1834 
> CELÓSIA coccinea. 
Scarlet Cockscomb. 
Nat. ord. AMARANTHACER. 
4 CELOSIA, L. Bractea numero incerte, scarios®, acuminate, flore sup- 
posite. Calyx 5-phyllus, scariosus. Stamina breviter monadelpha filamentis 
basi latissimis. Stegma leviter trifidum. - Utriculus circumscissus, polyspermus. 
C. coccinea ; foliis angustè lanceolatis acanna caule suleato, spicis multipli- 
cibus compressis acuminatis pyramidalibus, staminibus calyce brevioribus. 
C. coccinea, Mill. dict. no. 4. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 1199. Rom. & Schult. 5. 
465. 
One of the many forms in which the Cockscomb makes 
its appearance in Asia; but whether or not it is truly a 
distinct species I cannot judge. It differs from C. cristata 
chiefly in the crowded pyramidal arrangement of the inflo- 
rescence, the narrower leaves, and the short stamens. It is 
also a far more hardy plant, for while the common Cocks- 
comb can only be brought to produce its stiff and fantastical 
crests with much care and assiduity, this demands no other 
attention than is required by every tender annual, and goes 
on enlarging its glowing crimson tassels, in the open border, 
till winter destroys it. l 
The drawing was made from specimens communicated 
by the/Hon. W. F. Strangways from his garden in Dorset- 
shire, in the end of last October. TS 
3^ * 
* Said to be derived from enAcoc, something burnt ; because the flowers look 
às if scorched and dried up by exposure to heat. a 
