40. AMARANTACEAE. 



1. Ovules 2 or more. 



Ovules solitary. 



2. Filaments united at base 



Anthers 2 celled. Leaves alternate. 



2. 



3. 



Filaments united high up. 



Staminodes or very short. 



1 CELOSIA. 



Staminodes longer than filaments. 



2 HERMBSTAEDIA. 



3. Anthers 2 celled. 4. 



Anthers 1 celled. 11. 



4- Ovule erect, funicle short. 3 AMARANTUS. 



Ovule on a long basal funicle (pendulous). 5. 



5. Flowers 2 or more in axil of each bract, usually some sterile 



or reduced to spines. 6. 



Flowers solitary in axil of each bract, bi-bracteolate. All her- 

 maphrodite. 8. 



6. Staminodes none. 6 PUP ALIA. 

 Staminodes present. 7. 



7. Fruit horned, sterile flowers reduced to straight spines. 



4 CYPHOCARPA. 

 Fruit not horned, spines hooked. 



8. Staminodes none. 

 Staminodes present. 



9. Perianth woolly. 

 Perianth glabrous or scantily hairy. 



10. Filaments connate into a long tube 

 Filaments connate at the base. 



11. Stigma 1, capitate. 

 Stigmas 2, linear. 



1. CELOSIA Linn. 



1. trisjyna Linn 



2. triloba E.M. 



2. HERMBSTAEDTIA. Reichb 



1. caffra Moquin. Margins of coast. Bush. 



3. AMARANTUS Linn. "imBuya." 



1. spinosus L. Common. Coast and Midlands. 



2. penicillatus L. Midlands. Cultivated in India for its 



grain. 



3. thunbergii Moquin. Common all over. 



4. CYPHOCARPA Lopr. 



1. trichinioides Lopr 



2. angustifolia Lopr. 



5. CYATHULA Lour. 



1. cylindrica Moquin. Common all over. 



2. globulifera Moquin. Coast and Midlands 



3. natalensis Sond. Durban. 



4. spathulifolia Lopr. Coastbelt. 



6. PUPALIA Juss. 



1. atropurpurea Moquin. Coastbelt. 



5 CYATHULA. 



7 PSILOTRICHUM. 



9. 



8 AERVA. 



10. 



9 ACHYRANTHES. 



10 ACHYROPSIS. 



11 ALTERNANTHERA 



12 GOMPHRENA. 



Margins of coast. Bush. 



Coast and Midlands. 

 Thornveld, near Mooi River. 



