168 
1230. ©. Cristata. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 679. Amaranthus vulgaris. Rumph. 
Amb. 5. f. 84. 
Common Cockscomb. —Lal Moorga—Cultivated in gardens for the sake of 
its strange looking, beautiful, crested flowers. C. flava, isa variety. N. 
1231. C. Monsonim. Roemer and Schultz. Achyranthes Monsoniae. Rox. 
Flora. 1. p. 673. Pluk. Alm. 11. ¢. 334. f. 2. 
Annual, diffuse, flowers in terminal spikes, minute, rose coloured. 
586. DEERINGIA.R. Br. Pentandria Monogynia, 
Named in memory of Mr. Deering, author of a Flora of Nottingham. 
1232. D. Cexrosoipes. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 682. Blitum frutescens. Rumph. 
Amb. 6. ¢. 83. f. 2. 
Perennial, scandent plant:—In hedges &c. 
587. ACHYRANTHES. L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
From uchyron—chaff, (Job. 21. 18.) and anthos—a flower; in allusion to the 
chaffy nature of the floral involucres. Lam. ¢. 168. Gaert. 2. ¢. 128. 
1233. A. Aspera. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 672. Rheed. Mal. 10, ¢. 78 and 79. 
Burm. Zey. ¢. 50. f, 3. Pluk, Phyt. ¢. 260. f. 2. Rumph. Amb. 6, ¢. 1L 
and ¢. 12. f.1? Ainslie. Mat. Ind. 2. p. 221. 
A common weed; appears during the rains; flowers in rough, terminal 
spikes. 
538. DESMOCHAETA. p. c. Pentandria Monegynia. 
Desmos—a bond—chaita—a sheath; in allusion to the mode in which 
the flowers grow. ; 
1234. D. ArropurPuREA. Sprengel’s syst. 1. p- 817. Achyranthes 
lappacea. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 673. Rheed. Mal. 10. ¢. 59. Burm. Zey. t. 18. 
Joo leks Alm. t, 825 7. 2: 
Annual, common; flowers with long purple bristles. 
1235. D. Prosrrara. Sprengel’s syst. 1. p. 818. Achyranthes prostrata. 
Rox. Flora. 1. p. 674. Rheed. Mal. 10.¢.79. Auris canina femina. Rumph, 
Amb. 6. ¢. 11.—annual: a weed. 
1236. D. Muricara. Sprengel’s syst. Appen. p. 102. Rumph. Amb. 5. 
¢. 83. f. 1._—annual. 
589. ALTERNANTHERA. R. Br. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Plants with alternate anthers;—some fertile, some barren. 
1237. A. Sessitis. R. Brown. Illecebrum sessile. Sprengel’s syst, 1. p. 
819. Achyranthes triandra. Rox. Flora. |. p. 678. Coluppa. Rheed, Mal. 10. 
t, 11. Burm. Zey. t. 4. f. 2. Rumpa. Amb. 6. ¢, 15. f. 1. 
Annual;—a common weed. 
Knot-grass is the Englishname of Illecebrum, but surely the “Savoury 
herb” Milton alludes to in hisComus, must have belonged to a different 
genus. 
“This evening late, by then the chewing flocks 
Had ta’en their supper on the savoury herb 
Of knot-grass dew-besprent, and were in fold.” 
590. AERUA. Juss. Pentandria Monogynia, 
From its Arabic name. 
1238. A. Lanara. Sprengel’s syst. 1. p. 815. Achyranthes lanata. Rox. 
Flora. 1. p. 676. Scherubula. Rheed. Mal. 10. ¢. 29. Burm. Zey. é 60. f. 
1.—A common weed. y 
591. GOMPHRENA. Lv. Pentandria Monogynia. 
A name said to have been applied to a plant of the Amaranth tribe, 
bearing red and green leaves, Gaert. 2. t. 123. Lam. ¢. 180. 
