16 CVI. AMARANTACEH (BAKER AND CLARKE). [ Deeringia. 
Fruit-perianth patent, obtuse . 17. ACHYROPSIS. 
Leaves sessile : : : 7 Ss LANDIAKA 
Large scandent shrubs. ‘ . 19. SERICOSTACHYS. 
Leaves mere scales, less than in. long 20. ARTHRERTA. 
Anthers l-celled. Spikes dense, ovoid or short- 
cylindric. 
Spikes axillary, sessile. 
Fruit not, or obscurely flattened . . 2 21. EDANTHERA: 
Fruit very flat, winged : : 22. ALTERNANTHERA. 
Spikes terminal, often sessile—i.e., supported 
by 2 floral leaves, 
Staminal tube minute. Plant glabrous . 23. PHILOXERUS. 
Staminal tube } in. long. Plant hairy . 24. GOMPHRENA, 
1. DEERINGIA, R. Br.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 23. 
Flowers 2-sexual; bract 1; bracteoles 2, small, not prickly. Perianth 
5-fid, glabrous; segments spreading in fruit. Stamens 5; filaments 
united below into a tube, linear; interjected teeth 0; anthers 2-celled, 
oblong. Ovary with several ovules; style hardly any; stigmas 3. 
Fruit a globose many-seeded berry. Seeds lenticular ; embryoannular ; 
testa crustaceous.—Rambling or climbing shrubs, nearly smooth. 
Leaves alternate, entire. Racemes lax, leafless, axillary and penulti- 
mate ; pedicels solitary, very short. 
Species 6, in Africa, South Asia and Oceania. 
1. D. celosioides, 2. Br. Prodr. 413. Nearly glabrous. Branches 
arching, sometimes 10 ft. long. Leaves 3-4 in. long, ovate, acuminate ; 
petiole 4-1 in. long. Racemes 4-8 in. long, often several towards the 
ends of the branches, panicled. Perianth whitish; segments 4 in. 
long. Berry + in. in diam., globose, red.—Bot. Mag. t. 2717. D.- 
baccata, Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 236; Schinz in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iii. 1A, 97, 98, t. 49; Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 7. 
Celosia baccata, Retz. Obs. v. 23. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: near Lake Baringo, 3400 ft., Johnston! 
Lower Guinea, Princes Island, Barter, 2009! 
Frequent in South-east Asia. 
2. CELOSIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 24. 
Flowers 2-sexual ; bract 1; bracteoles 2, small, not prickly. Perianth 
5-fid, scarious ; segments oblong or elliptic, obtuse or subacute. Stamens 
5; filaments subulate in the upper part, united at the base into a 
cylindric cup ; interjected teeth 0 or minute bristles ; anthers 2-celled, 
oblong or round; pollen small, 10-20 » in diam., globose, with few 
(small or large) tubercles. Ovary ovoid; ovules 2 or more on basal 
funicles; style long or short, 3-fid or 2-fid. Capsule ovoid or oblong, 
or (in 2 species) wide at the top, several-seeded (but in C. nana and 
C. populifolia 1-seeded), membranous, circumscissile. Seeds lenticular ; 
embryo annular ; testa crustaceous, shining, brown-black, smooth (never 
