68 AMAKANTACE*. 



7./. 7. — Stems rosulate, elongated, herbaceous or suffirutescent ; flower-heads ovoid, about 

 4'" long : flowers li'" long. The villous down of the calyx distinguishes this species from 

 A. poli/gonoides. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Caribbean Islands ; [Southern United States !, 

 Cuba !, and Mexico ! to Brazil 1 and Buenos Ayres !, Teneriffe I, Andalusia !]. 



Tribe III. JMARANTBM — Stamens distinct : anthers mostly bilocular. Ovary 

 uuiovulate. — Leaves alternai;^. 



Gossypianthus is the only genus in this tribe with unilocular anthers : G. lanuginosus, 

 Moq. {Tnss. ¥1. 3. t. 21), is indigenous in Haiti !, but not yet observed in the British 

 Islands. 



12. AMBLOGYNE, Raf. 



Mowers moncecious. $ : Sepals 3 ; stamens 3. ? : Calyx 5 -fid ; tube urceolate ; styles 

 2-3. Pericarp utricular. — An annual, ccespitose, glabresoent herb ; leaves spathulat^ re- 

 tuse, mucronate; flower- clusters axillary. 



20. A. polrgonoides, Eaf. — SI. t. 92./. 3. — Amarantus, L.: ex citat. SI. — Flowers 

 , greenish-white; lobes of the female calyx spathulate-linear, blunt, trinerved. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 "* Macf. ; Bahamas!, Swains.; Antigua!, Nichols.; [Florida!, New Mexico!, Cuba!, Guiana], 



13. SCLEROPUS, Sararf. 



Flowers monoecious : bracts at length indurated, with the pedicel thickened. Sepals 5. 

 Stamens 3. Styles 2. Pericarp utricular. — Annual, glabrous herbs ; flower-clusters aa- 

 illary. 



21. S. amarantoides, Schrad. Leaves spathulate, retuse, mucronate. — Amarantus 

 crassipes, Schlecht. — Habit aiAmhlogyne ; clusters deciduous at the maturation of the fruit ; 



^ flowers greenish : bracts keeled, snbpungent, recurved, exceeded by the uninerved sepals. — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Al.; [S. Thomas, Mexico, Peru]. 



14. EUXOLUS, PUif. 



Flowers usually monoecions. Sepals 3 (-5). Stamens 3 (2-5). Styles 3. Pericarp 

 utricular. — Annual herbs ; flower-clusters all, or the superior ones, spicate. 



22*. E. viridis, Moq. Glabrous ; leaves ovate or rhomboid, usually retuse ; flower- 

 clusters axillary, subgloiose, superior in a terminal, contiguous, simple spike, green ; bracts 

 half the length of the calyx ; pericarp rounded, uiitkout prominent wrinkles. — SI. t. 92. y. 1. — 

 Amarantus, i. .• ex citat. SI. etHerb. lann. A. Blitum, L.: ex loc. Suec. Albersia Blitum, 

 Kth. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica (Si.); Dominica!, S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Southern Europe!; 

 United States !, Guiana !, Buenos Ayres !, Pacific islands !, East Indies !, tropical Africa !]. 



23. E. caudatus, Jfb;. Glabrous; leaves ovate, retuse; flower-clusters all spicate, 

 forming a terminal panicle : spikes slender, green ; bracts three times shorter than the calyx ; 

 pericarp rounded, rugose. — Jacg. Ic. Bar. t. 244. — Chenopodium. Jacg. — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 March; Caribbean Islands (Moq.); [all tropical countries]. 



IB. AMARANTUS, L. 



i^/owerj polygamous or monoecious. Sepals h-%. Stamens Z—%. Styles 2-%. Pericarp 

 circumscissile; or irregulai-ly bursting above the base. — Annusd herbs ; flower-dusters usually 

 spicate, all, or the superior ones, arranged in a terminal panicle. 



Sect. I. Cjentkusa. — Pericarp bursting transversely, but incompletely above the base. 

 Flowers monoecious. 



Y 24. A. spinosus, Z. Glabrous ; leaves rhomboid or rhomboid-lanceolate : axils bispi- 

 nose ; male clusters panicled and spicate, female ones mostly axillary and subglobose ; sepals 



t 5, equalling the bracts and the pericarp, pointed, gi'eenish. — Willd. Amar. t. i.f. 8 ; Desc. 

 Tl. 5. t. 814 ; Wight, Ic. i. 513.— Spines 4"'-B"' long, exceeded by the petiole.— Hab. Ja- 



' * maica (5?.)' te Trinidad !, Schach, Or. ; [Southern United States !, Mexico ! to Peru !, and 

 Brazil I; Galapagos Islands I, East Indies !, western tropical Africa !]. 



