318 amarantacEjB. 



Celosia, L. {Spreng. syst. I, p. 522, No. 917; — Endl. gen. pi. [, p. 304.) 

 Cockscomb, 

 l.argentea, L. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 814; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 678; ed. 

 Carey, 2, p. 507 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 167.— C. pyramidalis, 

 Burm. ind. t. 25, /. 1.— C. albida, Willd. — C. margaritacea, L. 

 — Rheed. 10, t. 38, 39.) (??f^ -g^^fj Shwet-moorya. © Cochin China. 

 Ceylon. Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Serampore, Monghir.) 

 Silhet. Nepal. Sirmore. Fl. small, white, and fr. C. S. 



2. cristata, L. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 814 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 679 ; ed. 

 Carey, 2, p. 508;—/. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 168 ;—Rumph. 5, t. 84.) O 

 Japan. China. Commonly cultivated in gardens. Fl. small, and fr. C. S. 

 a. rubra ; ^■Jsf '^iX\ Lal-moorga. Fl. red or purple. 



|3. aurea ; ^gfif)" T^^ Huldee-moorga. Fl. gold-coloured. 



3. comosa, Retz. (Rom. and Sch. syst. veg. 5, p. 465 ; — Roxb. f,. ind. 1, p. 

 679 ;ed. Carey, 2, p. 509.) © Sumatra. InH.C.G.fl. andfr. C. S. (Roxb.) 



4. cernua, Roxb. (fl. ind. 1, p. 680 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 509.) © Rajmahl 

 hills. Fl. small, purple, at last becoming white at the edges. In H. 

 C. G. fl. and fr. C. S. 



GoMTHRENA, L. (Spreng . syst . \,p.b2Z,No. 931; — Endl. gen. pi. \,p. 301.) 

 l.globosa, h. (Spreng. syst. I, p. 822; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 6S ; — /. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 168 ;— Rheed, 10, ?. 37 ■,—Rumph. 5, t. 100, /. 

 2.) Globe amarant. ® Native place uncertain. Common in gardens. 

 Fl. small. R. S; fr. C. S. 

 a. kermesina ; «ft®r '^^T Sj^Slcf Lal-gool-mukmul. Fl. crimson. (B. M. 



55,^2815.) 

 j3. alba; ^t^PW'fS^ SI^srST Siifed-gool-mukmul Fl. white. 

 2.decumbens, J acq. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 823; — Jacq. schonbr. t. 482.) 

 © Mexico. Fl. small, whitish, and fr. C. S. 

 Alternanthera, Forsk. (Endl. gen. pi. p. 301.) 



1. sessilis, R. Br. (Rom. and Sch. syst. veg. 5, p. 554 ; — R. Br. pr. 1, p. 

 417 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 168. — A. repens, Forsk. — A. triandra, 

 iarw.— Illecebrum sessile, L. ; Lour. — Gomphrena sessilis, h. — Achy- 

 ranthes ficoidea et sessilis, ham. — A. triandra, Roxb. fl. ind. \,p. 678 ; 

 ed. Carey, 2, p. 505. — Allaganthera Forskiili, Mart. — Paronychia sessi- 

 lis, Desf.— Rheed. 10. t. 1 1 ^—Rumph. 6, t. 15, f. 1 ,—Burm. Zeyl. t. 4, 

 /. 2.) '*rt«lf^ Shanchi. © New Holland. Cochin China. Moluccas. Ceylon. 

 Both Peninsulas of India. Arabia. Bengal, (Serampore, Monghir.) 

 Fl. minute, white, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 PsiLOTRiciiUM, Bl. (Bijdr. p. 544 ; — Endl. gen. pi. p. 302.) 

 ? l./errMgrJBCMm, Endl. (Leiospermumferrugineum, Wall. Cat. ; notLeios- 

 pcrmum, Don. — Achyranthes ferruginea, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 675; cd. 

 Carey, 2, p. 502.) <r«5 (.^^^T^ Ruklo-shelenchi. © Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore.) Fl. minute, crimson, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 AcnvKANTUKS, L. (Endl. gen.pl. I, p. 303.) 



l.aspera, L. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 817 i—Roxb. Jl. ind. I, p. 672; ed. 



