BOTANY. Vi 



tribe, is very commonly cultivated by the Burmese as well 

 as by Europeans. 



Pardanthus chincnsis. 



EURYCLES. 



A fragrant white flowering bulb of the amaryl 

 and of the genus curycles, is not uncommon in native 

 gardens. 



Euryclcs a?;: 



ZEPHYRANTHES. 



One or two species of zephyranthes of the amarylis tribe 

 which I introduced from Dr. Carey's garden at Serampore 

 grow very well, and form handsome border flowers. 

 Zephyranthes tubispatlia. 



GLOBE AMARANTHUS. 



The globe amaranthus is often cultivated by Karens and 

 Burmans, as well as by Europeans. 

 Gomphrena globosa. 



cock's c. 



This common annual all over the world, is often zeen 

 in European gardens ; and is sometimes cultivated by the 

 natives. The Burman name signfies cock's comb, like 

 the English. 



Celosia cristata. 

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PRINCE'S FEATlIEJt. 



This is the most elegant plant, when cultivated by the 

 ns, that 1 ever saw of the amaranth tribe. It is not the 

 prince's feather of English writers Amaranthus hypochon- 

 driasis, but a species of celosia which bears a long pen- 

 dulous drooping panicle or plume like Roxburgh's C 



