Amaranthacee—A maranthus. 391 
1. A. cawdatus (fig. 208). Love-lies-bleeding.-—This showy 
annual is one of the common inhabitants of cottage-gardens. 
The pendulous half-trailing inflorescence is either crimson or 
pale yellow. It is a native of the East Indies, and was intro- 
duced in 1596. 
2. A. hypochondriacus (fig. 209). Prince’s Feather.—This 
is distinguished by its erect habit and deep crimson inflo- 
rescence. The foliage too is purplish beneath. Also Asiatic. 
A. specidsus, a variety of the same or a closely allied species, 
bears the same name. 
A. tricolor (fig. 210), a variety of A. melanchélicus, with 
ornamental foliage, is a favourite bedding plant. The variega- 
Fig. 210, Amaranthus tricolor. (} nat. size.) 
tion consists of an admixture of crimson, yellow, and green. 
A. salicifolius ig a handsome plant of recent introduction 
from the Philippine Islands, having very long narrow pendulous 
wavy leaves variegated with bright red. 
2, IRESINE. 
Herbs with opposite petiolate glabrous leaves, brightly 
coloured in the cultivated forms. Flowers tribracteate, poly- 
gamous or dicecious. Perianth 5-parted. Stamens 5. Fruit 
a l-seeded indehiscent utricle. A small genus whose species 
are nearly all from tropical America. The name is from 
eipecta@vn, in allusion to the woolly branches and inflorescence 
of some of the species. 
