Oedbk 106— AMARANTACEiE. 619 



late, entire, smooth Ivs. and small, green, subpedicillate fls. in Blender, 

 axillary and terminal spikes. 



A. cannabina L. — Salt marshes, brackish swamps, Can. to Oa. and La. St. tall, 

 3 to 6 to 8f; thick, subterete. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, 2 to to 8' long, acuminate, 

 wavy, cuneato at base, petiole 1 to 2' long. Fruit panicle loose. Bracts S lance- 

 ovate, shorter than the calyx, ?- 'linear-subulate, very unequal. Fr. near 2" long. 

 Jl.— Oct. 



5. MONTE'LIA, Moq. Flowers, bracts, stamens, inflorescence, nearly 

 as in Acnida. Stigmas 3, very long, bristle-shaped, feathery ; fruit a 

 thin utricle, with a tortuous circumsoissile dehiscence. — (P Herb glab- 

 rous, with long-petioled lvs. and small, greenish, spicate fls. 



M. tamariscina Gray. — Damp sandy soils or shores, "W". States, rare in N. Eng-- 

 St flowering at all heights from 1 to 5f, angular, branched, lvs. lance oval, 1 to 5' 

 by 6 to 15", petiole as long. Spikes interrupted and leafy at base, continuous 

 aljove. Bracts i acute, shorter than the calyx, ? rigid, subulate, longer than the 

 ovary which in fruit opens by a tortuous line. Seed dark brown, polished. Jl. 

 — Sept (A. ruscocarpa and altissiraa llx. A. MiamensU Eidd,) — Varies with 

 the dusters all axillary, hardly forming spikes. 



5. IRESrWE, Brown. (Gr. eipeaMvij, an olive-branch bound with 

 tufts of wool borne by supplicants.) Flowers dirocious or t^ , 3-bracted ; 

 calyx of 5 erect sepals; stamens 5, anthers 1-cellcd; stigmas 2, 3 ; 

 utricle roundish ovate, valveless, 1-seeded, included in the calyx ; seed 

 vertical. — Herbs with opposite, petiolatc lvs. and minute, densely spi- 

 cate or capitate, often woolly fls. suggesting the name. 



I. celosioides L. St erect, furrowed, paniculate above ; lvs. scabrou.?, punctate, 

 lower oblong, acuminate, upper ovate-lanceolate ; panicle compound, large, rather 

 dense. — A tall handsome aunuaJ, 3 to 4f high, on river banks, Ohio near Cincin- 

 nati, to 111. and La Lvs. tapering to the base into a winged petiole, 3 to 6' by 

 2 to 4'. Panicle of delicate, whitish As. large, with opposite branches, branohlete 

 and pedicels, nearly or quite leafless. Sept, Oct 



7. GOfflPHRE^NA, L. Globe Am.iranth. Flowers perfect or poly- 

 gamous, 3-bracted; calyx 5-sepaled or 5-cleft, sepals erect; stamens 5, 

 filaments dilated and 3-cleft at apex, middle tooth bearing the 1-celled 

 anther; stigma capitate; utricle valveless, 1-seeded, included in the 

 calyx. Herbs or shrubs of S. America. Lvs, opposite. Fls. usually 

 capitate. 



G. globosa L. Erect, trichotomously much branched, pubescent ; lvs. short- 

 petiolate, oblong, acute, mucronate, entire ; fls. bright purple, in globular, 2-bracted, 

 pedunculate, terminal heads ; bracts glabrous, -longer than t'^^ woolly calyx. — 

 Gardens. Stem 1 to 2f high. Branches suberoct Hds. near 1' diam, fadeless. 

 f E. Indies. 



8. TELAN'THERA Brown. (Gr. reXeiog, full, complete, Lat. an- 

 thercB ; alluding to the perfect flowers.) Fls. perfect, 3-bracted ; calyx 

 of 5 sepals ; stamens 5, with 5 intervening, elongated, sterile filaments ; 

 anthers 1-collod ; stylo short, stigma capitate ; utricle valveless, 1-seeded, 

 included in the calyx. — Herbs or shrubs with opposite lvs., axillary and 

 terminal hds. of fls. 



T. polygonoides Moq. /3. eepenr. Procumbent, diffusely branched, hairy; lvs. 

 oval, obtuse, attenuate to a winged petiole ; hds. sessile, 1 to 2 together, oval, 

 obtuse ; fls. whitish silvery ; bracts shorter than the ovate-acuminate, mucronate, 

 unequal sepals, inner sep. hairy. — If Cultivated grounds, roadsides, in the vicinity 

 ilf the coast, S. States. Sts. slender, 1 to 2f long. Lvs. including the petiole 6 

 to 15" by 4 to 7". Hda. 3 to 4" long. Feb.— Oct 



