Celosia. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTA, 681 
and marked with five elevations, Seeds several, shining 
black. | A 
This species appears to me to differ from Retz. comosa in 
the following points: Ist, Here the stamina and style are 
about the same length, and rather shorter than the calyx ; 
there twice as long. 2d. Here are many, about eight seeds 
in the capsules; there only two. 
5. C. corymbosa, Willd. spec, i. 1200. 
Perennial, erect. Leaves opposite and fascicled, linear. 
Corymbs terminal. Calyx five-leaved. Corol five-petal- 
led, no nectary. is. eed one-celled, three-valved; seeds 
many. 
Paronychia foliis ad Penicitta pie acutis, see 
umbellatis, Burm. Zeyl. 184. ¢. 65, f. 2. atti 
Telinga, Rajuma. 
Is a native of dry sandy lands, — Genrer all the year 
round. This would better form a separate genus than a 
species of Celosia ; é —s it is one of Jussieu’s or 
phyllee. 
Root perennial, Stem straight, frequently hetinabes, ated; 
jointed, reddish, covered with white down; about a foot 
high. Leaves opposite, sessile, linear, spreading, with fasci- 
cles of many smaller leaves in their axills. Stipules general- 
ly four-fold, ensiform, membranaceous. Umbels terminal, 
dichotomous, Calyx five-leaved ; leaflets lanceolate. Nec- 
tary, or rather corol, of five, obcordate petals, alternate with 
the stamens, Filaments inserted, alternate with the petals. 
Style short. Stigma three-lobed. Capsules three-sided, 
one-celled, three-valved, opening aso Cag, a Seeds from 
six to twelve or more, round, 
Cattle are not found of this species. Ba A BBE 5 
6. C, polysperma, R. teoitt die Henke oy) 
_ Annual, Leaves oblong, smooth, Spikes axillary, Nee- 
