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DEERINGIA CELOSIOIDES. CELOSIA-LIKE 
DEERINGIA. 
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Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—AmaranTHACEA. ) 
; Generic Character. 
Perianth. 5-partitum.. Stamina 5, basi in cyathulam 
edentulam connata. Anthere biloculares. Stylus tripar- 
titus. Bacca polysperma. 
Frutices glabri, debiles, supra arbores et frutices decum- 
bentes. Folia alterna. Spica terminales et e summis alis. 
Flores tribracteati. Pericarpium baccatum inflatum. Br. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Derringer celosioides. . 
Derrinera celosicides. Brown Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 
ce p. 413. 
Cetosia baccata. Retz. Obs. 5. p. 23. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 
. :: Pp. 1202. 
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Descr. A glabrous plant, producing, as cultivated in 
the open air at Kew, Fn herbaceous much branched, 
Strageling stems, such as require artificial support. Leaves 
alternate, ovate, acuminate, thin, entire, nerved : petiole 
slender, about an inch long. Spike long, slender, ter- 
minal upon the branches, and also springing from the 
axils of the superior leaves, bearing many small, green- 
, Sessile flowers, somewhat like those of Rivina humilis. 
spractea three, small, lanceolate. Perianth five-partite ; 
Segments oval, concave, greenish, spreading. _ Sta- 
mens five, about as long as the perianth, and opposite to 
the Segments, united at the base into a disk ess 4 
