Amaranthus.] 
CX. AMARANTACE2E. 
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rhomboid or deltoid mucronulate, base broad then decurrent 
narrowed to petiole, i to 4 in. long, -5 to 3-5 in wide; petioles 
up to 2-5 in. long. Flowers very numerous m large clusters ot 
cvmules axillary and stout erect terminal spike. Sepals 3, lanceo¬ 
late, long-awned. Stamens 3. Ovary ovoid; stigmas 3. Utricle 
circumsciss. Hab. A weed of cultivation, Singapore, Macpherson 
Road Pahang, Kwala Tahan. Penang Town (Deschamps). Distnb. 
Whole world. Native name : Bayam Merah. Use : Pot herb. 
(4) A. mangostana Linn. Amoen, Acad. iv. 294; Hook. pi. 
^ ^Diffuse^ and somewhat procumbent. Leaves deltoid, blunt, 
base cuneate decurrent 1 in. long, *5 in. across; petioles -5, m - 
long. Cymules axillary small, pale, -23 m. across no terminal 
spikes. Bracts and sepals awned lanceolate. Hab. Malacca 
(Griffith). 
This is possibly a poor decumbent form of gangeticus. 
(3) A. viridis Linn. Sft. PI. ed. 2, 1405; Gamble, l.c. ii- 
Herb about 6 to 12 in. tall. Leaves thin, ovate or deltoid 
blunt and often notched at tip, base decurrent cuneate, 1-5 to 
O in lone -7=1 to 1-75 in. wide. Flowers mostly m termmal and 
axillary slender racemes or spikes. Sepals 3, ovate acuminate m 
male obo'vate in female, very small, green. Stamens 3. Utricle 
orbicular indehiscent. Hab. A very common weed in waste ground, 
rubbish heaps, and dung-hills, Singapore, Malacca, Selangor, 
Lankawi at Kwah. Distnb. Whole world. Native names : Bayam 
Munyit; Bayam putih. 
5 . CYATHULA, Lour. 
Herb. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, bisexual in clusters 
in a long terminal spike, perfect flowers i to 3, ^surrounded by- 
several imperfect ones Sepals 5, scarious acuminate, in imperfect 
flowers reduced to hooked awns. Stamens 5, filaments connate 
below with intervening (laciniate) or bifid staminodes into a cup, 
anthers 2-celled. Ovary obovoid, i-celled; ovule 1; style simple 
sdgmT capitate. Fruit a utricle, ovoid. Species 10, tropics and 
temperate regions of both worlds. 
(1) C. prostrata Bl. Bijdr. 549 > Gamble, l.c. 12. 
Straggling prostrate herb; stems ascending 2 ft. tall, upper parts 
tomentoTe. Leaves elliptic-rhomboid acute, base cuneate stngose, 
hairv on both sides, 1 to 2 in. long, 75 in. wide, petioles 2 in. long. 
Spikes 4 to 10 in. long, slender, lower part nude, lower cymules 
scattered -I in. across, white. Flowers violet, hany. Hab. 
Common'in orchards, campongs, etc. 
Johor, Kota Tinggi. Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Perak, Penang. 
Distri’b Whole world tropics. „. . . . , 
var major. Leaves thin ovate-lanceolate, 6 m.long ^m. w.de 
bristles purple. Hab. Forests, Selangor, Sungei Buluh (Ridley), 
