Chenopodiacecs.] CHINA. 207 



1. Dicliptera Burmanni. Nees ab Esenb. I. c. p. 112. n. 6. — Justicia Chinensis. Burnt. 

 Fl. Ind. p. 8. t. i.f. 1. Lour. Fl. Coch. 1. p. 30. (nee alior.) 



Hab. Canton ; Mr. Millett. Lappas Island ; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. 177. 



1. Peristrophe tinctoria. Nees ab Esenb. I. c. p. 113. n. 3. — Justicia tinctoria. Roxb. 

 (non Lour.) Fl. Ind. I. p. 123; (ed Car. et Wall.) 1. p. \2^.—Rumph. Herb. Am. 6. t. 22. 

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1. Hypoestis purpurea. R. Br. — Nees ab Esenb. 1. c. p. 114. n. 2. — Justicia purpurea. 

 Vahl. — Lour. Fl. Coch. I. p. 31 (non Linn.) 



Hab. Canton; Mr. Millett. Lappas Island; Rev. G. U. Vachell, n. 171. 



Ord. LXIV. PLUMBAGINEjE. Juss. 



1. Plumbago rosea. Linn. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 463; in Cat. Merc. Ind. or. Mus. 

 tab. 555.— Rheede, Mai. 1. 1. 9.— Vachell, n. 115. 



Ord. LXV. NYCTAGINEiE. Juss. 

 1. Mirabilis Jalapa. Linn. — Lour. Fl. Coch. i.p. 123. 



Ord. LXVI. AMARANTHACEiE. Juss. 

 1. Achyranthes aspera. Linn. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 672. Burin. Th. Zeyl. t. 50. / 3. 



1. Celosia argentea. Linn. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 678. Lour. Fl. Coch. 1. p. 203. — 

 Vachell, n. 92. 



2. Celosia cristata. Linn. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. p. 679. 



We feel much disposed to agree with Sprengel, when he unites to this species C. coccinea and C. castrensis, 

 Linn., as also C. comosa, Retz. C. castrensis, Lour. Fl. Coch. 1. p. 202, appears to be certainly our plant. 

 We have likewise from Mr. Millett, a variety, perhaps, of this, but with very dissimilar spikes. If dis- 

 tinct, it may be thus described : — Glabriuscula ; foliis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis basi apice attenuatis; 

 spicis pedunculatis, elongatis, cylindraceis ; flores inferiores discreti, superiores approximati, summi abortivi 

 bracteolaeformes ; stylus gracilis, stigma bifidum ovarium pluri-ovulatum; utriculus 1-spermus; semen com- 

 pressum, nitidum, atrum, cum aliisque abortivis. But as we have already remarked, we prefer considering 

 this as a mere form of C. cristata. 



1. Gomphraena globosa. Linn. — Lour. Fl. Coch. 1. p. 218; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2. p. 63. 



1. Alternanthera sessiliftora. R. Br. — lllecebrum sessile. Linn. Lour. Fl. Coch. 1. p. 

 202. — Achyranthes triandra. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 678. 



Hab. Lappas Island; Mr. Millett. Macao; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. " v." 

 1. Amaranthus oleraceus. Linn. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3. p. 605. 



Ord. LXVII. CHENOPODIACEiE. Ventn. 

 1. Chenopodium acutifolium. Kit.? — Vachell, n. 112. 



