316 CT. AMAKAXTACEiE. 



Except by its membranous, not herbaceous calyx, this Order 

 scarcely ctifters technically from Chenopodiea, but in habit it 

 (lifters widely. 



Tribe 1. Celosik.^. Antliers 2-cclled. Ovary niany-ovulcd. Fruit 

 many-seedecl. (Gen. 1-2.) 



Stamens without interposed staminodia .... 1. Celosia. 

 Stamens alternating with long, 2-fid staminodia . . 2, IIeembst^edtia. 



Tribe 2. AcnYEANxnE^. Anthers 2-celled. Ovary 1-ovuled. Fruit 

 1-seeded. (Gen. 3-10.) 



Lateral abortive flowers 0. 



Stamens free. Fruit splitting across .... 3. Amaeantus. 

 Stamens imited in a cup. Fruit indehiscent. 

 No staminodia. 



Segments of calyx equal, subvillous, erect . 4. PsiLOTEicnuM. 

 Segments of calyx unequal, spreading, and 



plumose at apex 5. Teichinium. 



Staminodia between the stamens. 



Stigmas 2 ; staminodia triangular, entire . 6. iEEYA. 

 Stigma 1-capitate. 



Segments of calyx subequal, villous ; leaves, 



save the lowest, alternate 7. Seeicocoma. 



Segments of calyx unequal, glabrous, har- 

 dening ; leaves opposite 8. Achyeantues. 



Lateral flowers abortive, changed into hooked 

 bristles or spines, 

 Staminodia flat, toothed or lacerate, between the 



stamens 9. CYATHrLA. 



Staminodia 10. Pupalia. 



Tribe 3. Gompheene^. Anthers 1-celled. Ovary 1-ovuled. (Gen. 

 11-12.) 

 Stamens united in a short cup at base ; staminodia 



minute, tooth-like 11. ALTEENANTnEEA. 



Stamens united in a tube below ; staminodia long, 



tongue-like 12. Telantheea. 



Tribe 1. CELOsiEiE. (G-en. 1-2.) 



1. CELOSIA, Linn. 



Elowers bisexual, 3-bracted, Calyx 5-parted, the segments 

 equal, spreading, glabrous. Stamens 5, united in a cup ; no 

 staminodia ; anthers 2-celled, oblong. Ovary many-ovuled ; 

 style long or short ; stigmas 2-3, minute, recurved. Emit 

 many-seeded, splitting across the middle. Seeds verticah — 

 BC'Frod. i^iii.pt. 2. p. 240. 



Erect, glabrous herbs, with alternate, petioled leaves, and brightly shiu- 

 ing, white or coloured flowers, crowded in spikes or panicles. Tlie " Cock's- 

 comb " is a garden example. — C. trigyna^ a common African species, occurs 

 at Natal. 



