318 108. AMARANTACEX. 
108. AMARANTACE. 
1. Deeringia celosioides, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 413; 
Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 232 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 
p. 714; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 728; Bot. Mag. t. 2717. 
Deeringia baccata, Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 236. 
Formosa: Taiwan (Playfair!); HatNAN : Hoihow (Fagg, hb. 
Hance, 10066 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
India, Malaya, and Australia. 
1. Celosia argentea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 205; Mog. in DC. 
Prodr. xiii.2, p. 212; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 284; Mig. in Journ. 
de Bot. Néerl. i. p. 98; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 119 ; Franchet in 
Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 245. 
Celosia margaritacea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 297 ; Mig. in Journ. de 
Bot. Néerl. i. p. 98. 
Souru and CENTRAL CurNA, Formosa, Hatnan, and LvoHU 
ARCHIPELAGO: apparently common ( Fortune! Millett! Oldham! 
Wright! Staunton! A. Henry! Bourne! Vachell! and others). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Now widely spread in tropical and subtropical countries, but 
it is uncertain where it is truly indigenous. 
The Cockscomb, Celosia cristata, Linn., syn. C. castrensis, 
Linn., usually regarded as a variety of C. argentea, Linn., occurs 
in a half wild state in China. 
* 2. Celosia Swinhoéi, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba undique glabra, stricte ramosa, ramulis floriferis gracil- 
limis. Folia crassa, lineari-lanceolata, maxima visa vix pollicaria 
utrinque attenuata, integra, venis immersis obsoletis. Flores, ut 
videtur, albi, pro genere laxiuscule spicato-racemosi, racemis 2- 
4-pollicaribus, pedicellis quam flores brevioribus, bracteis bracteo- 
lisque scariosis acutis flores vix :quantibus; perianthii scariosi, 
segmenta late ovalia, obtusa, concava ; stamina inclusa; ovarium 
breviter stipitatum, glabrum, sspe 5-ovulatum, stylo elongato 
demum exserto, ovulis longe funiculatis. Utriculus non visus. 
HarNAN : without locality (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. 
Easily distinguished by its very slender branchlets and small 
narrow leaves. 
