4yG CII. AMAUANTACE-i:. 



compressed, yV i^- "^ diam., black, polished, shining. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 714 ; Grab. Cat. p. 167 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 215 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1767 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 393; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 363 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 867 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, 

 p. 240. — Flowers : Oct.-Dec. Vern. Kurdu. 



A yery variable plant (doubtfully indigenous, although its native country is 

 uncertain) whicli assumes very different appearances according to the soil or situation 

 in which it may be found {Graham). Common every wiicre in fields at the close of 

 the rains in the Bombiy Presidency and also throughout India, Ceylon, Tropical 

 Asia, Africa and America, cultivated or introduced. 



2. Celosia pulchella, Moq. in DC. Prodr. v. 13, part 2 (1849) 

 p. 238. Slender, diffusely branched, 1-3 ft. high, glabrous ; stem more 

 or less woody below. Leaves 1^-2^ by |-1| in., ovate, acute, a,piculate, 

 entire, glabrous, base rounded, shortly cuneate ; petioles ^-| in. long, 

 glabrous. Flowers small, 2 or 3 together in distant clusters, in elongate 

 simple slender glabrous terminal spikes ; bracteoles ^ in. long, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, scarious. Perianth j^^^ in. long, white ; sepals ovate, 

 acute, scarious. Capsules ^-^ in. long, ovoid, bluntly pointed, thickened 



Fl. Ceyl. V. 3, p. 393 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 363. 

 — Flowers : Dec. 



Eare. Kanara : Talbot ex Woodrow. I have seen no specimens from Kauara ; 

 there are none in Herb. Kew.— Distuib. India (VV. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



3. Celosia polygonoides, Reiz. Ohs. Bot. fasc. 2 (1781) p. 12. 

 Perennial, 0-20 in. high; rootstock woody; stem diffusely branched; 

 branches hairy. Leaves |-1 by |-| in., broadly ovate, obtuse or subacute, 

 entire, glabrous above, pubescent on the nerves beneath, base rounded, 

 subcordate or shortly cuneate ; petioles \-h in. long, hair}'. Flowers 2 

 or 3, in small distant clusters on erect slender terminal spikes with a 

 hairy rhachis ; bracteoles -j^ in. long, ovate, acute, scarious. Perianth 

 jL in, long, white ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute. Capsules nearly i in. 

 long, flask-shaped, obtuse, with a much thickened head, circumscissile 

 below the middle ; style very short ; stigmas 2, recurved. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 715 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 394 ; Woodr. in Journ, Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 363.— Flowers : Nov. 



Rare. S. M. Country : Badami, Bhiva !, Woodrow. — Distkid. India (W. Peninsula) ; 

 Ceylon. 



Celosia cristata, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 205. This, which seems 

 scarcely it" at all separable from Celosia argentea, is grown in gardens and 

 found as an escape. As the well known Coclcs-comb it develops under 

 cultivation monstrous and curiously branched heads. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 715; Grab. Cat. p. 168; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 215; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 363 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 867; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 241. — Veun. Murf/ha-ka-2>huJ. 



