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above the middle: leaves rhomb ovate: panicles terrne- 

 nal, composed of a few simple cyiindrie branches : 

 bractes minute, shorter than the obtuse three- leaved 

 calyx ; which is shorter than the obtuse rugose capsule. 

 —Roxb. FL 2nd. 3. 609. 



A common weed : green in every part except a cres- 

 cent-shaped cloud of paler green crossing the centre 

 of the leaves. 



718. Amaraktus tenuifolitjs (WilML Roxb.) annu- 

 al, diffuse : leaves wedge shaped, emarginate : gtomerules 

 axillary : male flowers diandroua, with a two-leaved 



calyx ; the female ones irregular. — Roxb. FL Ind. 3, 602. 

 In cultivated ground near Calcutta. 



1 Flowering branch— 2 male flower — 3 afemale flower 

 the perianth of which baa aborted— 4, 5 two others 

 one with a one-leaved perianth, the other with two — 6 

 a capsule not circumseasile — 7 a seed. 



719. Amabaktus polygonoibbs (Lin. Willd. Roxb.) 



diffuse : leaves obovate : glomerules axillary, two-parted: 

 capsule bullate, equaling the acute, lanceolate, leaflets of 

 the calyx. — Roxb. FL Ind. 3. 602. 



A common weed every where, is much used by the 

 Natives as a pot herb. 



720. Ai 



5- 



arantus frumbntaceus (Buchanan Roxb.) 

 pentandrous, annual : stem and branches erect : leaves 

 broad -lanceolar : panicles erect: leaves of the calyx 

 daggered : capsule wrinkled, seed pellucid, with callous 



white margins. — Roxb. II. Ind. 3. 609. 



A large species, much cultivated on the slopes of the 

 higher hills* in several districts of Southern India. In 

 Coimbatore, Salem, and Madura, I have frequently met 

 with large fields of it, often on very steep slopes. In 

 such situations it often grows upwards of six feet high. 

 The seed ground into meal forms the principal food°of 

 the wild inhabitants of these hills. 



721. Leiospermum ferrugineum (Wall. Achyran- 

 thes Roxb.) annual, flaccid : leaves opposite, obovate : 

 spikes subcorneal, peduncled and sessile : nectary 

 toothed, each tooth ending in a proper antheriferous 

 filament : stigmas entire.— Roxb. FL Ind. 1. 673. 



A small annual wild, about the borders of cultivated 

 jands near Calcutta. 



722. Centrostachys diandra (Wall. Achjranthes 

 Roxb.) annual diffuse : leaves opposite, linear-lanceolar : 

 spikes terminal : flowers reflected and pressed close to 

 the rachis: stamina two, alternate with the two multifid 

 lobes of the nectary.— Roxb. FL Ind. 1. 677. 



Native of Ceylon. 



723. Aerua lanata (Juss. Achyranthes Roxb.) annu- 

 al, erect, famous, woollj : leaves alternate, orbicular: 

 spikes crowded : nectary 10 parted, alternately antherife- 

 rous : stigma two-cleft —Roxb. FL Ind. 1, 676. 



A very common weed every where. 



724. Aerua scandens (Wall. Achjranthes scandens 

 Roxb.) perennial, climbing, downy : leaves alternate, 

 oblong-ventricose : spikes axillary, solitary,sessile : calyx 



hairy: nectary 10-parted : Stigma 24obed.-~ Roxb. FL 



Ind. 1. 676. 



Native of hedges near Calcutta. 



725. Abrua monsowijk (Mart. Achyranthes Roxb.) 



tetandrous, coespitose, very ramous: leaves subulate,tuft- 



ed: spikes terminal: sub-cyliudricid.— A^ri.iY./i«li. 673. 

 A very common weed in dry sterile and sandy soils. 



726. Achyrantijes sericea (Kou. Roxb.) stem 



erect downy : leaves opposite, broad cordate, acute, 

 covered with much much ailky down : peduncles axil- 

 lary, longer than the leaves, bifid or trifid, many flower- 

 ed.— Roxb. FL Ind. 1. 673. 



A large straggling annual growing in shady places in 

 dry soil. 



The leaves are erroneously said to be " broad lanceo- 

 late in the specific character in place of broad cordate 

 acute" as in the description, which I have altered. 



727. Altsrnanthera sessilis (R. B. Achyranthes 

 tr i an dru Roxb.) annual, creeping : leaves opposite,sessile 

 lanceolate, smooth : flowers triaudrous : capsules wind- 

 ed. — Roxb. FL Ind. 1. 678. 



A common weed usually found in moist or even 



marshy soils : ia such situutious flowering at all seasons. 



Bengal 



7*28. Desringia cklosioides (R. Br., Roxb.) peren- 



nial,scandent : leaves alteruate,cordate : spikes terminal, 

 panic-led : styles three: berries three seeded.— Roxb. 

 FL Ind. 1. 682. 



Found near Calcutta.— This sometimes at- 

 tains a large size : Roxburgh mentions one plant which 

 he saw climbing over a tree sixteen or etehtecu feet high. 



7*29. Deeringia tetragyna (Roxb.) shrubby, scan- 

 dent : leaves ovate cordate : flowers axillary : styles four 

 cleft.— Roxb. FL Ltd. 1. 688. 



Moluccas. — Thence introduced into the Calcutta 

 Botanic harden. Seeds from one to 4, usually one. 



1 Flowering branch— -2 an expanded flower with small 



bracts (calyx Roxb) detached and separately shown 

 3 stamens and ovary of a tetandrous flower — 4 a berry 

 with the persistent calyx and bracts — 5 berry cut 

 transversely — 6 cut vertically showing the pedicelled 

 seed. 



730. Celosta cerxua (Roxb.) annual, erect, ramous : 

 leaves lanceolate acute : racemes cylindric, with long 

 steiile, ramous, pendulous tails: capsules operculated 

 v seeded. — Roxb. FL Ind. I. 6S0. 



Rajmahal Hills. Whence it was introduced into the 

 Calcutta Botanic Garden, by Mr. W. Roxburgh Junr. 



It seem- nearly allied to Celosia comosa, Retz. but 

 Roxburgh thinks it distinct. 



731. Desmochoeta atroporpurea (D C. Achyran- 

 thes iappacea Roxb.) bi-ennial, straggling : leaves oppo- 

 site, petioled, ventricose-oblong, smooth : spikes termi- 

 nal : flowers remote, generally in pairs, with three fas- 

 cicles of coloured hooked bristles to the pair. — RoxL 

 FL Ind. 1. 673. 



A common plant, usually met with in hedges and 



among bushes, often in such situations from 6 to 8 feet 

 high. 



732. Desmociketa murioata (D C. Achyranthes 

 altcrnifolia Roxb.) annual, diffuse : leaves alternate, 

 ovate-oblong: spikes axillary, longer than the leaves: 

 two variously horned bodies betw r een the corolla aud 

 calyx : nectary none. — Roxb. FL Ind. 1. 674. 



A very common procumbent plant, frequent in culti- 

 vated ground. The leaves and tender tops are used by 

 the Natives in their curries. 



This seems to be a species of Digera, Forsk. perhaps 

 identical with the Egyptian one he describes. Seed 

 globose with a crustaceous testa : embryo annular em- 

 bracing a farinaceous albumen, radicle inferior. 



733. Desmociketa prostrata (D.C. Achyranthes 

 pro-rata Linn. Roxb.) annual diffuse: leaves opposite, 

 spikes filiform : flowers reflexed with fascicles of bristles 

 adjoining : nectary with five bidentate horns, alternating 

 with the filaments. — Roxb. FL Ind. 1. 674. 



Introduced into the Calcutta Botanic Garden from 

 the Moluccas, but as it is figured in the Hort. Mai. 



lot. 79 (fid. Roxb.) it seems also to be a native of 



Malabar. 



734. 



leav 



Chionanthus kamitlora (Roxb.) arboreous, 

 opposite, broad-lanceolar, entire : panicle below 

 the leaves. —Roxb. FL Ind. 1. 107. 



Moluccas.— Flowering March and April. 

 1 Flowering branch— 2 expanded flower— 3 back view 

 of the same— 4 corolla detached— 5 ovary and calyx— 



6 a mature fruit— 7 the drupe— 8 nut cut transversely, 

 showing the 



d. 



735. 



Olea Roxb org tl (R. and S. Olea paniculata, 

 Roxb. not It. Br.) leaves opposite, petioled, oblonjr, 

 entire, smooth : panicles axillary : bractias deciduous": 

 lobes of the st tenia divaricate.—" Roxb. FL Ind. 1. 105. 



Roxb. I think 

 mountain forests of the 



Native of the Circar Mountains 

 I have also found it in the 

 Southern Provinces. 



736. Olea clavat* (G. Don. Phyllyrea panicidata 

 Roxb.) arboreous : leaves opposite, ovate oblong, entire, 

 smooth : panicle terminal.— Roxb. FL Ind. 1. 100. 



A native of China, and thence introduced into the 

 Calcutta Botanic Garden. The genus Phyllyrea not 

 being found sufficiently distinct from Olea, has been in- 

 corporated with that genus, and there beins; alreadv an 

 O. paniculata. Don has changed Roxburgh's specific 

 name substituting one descriptive of the stigma whick 

 is club-shaped. 



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