Achyranthes,  PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. : 62 
_ 8. A. aquatica, R. 
Herbaceous, straggling toa great extent about the edges of 
sweet water. Leaves opposite, lanceolate. Spikes terminal. 
Flowers retrofracted, Bractes and scales of the calyx spin 
ous, 
Celosia spinescens, Koen, Mss. 
A native of Coromandel, where it blossoms during the 
rainy season, pie 
4, A, Monsonia. R. 
Tetrandrous, cespitose, very ramous. Leaves subulate, 
tufted ; spikes terminal, sub-cylindric. 
Illecebrum Monsonie. Linn, Suppl. 161. 
Celosia Monsoniea. Retz. Obs. 2. p.'13. Willd, spec. i, 
1200 ; and Ait, kew. i. 288. 
Amaranthoides spicatum Spergulee foliis. Pluck. Almag. 
Mantiss, 11. t. 334. f. 4. Admath, 13. t. 357. f. 4. 
A native of Bengal and Coromandel, where it blossoms 
during the cool season. 
Stem none, but numerous branches, with opposite, diverg: 
ing, round, somewhat woolly branchlets, spreading close on 
the ground and extending to from one to three feet in length, 
Leaves subulate, opposite, sessile, with tufts of smaller ones 
in their axills. Spikes terminal, ovate-oblong, compact, 
being closely covered with numerous, minute, rose-coloured 
flowers. Calyx and calycle seven-leaved, Nectary four- 
leaved, alternate with the stamens. Stamens four. Utricules 
with a single seed. 
5. A, lappacea, Willd, spec.i. 1192, - 
Biennial, straggling. Leaves opposite, petioled, ventri. 
cose-oblong, smooth, Spikes terminal ; flowers remote, ge- 
nerally in pairs, with three fascicles of coloured, hooked 
bristles to the pair. 
- Willia-codiveli. Rheed. Mal, x. 117, t. 59. 
