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oe fown in Auguft, foon after they are ripe •, and if 
a few of them are potted in October, and fheitered 
under a frame in winter, they will flower the follow- 
ing June, fb good feeds may be obtained the fame 
year •, for thole plants which arife early in the year, 
grow luxuriantly in fummer, fb do not often live 
through the winter, or ripen feeds. 
The ninth and tenth forts have trailing {talks, which 
fpread on the furface of the ground ; the plants pro- 
duce their flowers toward the extremity of the ftalks 
in loofe fpikes, which are formed like thole of the 
other forts, having four petals in each in form of a 
crofs ; thofe of the ninth fort are fucceeded by fwollen 
feed-veffels, but the tenth, which flowers early in the 
fpring, are rarely fucceeded by feed-veffels in this 
country. This is an abiding plant, which may be 
propagated from its trailing branches, which, if 
planted in April, will take root and become good 
plants by the following autumn, when two or three 
plants may be placed in a common frame for fhelter 
in winter, to preferve the fpecies •, for in hard win- 
ters, thole which are expofed are fometimes deftroyed. 
The eleventh and twelfth are both annual plants, lb 
are propagated by feeds, which Ihould be l'own in a 
border of light earth in April, in fuch places where 
the plants are to remain ; if thefe are thinned and 
kept clean from weeds, they will flower in July, and 
perfed their feeds in autumn. 
AMARANTHOIDES. See Gomphrena. 
AM ARANTHUS of a privative, and 
pxpatm, Gr. to wither •, fo called, becaufe the flower 
of this plant being cropped, does not foon wither ; 
but being dried, keeps the beauty of its colour a 
great while,] Flower-gentle. 
The Characters are, 
It hath male and female flowers in the fame plant. 'The 
flower hath no petals , but the empalement confifts of three 
or five pointed Jpear-Jhaped leaves which are coloured and 
permanent •, this is common to both flexes. The male flow- 
ers have in flome fpecies three , and in others five fender 
flamina , which are of the fame length with the empale - 
ment , crowned with oblong fummits. The female flowers 
have an oval ger men, fupporting three flsort awl-Jhaped 
flyles , which are crowned with Jimple ftigma. The em- 
palement afterward becomes an oval coloured feed-vejfel 
having one cell , in which is lodged a Jingle globular feed. 
This genus of plants is by Dr. Linnaeus ranged in the 
fifth divifion of his twenty-firft clafs, entitled Monae- 
cia Pentandria, from their having male and female 
flowers on the fame plant, and the male flowers hav- 
ing five flamina. 
The Species are, 
1. Amaranthus ( Tricolor ) glomerulis triandris axilla- 
ribus fubrotundis amplexicaulibus foliis lanceolato- 
ovatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1403. Flower-gentle with 
roundijh heads , placed at the wings of the ftalks embracing 
them , whofe flotvers have three flamina , and the leaves 
are oval and Jpear-Jhaped. Amaranthus tricolor.. Lob. 
Icon. 252. i. e. Three coloured Amaranthus. 
2. Amaranthus. {Melancholiacs) glomerulis triandris ax- 
illaribus fubrotundis feffilibus foliis lanceolatis acu- 
minatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1403. Flower-gentle with 
three flamina , roundijh heads growing clofe to the ftalk , 
and acute-pointed Jpear-Jhaped leaves. Amaranthus co- 
lore obfcuriori five mas. Tourn. Inft. 236. Ama- 
ranthus bicolor. 
3. Amaranthus (Triflis) glomerulis triandris rotunda- 
tis fubfpicatis, foliis ovato-cordatis emarginatis petiolo 
brevioribus. Lin. Sp. 1404. Flower-gentle with three 
flamina , roundiflo heads growing from the wings of the 
f folks in fpikes , and oval heart-Jhaped leaves with floort 
footrftalks. 
4. Amaranthus ( Caudatus ) race mis pentandris decom- 
pofitis cylindricis pendulus longiffimis. Hort. Cliff 
443. Flower-gentle with five flamina, and very Iqng, hang - 
ing, cylindrical fpikes. Amaranthus maximus paniciifa 
longa pendula femine rubello. Rail Hift. 
5. Amaranthus ( Maximus ) racemis fubcylindricis pen- 
dulis, caule credo arboreo. Flower-gentle with hang- 
ing almofl cylindrical fpikes , and' an ere A tree-like ftalk. s 
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Amaranthus maximus. C. B. P. 120. 1 Commonly 
called Tree-like Amaranthus. 
6 . Amaranthus ( Lividus ) glomerulis triandris .fubfpi- 
catis rotundatis, foliis rotundo-ovatis retufts. Lin. Sp. 
1404. Flower-gentle with roundiflo fpikes of flower shav- 
ing three flamina , and roundijh, oval , blunt leaves. Bli- 
tum pulchrum redrum magnum rubfumJ J. B. 2. 
p. 966. 
7. Amaranthus (. Flavus ) racemis pentandris cbmpofi- 
tis, fummo infimifque nutantibus, foliis ovatis mu- 
cronatis. Lin. Sp. 1406. Flower-gentle with a com- 
pound J pike of flowers having five jmmina, and oval 
pointed leaves. 
8. Amaranthus ( Blitum ) glomeratis lateralibus trifidis 
foliis ovatis retufis, caule diffuib. Lin. Sp. Plant. 990. 
Flower-gentle with roundiflo heads at the joints of the 
ftalks, oval blunt leaves , and dijf ufed ftalks. Blitum al- 
bum minus. C. B. P. 118. The fmalley white Elite. 
9. Amaranthus {Gracizans) glomerulis triandris axil- 
laribus foliis lanceolatis obtufis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1405. 
Flower-gentle with flowers having three flamina, which 
grow in clufters from the wings of the ftalks, and blunt 
Jpear-Jhaped leaves. Amaranthus fioribus lateralibus 
congeftis foliis lanceolatis obtufis. Flor. Virg. .116. 
Commonly called Pettit ory -leaved Elite. 
10. Amaranthus ( Hybridus ) racemis pentandris decom- 
pofitis congeftis nudis, fpiculis conjugatis. Flor. Virg. 
148. Flower -gentle with five flamina, decompounded 
fpikes having double j picul#. Amaranthus fylveftris 
maximus Nova; Angliae fpicis viridibus. Raii Hift. 
201 . Or JVild New England Elite with green fpikes. 
11. Amaranthus (jFFpocondriacus). racemis pentandris 
compofitis eonfertis eredis, foliis ovatis mucronatis. 
Flort. Cliff. 444. Flower-gentle with five flamina, ere A 
cluftered fpikes, and oval-pointed leaves. This is the 
Amaranthus fylveftris maximus Novte Angliae fpicis 
purpureis. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 235. Commonly called 
Purple Flower-gentle. 
1 2 . Amaranthus ( Spinofus ) racemis pentandris cylindricis 
eredis axillis fpinofis. Hort. Cliff. 444. Flower-gentle 
with five flamina , upright cylindrical fpikes, and fpines 
at the joints of the ftalks. Amaranthus Indicus fpino- 
fus fpica herbacea. H. L. 31. 
13. Amaranthus {Sanguineus) racemis pentandris com- 
pofitis eredis, lateralibus patentiffimis, foliis ovato- 
oblongis. Lin. Sp. 1407. Flower-gentle with com- 
pound fpikes, whofe lateral fpikes fpread out , the upper 
are ereffi, and oblong oval leaves. Amaranthus racemis 
cylindricis lateralibus terminalibufque cruciatim poft- 
tis. Fig. Plant. 22. 
14. Amaranthus {Retroflexus) racemis pentandris late- 
ralibus terminalibufque caule flexuofo villofo ramis 
retrocurvatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 991. Flower-gentle 
with five flamina , fpikes proceeding from the wings of the 
ftalks, and alflo at their extremities , and flexible, hairy , re- 
curved branches. 
1 5. Amaranthus { Oleraceous ) glomeribus triandris pen- 
tandrifque, foliis ovatis obtufiffimis emarginatis ru- 
gofis. Lin. Sp. 1403. Flower-gentle whofe globes have 
flowers with three and five flamina , and rough, obtufle , in- 
dented leaves. Blitum album majus. C. B. P. 118. 
16. Amaranthus {Viridis) glomerulis triandris, flori- 
bus mafeulis trifidis, foliis ovatis emarginatis, caule 
eredo. Lin. Sp. 1405. Flower-gentle with globular 
heads whofe flowers have three flamina the male are tri- 
fid, oval, indented leaves, and an upright ftalk. 
17. Amaranthus {Cruentus) racemis pentandris decom- 
pofitis remotis patulo nutantibus, foliis lanceolate- ' 
ovatis. Lin. Sp. PI. 1406. Flower-gentle with de- 
compounded fpikes of flowers with five flamina, the outer 
fpr ending afunder, and oval fpear-Jhaped leaves. Ama- 
ranthus finenfis foliis varus, panicula fpeciofa patula. 
Cent. tab. 6. 
The firft fort has been long cultivated in gardens for 
the beauty of its variegated leaves, which are of three' 
colours, viz. green, yellow, and red ; thefe are very 
elegantly mixed : and when the plants are in full vi- 
gour, the leaves are large, and clofely fet from the 
bottom to the top of the ftalks, and the branches 
form a fort of pyramid j fo that there is not a more 
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