Celosia, pentandria monogynia. 081 



and marked with five elevations. Seeds several, shining 

 black. 



This species appears to me to differ from Retz. comosu in 

 the following points : 1st. Here the stamina and style are 

 about the same length, and rather shorter than the calyx ; 

 there twice as Jong-. 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. Capsules one-celled, three-valved; seeds 

 many. 



Paronychia foliis ad genicula confertis, acutis, floribus 

 umbellatis. Bvrm. Zeyt. 184. t. 65. f. 2. 



Telinga. Rajuma. 



Is a native of dry sandy lands. Flowers all the year 

 round. This would better form a separate genus than a 

 species of Celosia ; probably it is one of Jussieu's Caryo- 

 phyllece. 



Root perennial. Stem straight, frequently branchy, round, 

 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. 

 Shjle short. Stigma thrce-lobed. Capsules three-sided, 

 one-celled, three-valved, opening from the apex. Seeds from 

 six to twelve or more, round. 



Cattle are not found of this species. 



6. C. polysperma. R. 



Annual. Leaves oblong, smooth. Spikes axillary. Nee- 



