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persistent perianth. Seed inverted or erect, orbicular, ovate or reniform, 
compressed ; testa crustaceous ; embryo horseshoe-shaped or annular, 
surrounding a flour}' albumen. 
Qeneru about 50; species about 600. 
Distribution : — In tropical and warm countries. 
Tribe 1. Amarantees : Anthers 2 -locular. Ovary 1-ovuled. 
JSuamarantecs : Ovule erect, funicle short. Radicle 
inferior. Leaves alternate . . . .1. Auiarautus. 
Achyrantheee : Ovule suspended from the apex of 
an elongated funicle. Utricle indehiscent, seed 
inverse. 
Flowers dioecious . . . . .2. Saltia. 
With hermaphrodite flowers . . .3. Aerua. 
Tribe 2. . Celosiece : Anthers 2-locular. Ovary 2 — Qo-ovuled. 
Leaves alternate ....... 4. Celosia. 
1. Amarantus Linn. 
Annuals. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, long-petioled, tip often 
obtuse or emarginate, nearly always glabrous ; principal nerves parallel, 
straight, often conspicuous. 
Flowers small, monoecious or polygamous, in axillary clusters or 
dense terminal and axillary spikes or panicles ; bracteoles two. "Male 
flowers : Perianth of 5 (rarely 1 — 3) membranous equal or subequal 
ovate-lanceolate segments. Stamens 5 (rarely 1 — 3) ; filaments free, 
subulate or filiform ; anthers 2-celled ; staminodes 0. Female flowers : 
Perianth-segments oblong or spathulate, erect in fruit. Ovary ovoid, 
compressed, I-celled ; ovule solitary, subsessile, erect; styles 1 — 3 or 0. 
Fruit an orbicular or ovoid compressed utricle or a circumscissile 
membranous or coriaceous capsule. Seed erect, orbicular, compressed ; 
testa crustaceous ; embryo annular, enclosing floury albumen; cotyledons 
linear ; radicle inferior. 
Species about 25. 
Distribution : — Tropical and subtropical. 
An erect herb, leaves 1 — 3 inches long . . .1. A. viridis. 
A prostrate herb, leaves £ — 1 inch long . . . 2. A. polygamus. 
1. Amarantus viridis Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1405; Grah. Cat. Bomb. 
PI. 164; Hook. FI. Brit. Ind. IV, 720 ; Trim. FI. Ceyl. Ill, 397 ; 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. I, 888 ; Durand & DeWild. in Compt. 
rend. Soc. Bot. Belg. XXXVI, 85; Durand & Schinz Etud. FI. 
Congo I, 233 ( excl . Syn . Euxolus viridis Moquin) ; This.-Dyer FI. 
trop. Afr. Vr, sect. 1, 33 ; Cooke FI. Bomb. Pres. II, 490. 
Euxolus caudatus Hook. Niger FI. 492 in obs.j Moq. in DC. 
Prodr. XIII, pt. 2, 274 ( parting ). 
