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5. Leaves . alternate...isd:-sepsdedinsbectatnihesesitinuees 5. Amaranthus 
5. Leaves Opposites i. sccsaahs-docssscdac dtl. eet- aries aie ea 6. Pupalia 
4. Staminodes present. 
5. Perfect flowers 1 to 3 in each cluster, surrounded by ‘several 
to. many delormed ORCH oi esnccac teeta oe 7. Cyathula 
5. Flowers all perfect, no deformed ones. 
6. Sepals short, hyaline, woolly...................ccccscssccseceeeeee 8. Aerua 
6. Sepals subulate-lanceolate, awned, shining, finally hardened. 
Pe 9. Achyranthes 
1. DEERINGIA R. Brown 
Rambling or climbing shrubs with alternate petioled leaves. Flowers 
small, 1- or 2-sexual, in simple or panicled spikes. Sepals 5, oblong, 
spreading in fruit. Stamens 4 or 5; staminodes none. Ovary ovoid or 
subglobose; ovules few to many; stigmas 2 or 4. Fruit a globose or 
ovoid, fleshy, red or white berry. (In honor of Dr. Charles Deering.) 
Species 5 or 6, tropical Asia to Australia and Polynesia, 2 in the 
Philippines. 
1. D. baccata (Retz.) Mog. 
A scandent, slightly pubescent or nearly glabrous vine, reaching a 
length of 5 to 6 m, the branches drooping. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, 
entire, 7 to 14 cm long, acute or acuminate, base subtruncate. Racemes 
slender, elongated, 20 to 40 cm long, in the upper axils, forming drooping, 
leafy panicles. Flowers numerous, shortly pedicelled, greenish-white, the 
perianth-segments about 1.5 mm long, reflexed. Stamens white, erect. 
Fruit ovoid, fleshy, red, about 4 mm long. (FI. Filip. pl. 236.) 
In thickets, occasional, fil. Oct.Jan.; widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines. India to China, southward to Australia. 
2. CELOSIA Linnaeus 
Erect, simple or branched herbs, with alternate leaves. Flowers clus- 
tered or spicate, white, pink, purple, or yellowish, shining. Sepals dry, 
striate or ribbed. Stamens 5, united below into a cup; anthers 2-celled; 
staminodes none. Utricle circumsciss. (Greek “a burning,” in allusion 
to the seared look of the fiowers.) 
Species about 30 in most tropical countries, 2 introduced in the Philip- 
pines. 
1. C. ARGENTEA L. 
An erect, coarse, simple or branched, glabrous, annual herb 0.5 to 1.5 
m high. Leaves linear to lanceolate, 4 to 14 cm long. Spikes solitary, 
erect, stout, dense, white or pink, ovoid to oblong-linear, 3 to 30 cm long, 
about 1.5 cm thick, usually numerous, the flowers white or pale-pink, 
shining. Sepals about 6 mm long, acute or acuminate, the bracts shorter; 
style elongated after flowering. Seeds shining, about 1.5 mm in diameter. 
In fallow lands, cultivated ground, etc., fl. Aug.Feb.; widely dis- 
tributed in the Philippines but certainly introduced. All tropical coun- 
tries, probably a native of tropical. America. 
In addition to the above the Cock’s Comb (Celosia cristata L.) is not 
uncommonly cultivated for ornamental purposes (Fl. Filip. pl. 64); it is 
exceedingly variable with usually broader leaves than C. argentea, and 
