Aclnjranthes. pentandria monogynia. 



073 



3. A. aquatica. R. 



Herbaceous, straggling- to a great extent about the edges of 

 sweet water. Leaves opposite, lanceolate. Spikes terminal. 

 F lowers retrofracted. Braetes and scales of the calyx spin- 

 ous. 



Celosia spinescens. Koen. Mss. 



A native of Coromandel, where it blossoms during the 

 rainy season. 



- 4. A. Monsonico. R. 



Tetrandrous, cespitose, very ramous. Leaves subulate, 

 tufted ; spikes terminal, sub-cylindric. 



Illecebrum Monsonia*. Linn. Suppl. 161. 



Celosia Monsonia. Retz. Obs. 2. p. 13. Wilhl. spec. i. 

 1200 ; and Ait. kexc. i. 288. 



Amaranthoides spicatum Spergulae foliis. Pluck. Almag. 

 JIantiss. U. t. 334./. 4. Almath. 13. t. 357./. 4. 



A native of Bengal and Coromandel, where it blossoms 

 during the cool season. 



Stem none, but numerous branches, with opposite, diverg- 

 ing, round, somewhat woolly branchlets, spreading close on 

 the ground and extending to from one to three feet in length. 

 Leaves subulate, opposite, sessile, with tufts of smaller ones 

 in their axills. Spikes terminal, ovate-oblong, compact, 

 beino- closely covered with numerous, minute, rose-coloured 

 flowers. Calyx and calycle seven-leaved. Nectary four- 

 leaved, alternate with the stamens. Stamens four. Utricnles 

 with a single seed. 



5. A. lappacea. Willd. spec. i. 1192. 



Biennial, straggling. Leaves opposite, petioled, ventri- 

 cose-oblong, smooth. Spikes terminal ; flowers remote, ge- 

 nerally in pairs, with three fascicles of coloured, hooked 

 bristles to the pair. 



Willia-codiveli. Rheed. Mai x. 117. t. 59. 

 vol. i. Q i 



