1220 
C. AM ARAN T AGE 
[Amarantus. 
Sect. II. Euzolus . — Pericarp membranous, indehiscent or bursting irregularly. 
Pericarp separate from the seed, shorter than or not much longer than the 
perianth. 
Segments of the fruiting perianth 5, with dilated and scarious laminae. 
Cymes axillary. Pericarp longitudinally ribbed G. A. Mitchellii. 
Segments of the fruiting perianth erect or slightly dilated and spreading 
Clusters axillary and in a terminal spike. 
Fruiting perianths mostly 5-merous 7. A. interniptus. 
Fruiting perianths mostly 3-merous 8. A. viridis. 
Pericarp separate from the seed, oblong, at least twice as long as the 
perianth. Clusters all axillary 9. A. macrocarpus. 
1. A. "spinosus (spiny), Moq. in DC. Pro l. xii. ii. 260 ; Hook. FI. Brit. hid. 
iv. 718. An erect glabrous annual. Stems 1 to 2ft. high, terete, spiny at the 
axils, spines straight, 4 to 8 lines long. Leaves on slender long petioles, ovate 
or oblong, 1 to 4in. long, f to 2in. broad. Flowers in axillary clusters and long 
dense or lax-fid spikes. Bracts setaceous, equalling or exceeding the sepals. 
Sepals of the males acuminate, of females obtuse apiculate. Stamens 5 ; 
stigmas 2, utricle rugose, long as the sepals, thickened at the top. Seeds black, 
shining, border obtuse, not thickened. The plant varies in colour from green to 
red and purple. 
Hab.: Met with in various tropical countries. Endeavour River, Pev. J. E. Tenison-Woods 
2. A. paniculatus (paniculate), Linn ; Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 257 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. v. 218. An erect stout annual sometimes attaining 5 or 6ft., 
the foliage and inflorescence often assuming a reddish hue and sometimes the 
panicle a rich crimson. Leaves on long petioles, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 
4in. long. Flowers in dense cylindrical spikes, the lower ones axillary, the upper 
ones forming a dense terminal panicle 6in. to lftr. long, the central spikes thicker 
and longer than the lateral ©nes, all appearing more or less echinate by the fine 
points of the bracts and bracteoles which usually exceed the perianth. Periauth- 
segments mostly 5, erect, tapering into a fine point, 1 to 1J line long, Pericarp 
membranous, rugose, circumsciss. Styles 2 or 3. — A. frumentaceus, Roxb. 
FI. Ind. iii. 699; Wight, Ic. t. 720. 
Hab.: A very abundant weed and I think indigenous. 
3. A. : caudatus (tailed), Linn ; Hook. Fi. Brit. Ind. iv. 719. A tall robust 
plant with a striated stem. Leaves long, petiolate, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, 
tip obtuse. Panicle a dense soft thyrse hardly squarrose, centre one and often 
the lateral usually very long and pendulous. Bracts aricular longer than the 
obovate mucronate sepals. 
nab.: Wild or cultivated in many hot countries. Met with as a stray from cultivation. 
4. A. leptostachyus (slender spikes), Benth. FI. Austr. v. 214. An erect 
annual from under 1ft. to about l^ft. high. Leaves on rather long petioles, 
ovate, obtuse, under lin. long, with the primary veins often remarkably 
prominent. Clusters of flowers rather loose, very numerous, the lower ones 
axillary, the upper ones forming a long terminal interrupted spike, leafy at the 
base only like that of A. interniptus. Perianth-segments usually 4 or 5, 
erect or scarcely spreading and persistent with the lower portion of the circum- 
sciss pericarp. 
Hab.: Islands off Cape Flattery, M'Gillivary. 
5. A. pallidiflorus (flowers pale), F. v. M. Fraym. i. 140 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
v. 214. An erect or decumbent annual of 1 to 2ft. Leaves on long petioles, 
ovate, obtuse, 1 to Sin. long, rather thin and of a pale green. Lower cymes or 
clusters of flowers axillary, the upper ones in dense spikes forming a terminal 
