390 Anaranthacee—Amaranthus, 
l-seeded utricle, dehiscing transversely. There are about 
twelve species, widely spread in warm and tropical countries. 
The name is compounded of a privative, uapaivw, to fade, 
and avOos, a flower, in reference to the persistent scarious 
Fig. 209, Amaranthus hypochondriacus, (f nat. size.) 
flowers and bracts. A. cristatus, syn. Celosia cristata, is the 
Cocksecomb of our conservatories. 
