606 MONOECiA PENTANDRiA. jJmaranthiis. 



axillary, and on a terminal spike. Calyces cuspidate, and 

 rather longer than the rugose capsules. 



Telhif). Tota-Kura. 



Beng. Sada-Nwteeya. 



The figure which Willdenow, in his Historia Amaran- 

 tliornm, gives for oleracens, does not by any means agree 

 with what KiJnig and myself have always considered to be 

 that plant. His inamoenus is much more likeit ; if the leaves 

 were emarginale, it would be a very excellent representation 

 of this species. There are several varieties cultivated as pot- 

 herbs ov€r India, particularly on the coast of Coromandel, 

 The most conspicuous, after the common green sort, particu- 

 larly referred to in the above definition are, 



}st. Yerra-tota Kura of the Telingas, a very beautiful va- 

 riety, with a clear bright red stem, branches, petioles, nerves, 

 and veins, and the leaves themselves rather ferruginous. 



2nd. Telia t Ota Kura of the Telingas ; here all the parts that 

 are red in the last variety are of a clear, shining, white colour. 



Snd. Rosa or Pedda-tota Kura of the Telingas, is a very 

 large variety, which Konig called A. gigdnteus. In a rich 

 soil it grows to from five to eight feet high, with a stem as 

 thick as a man's wrist. The tender succulent tops of the stem 

 and branches are sometimes served up on our tables, as a 

 substitute for asparagus. 



The other varieties are more changeable, and not so well 

 marked ; I will not therefore take notice of any more of them. 



8. A. gangeticiis. Willd. iv. 381. 



Erect, with sub-erect branches issuing out above the mid- 

 dle of the stem. Leaves rhomb-ovate. Glomerules axillary, 

 as well as on single axillary, and compound, terminal spikes. 

 Calyces three-leaved, which with the bractes are cuspidate 

 and longer than the slightly rugose capsules. 



The varieties of this useful species cultivated in Bengal 

 alone are endless ; and are in general known by the Hindoo 

 name Lall .Sag, or Dengua of the Bengalees. They are in 



