678 PEXTAXDRIA MOXOGYXIA. Celosid. 



13. A. triandra. R. 



Anuual, creeping. Leaves opposite, sessile, lauceolate, 

 siiiooth. Flowers trian Irons. Capsules winged. 



lllecebrum sessile. Willd. .spec. i. 1209. 



Coloppn. Rheed. Mai. x. 21. t. 11. 



Amaranthus humilis foliis oppositis, flosculis in alis con- 

 glomeratic. Burm. Zeyl. 17. t. 4./'. 2. (good.) 



Telinya. Ponagunta-kura. 



Sans. Shalancht. 



Be/ig. Shanch/, also shalooncha. 



A native of Benoal where it is a common weed during; the 

 rainy season. 



14. A. nodifiora. R. 



Annual, diffuse. Leaves obovate, cuneate. Spikes glo- 

 bular. Nectary with only five, autheriferous divisions. Stiff- 

 ma simple. 



Celosia nodiflora. Willd. spec. i. 1202. 



Amaranthoides indicum, nodiflorum, capitulis exalbo viri- 

 desct ntibus. Burm. Zeyl. 16. t. b.J'. 2. 



A native of Coromandel. Flowers in the cold season. The 

 ovarium in this plant contains but a single ovulum, attached 

 to the bottom of its single cell, consequently its place is in 

 this genus to which 1 have transferred it. 



CELOSIA. Schreb.gen. N. 405. 

 Calyx five-leaved and calycled. Carol none. Nectary 

 stanniferous, surrounding the base of the ovarium. Germ one- 

 celled ; ovulii several, attached to the bottom of the cell. 

 Capsules opening transversely and containing more seeds 

 than one. Embryo annular, with a central perisperm. 



1. C. araentea. Willd. s^ec. i. 1197. 



Erect, annual. Leaves from lanceolate to oblong. Spikes 



