubs smooth, erect, with alternate Ivs. and 

 brilliant, scarious fls. 



C. oristata L. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, petiolate; spikes subsessile, ovate- 

 pyramidal, or (in cultivation) compressed, dilated and truncate at the apex, or 

 excessively branched ; fis. Bubaeasile, 2-styled ; sep. mueronate, longer tlian the 

 bracts. — (J) Gardens. This curious and popular annual is said to be native of E. 

 Ind. Its broad spikes are of lantaatic shapes and of the richest crimson, varying 

 to white. 



2. AMARAN'TUS, Tourn. (Gr. a, not, [lapaivu, to fade, dvOcK, 

 flower; sc. unfading flowers.) Amaranth. Flowers polygamous, 3- 

 bracted ; calyx 5 to 3-sepaled, equal, erect; stamens 5 to 3, with no 

 rudiments ; style ; stigmas 2 to 3 ; utricle ovate, 2 to 3-beaked, partly 

 inclosed, circumscissilc ; seed 1. — ® Herbs with alternate leaves taper- 

 ing to a petiole, and minute green or purplish fls. in axillary or ter- 

 minal clusters. ^ 



g Flowers in long axillary and terminal, panlcnlflto spikes, and 5-partod. (*) 



* Herbage and flowers more or less tinged with crimson Nos. 1, 2 



• Herbage and flowers green, never tinged with crimson Nos. 3 — 5 



§ Flowers in remotish, axillary, dense glomerules, and S-partod Nos. 6, 7 



1 A. bjrpoorondriacus L. Prinob's Feather. Erect, furrowed, smoothisli, 

 and somewhat reddened; lvs. long-petioled, oblong-lanceolate, pointed at each 

 end, roughish beneath; panicle branched; spikes erect, very obtuse, the terminal 

 one much the longest and largest, lateral short and crowded ; fls. deep purple ; caL 

 shorter than the long-awned bracts. — Fields and gardens, spontaneous and often 

 cultivated. Very tall (3 to 4 to 6f ) and showy. Lvs. 4 to 8' long, petioles nearly 

 same length, f § Mex. 



2 A. paniculatuB Moq. Pbisce's Feather. Erect, subterete, pubescent, palo 

 green ; lvs. oval or ovate-lanceolate, taper pointed at each end, purplish on tha 

 margin ; panicle very branching, spikes erect or spreading, cylindric, acutish, 

 crowded, ail nearly equal' ; fls. reddish green or (in variety sanguineus) blood-red ; 

 bracts short-avmal, a little longer than the calyx. — Fields and gardens. St. 3 to 5f 

 high, with purple lines. Lvs. 4 to 8' by 2 to 3', petiole 2 to 3'. Spikes slender, 

 f I Mex. 



3 A. retroflexus L. Erect, subterete, pubescent, glaucous green; lvs. long- 

 petioled, ovate or subrhombio, acuminate, obtuse at apex, undulate; panicle 

 pyramidal, spikes oblong-ovate, thick, crowded, in a dense panicle, the terminal 

 hardly longer ; fls. dense, pale green ; bracts awned, twice longer than the calyx ; 

 utricle included, — A common weed in cultivated and waste grounds. St 2 to 4f 

 high. Lvs. 3 to 5' by 18 to 30" with prominent veins, petiole 2 to 3'. Spikes 6 

 to 9" thick and rather short. Jl. — Sept. 



4 A. cblordstachys Willd. Los. ovale, obtuse, intense green, as well as the 

 flowers ; panicle raceme-like, with acvie spikes, terminal spike longest andflexuous ; 

 bracts a third longer than the calyx ; utricle exserted ; otherwise as in No. 3. — Cul- 

 tivated and jvaste grounds. St. 3 to 4f high. Lvs. 2 to 3' by 1 to 2', petiole 2 

 to 3'. Fls. smaller than in that species. JL — Sept. § Asia. 



5 A. h^bridus L. Erect, angular, glabrous, green ; lvs. ovate-oblong or ovate- 

 acvUe, bright green ; panicle loosely branched ; spikes erect cylindric obtuse, terminal 

 one long, rigid, lateral short, close ; fls. loose, green, cal. shorter than the awned 

 bracts, as long as theutricle. — Cultivated and waste grounds, common. St. 2 to 4f 

 high. Lvs. 2 to 4' by 9 to 18", petioles longer. Panicle long, sometunes tmged 

 with red. Jl. — Sept. § Mex. 



6 A. dlbus L. "White Pigweed. Erect, subterete, whitish^ with spreading 

 branches ; lvs. long-petioled, ovate, rhomb-ovate orobovate, very obtuse, glabrous, 

 light green; glomerules remote, in pairs, much shorter than the petioles; fis. 

 dense, groen ; caL much shorter than the rigid, subulate, pungent bracts, twice 

 shorter than the utricle. — A common weed, roadsides, waste grounds. Sts. 1 to 



