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Amanoa Aubl. Euphorbiaceae (A. 1. 1). 6 sp. trop. Am., Afr. 
Amarantaceae. Dicotyledons ( Archichl. Centrospermae). An order 
so closely allied to Chenopodiaceae, that it seems scarcely just to 
separate them. They differ chiefly in habit, the Am. not as a rule 
being halo- or xero-phytes, and having larger leaves, rarely succulent. 
The flrs. are in cymes in the axils of the leaves, so that the total 
infl. is generally racemose. The typical diagram is the same as that 
of the C. Perianth membranous. [For details, see Nat . PH .] 
Classification and chief genera (after Schinz) : 
A. AMARANTOIDEAE (anther 4-locular). 
1. Celosieae (ovules >1): Celosia. 
2. Amaranteae (ovule 1): Amaranthus. 
B. GOMPHRENOIDEAE (anther 2 -locular). 
3. Guillemineae (sta. perigynous): Guilleminea. 
4. Gomphreneae (sta. hypogynous) : Gomphrena, Iresine. 
Amaranthus Linn. Amarantaceae (2). 45 sp. trop. and temp. 
(“love-lies-bleeding”). The infl. is often made up of an enormous 
number of flrs. , is very conspicuous, and probably insect-fertilised. 
Amaryllidaceae. Monocotyledons (Liliiflorae). 75 gen. with about 
700 sp. mostly trop. and sub-trop. They resemble Liliaceae in 
most respects but have an inferior ovary. Living, as they chiefly 
do, in dry climates, they are mostly xerophytes. Many are bulbous, 
leafing only in the wet season, others, e.g. Agave, &c., have fleshy 
leaves covered with wax. A few (§ in) have ordinary leafy stems; 
many have rhizomes. The infl. is usually borne on a scape and has 
the usual spathe seen in Monocotyledons. It is always cymose, but 
often umbel- or head-like in form by condensation of the flrs. Fir. 
5 , regular or zygomorphic (transversely so in Anigozanthos). It has 
an inf. ovary of 3 cpls. with axile placentae and 00 anatropous 
ovules, 6 sta. with introrse anthers, 6 petaloid perianth-segments, and 
in some cases (Narcissus and its allies) a corona, looking like an 
extra perianth whorl, between the normal perianth and the sta. 
Eichler looks on this as the combined ligular outgrowths of the 
perianth leaves, Pax (Aforphologie p. 227 or Nat. Pft.) as the stipules 
of the sta., giving a series of flrs. showing transitions from simple 
stipular outgrowths on each sta. to a full corona (Caliphruria, 
Sprekelia, Eucharis, Narcissus). The fruit is usually a capsule, 
sometimes a berry. [Placed in Epigynae by Benth. -Hooker.] 
Classification and chief genera (after Pax) : 
I. AMARYLLIDOIDEAE (bulbous, scapigerous) : Hae- 
manthus, Galanthus, Amaryllis, Crinum, Eucharis, Narcissus. 
II. AGAVOIDEAE (rhizome; leaves fleshy, in rosettes): 
Agave, Fourcroya. 
III. HYPOXIDOIDEAE { rhizome; stem with small ordinary 
leaves): Alstroemeria, Bomarea, Anigozanthos. 
I V. CA MP YNEMA TOIDEA E (anthers extrorse) : Campy nema. 
