167 
ORDER 111. NYCYAGINE-Z. Sweet's Hort. Brit. p. 334. 
Tue Marve or Peru Tripe. Lind. nat. syst. p. 171. 
582. MIRABILIS. . Pentandria Monogynia . 
Admirable;—name given in allusion to the pretty flowers. Lam. t. 105. Gaert. 
2. t. 127. 
1224. M, Javappa. Sprengel’s syst. 1. p. 537. Audi Maleri. Rheed. Mal. 
10. ¢. 75. Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 89. Blackwell, t. 404. Bot. Mag. ¢. 371. Ains- 
lie. Mat. Ind, 2. p. 284. 
Gool-bajee.—-Gool- Abbass.— Marvel of Peru;—common in every garden, 
and in flower all the year. The flowers are of various colours, yellow, 
white, red and white, red and yellow. 
3225. M. SuaveoLens. Sprengel’s syst. 1. p. 537. 
Native of Mexico, intd. by N. 
583. BOERHAAVIA. tL. Diandria Monogynia. 
Named by Linnaeus, in honor of his friend and patron, —Boerhaave, the 
celebrated Leyden Physician. Gaert. 2. ¢. 127. Lam. ¢. 4, 
1226. B. Procumsens. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 146. Taludama. Rheed, Mal. 7. 
t. 56. Burm. Ind. é. 1. 
An annual diffuse plant; common every where, but particularly abundant 
in the Deccan. The natives sometimes use it asa Bajee. The flowers are 
generally monandrous. 
1227. B. Scanpens. Sprengel’s syst. 1, p. 37. Forskol’s Flora. Arabica. p. 
3. Gaert. Fruct. 2.¢. 127. Jacq. Hort. Vind. |. ¢. 4? 
Satoora.—A shrubby, scandent plant, with diandrous flowers in terminal 
corymbs; appear in the rains. 
In a ravine at Kondapore, on the Seroor road ie Generally to be met 
with throughout the Deccan, and in Guzerat. (Dr. Gibson.) 
Probably it is the same with B. Scandens, of the West Indies. 
584, PISONIA. i. Heptandria Monogynia. 
Named by Plumier, in honor of Piso, formerly a Physician at Amsterdam. 
Lam. ¢t. 861. Gaert. ¢. 76. 
1228. P. AcuLeata. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 217. Pluk. Alm. ¢t. 108. f. 2, Sloane’s 
Hist. 2, ¢. 167. Lam. II. ¢. 861. 
A large, straggling shrub, armed with strong, axillary, recurved thorns; 
flowers small; in axillary and terminal panicles. The South Concan, N. 
Roxburgh observes, that it is an excellent hedge plant. It alzo grows com- 
mon in the West Indies. 
ORDER112. AMARANTHACE.. Sweet’s Hort Brit. p. 335. 
THe AMARANTH TRIBE. Lind. nat. syst. p. 165. 
585. CELOSIA. L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Keleos—burning; in allusion to some of the species appearing as if they 
were singed. Gaert. 2. ¢. 128. Lam, ¢. 168. 
1229. C. Arcrntea. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 679. Rheed. Mal. 10, ¢.38 and 39. 
C. pyramidalis, Burm. Ind: t. 25. f. I. C. argentea, and C. margaritacea. 
Roemer and Schultz Syst. 
Silver--spiked Cockscomb.--Annual, common every where during the rains. 
It assumes very different appearances, according to the soil or situation it 
may be found in, 
