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AMARANTACE^E. 

 Deeringia celosioides, E. Br. 



Deeringia celosioides, R. Br.; Benth., Fl. Austr., v. p. 209; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 1, p. 

 1025. 



Timor Laut ; Babar ; Lakor ; Wetter. — -India, China, the Philippine and Marianne 

 Islands, southward to Australia and New Caledonia, but apparently not extending to 

 Polynesia proper. Deeringia is a small genus restricted to the warmer parts of the Old 

 World. 



Deeringia altissima, F. Muell. 



Deeringia altissima, F. Muell. ; Benth., Fl. Austr., v. p. 210. 



Timor Laut. — Common in maritime districts and on river banks, in Northern New 

 South Wales, and in Queensland. There are also specimens in the Kew Herbarium of 

 what appears to be same species from New Caledonia. 



Celosia argentea, Linn. 



Celosia argentea, Linn. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 1028 ; Dene., Herb. Timor. Deser., p. 44. 

 Arrou ; Ki. — An annual herb widely dispersed in warm countries, but most likely 

 introduced into America. It is not recorded from Australia, and we have seen no 

 Polynesian specimens. The genus comprises about thirty species inhabiting the warmer 

 parts of Asia, Africa, and America. 



Allmania albida, E. Br. 



Allmania albida, R. Br. in Wall. Cat., n. 6981. 

 Chamissoa albida, Moq. in DC. Prodr., xiii. 2, p. 248. 



Dammar. — Southern India, Ceylon, the Philippines, and Java, are the localities repre- 

 sented in the Kew Herbarium ; but it is apparently uncommon. Allmania nodiflora is a 

 common Archipelago plant. Altogether, there are only three or four species, and they are 

 restricted to Tropical Asia. 



Amarantus spinosus, Linn. 



Amarantus spinosus, Linn. ; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., i. 1, p. 1031 ; Dene., Herb. Timor. Deser., p. 43; 

 Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 68. 



Arrou. — This is now widely dispersed in warm regions, both in the Old World and 

 America ; but it is not included in Bentham's Flora Australiensis, and it does not appear 

 to colonise in Polynesia. There are probably about thirty - five distinct species of 

 Amarantus. 



