− | Amarantus hypochondriacus, Linn. Prince's Feather. Tall and glabrous: Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acute: spikes blunt, aggregated into a thick, lumpy terminal panicle, of which the central part is elongated: bracts long awned.—-An old garden plant, with the heavy heads variously colored, but mostly purple. Lvs. usually purple or purple-green. Trop. Amer. Cult. in many forms and sometimes a weed in old grounds. Considered by some to be a form of A. hybridus, Linn. (A. hybridus var. hypochondriacus, Rob.). Var. sanguíneus, Hort. (A. cruéntus, Hort., not Willd.). Entire plant blood red. Var. virescens, Hort. Lvs. green above, purplish beneath. Var. viridis, Hort. Plant green, except the floral parts. Var. racemosus, Moq. Lateral fl.-branches elongated, light-colored. There are other garden forms. | + | Amarantus hypochondriacus, Linn. Prince's Feather. Tall and glabrous: Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute: spikes blunt, aggregated into a thick, lumpy terminal panicle, of which the central part is elongated: bracts long awned.—-An old garden plant, with the heavy heads variously colored, but mostly purple. Leaves usually purple or purple-green. Tropical America. Cultivated in many forms and sometimes a weed in old grounds. Considered by some to be a form of A. hybridus, Linn. (A. hybridus var. hypochondriacus, Rob.). Var. sanguineus, Hort. (A. cruentus, Hort., not Willd.). Entire plant blood red. Var. virescens, Hort. Leaves green above, purplish beneath. Var. viridis, Hort. Plant green, except the floral parts. Var. racemosus, Moq. Lateral flower-branches elongated, light-colored. There are other garden forms. |