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sterile filaments interposed : anthers 1 - 2-eelleJ, introrsc. Ovary single, 

 orate, compressed, 1 - many-ovnled. Stigmas 1-3. Utricle closed or 

 eircumscissile. Embryo coiled into a ring around the central albumen. 



Synopsis. 



Tnrr.E T. CELiOSIE/E. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary many-ovuled. 



1. CELOSIA. Stamens united at the base. Utricle circumscissile. 



Tribe II. ACHYRAXTHE.E. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary 1-ovulcd. — Leaves alter- 

 nate. Stamens free. Sterile filaments none. 



* Utricle circumscissile. 



2. AMARAXTUS. Flowers monoecious. Sepals 3 -5. 



* * Utricle indehiscent. 



3. ETXOLU?. Flowers all alike, monoecious, sessile. Sepals 3 -5. 



4. AMBLOGYNA. Flowers monoecious. Calyx of the staminate flower 3-sepalous, of the 



pistillate flower 5-parted, funnel-shaped. 

 5- SCLEROSES. Flowers monoecious. Sepals 5. Stamens 3. Fruiting pedicels indurated 

 and deciduous with the fruit. 



6 ACXIDA. Flowers dioecious. Sepals of the staminate flower 5, of the pistillate none. 



Stamens 5- 



Trice III. GOMPHRENE^. Anthers 1-celled. Ovary 1-ovuled. Leaves opposite. 

 Stamens united below. 



7 IIIESIXE Calyx 5-sepalous. Stamens united into a short cup. Sterile filaments nore. 



8. ALTBRNAMTHERA. Calyx o-sepalous. Stamens united into a cup. Sterile filaments 



minute, tooth-like. 



9. TELAXTIIERA. Calyx 5-sepalous. Stamens united into a tube. Sterile filaments cleft 



or fimbriate at the apex. 

 10. FRCELICIIIA. Calyx o-clcft. Stamens wholly united. Anthers sessile. Sterile fila- 

 ments entire. 



1. CELOSIA, L. 



Flowers perfect, 3-bracted. Sepals 5. Stamens 5, united at the base into 

 a cup. Sterile filaments none. Anthers 2-celled. Style short or elongated. 

 Stigmas 2 - 3, recurved. Utricle many-seeded, circumscissile. — Smooth herbs 

 or shrubs, with alternate petioled leaves, and glossy flowers, crowded in axillary 

 and terminal spikes or panicles. 



1. C. pailiculata, L. Stem shrubby, erect; leaves deltoitT-ovate, acute, 

 abruptly petioled ; spikes cylindrical, simple or branched, mostly shorter than 

 the leaves; sepals oblong, rigid, several times longer than the bracts; stigmas 

 3 ; utricle many-seeded. — South Florida, Dr. Dlodyctt. Leaves 2' long. Seeds 

 minute, lenticular, shining. 



2. AMARANTUS, Tourn. Amarakth. 



Flowers polvgamo-monoccious, 3-bracted. Sepals "), rarely 3, smooth, erect. 

 Stamens 5 or 3, free. Sterile filaments none : anthers oblong, 2-celled. Style 

 none: stigmas 2-3, slender, spreading. Utricle 1 -seeded, ovate, 2-3-toothcd 

 at the apex, circumsci-sile, commonly included in the calyx ; pericarp mostly 

 membranaceous. Radicle inferior. — Unsightly annual herbs, with erect or dif- 



