Achyranthet. I»entandrta MONOGYNIA. 497 



^iZt, K/itee, HcffZffTOI Sit, MtfrkutupippKlee, q^Hg'fic^TT, Km- 

 toomunjurika, ^"3!?t, Ghwntee, 'c^cfo:, Ksrw/mka, Tff^p^<2«K;, 

 Puakttktintukai TTT5Tnf^, Mulakwnta, JfjM'', Koobja. 



Ifc-wg. Clucbiria, Apang. 



C-icUlari, Rheed. mal. x. 155. t. 73. 



Anaianthus spicatus zeylanicus, foliis obtusis, Burm. xeyl. 16.' 

 t. 50./. 3. 



A troublesome weed in every part of India, chiefly during the rai- 

 nv and cold season, but in some measure all the year. 



06s. by N. W. 

 In Nipal I found this plant, rather commonly in the great valley,' 

 in ravines, blossoming during the rainy season.— N. W. 



S. A. (Centrostachys, Wall.) aquatica, R. 



Herbaceous, straggling to a great extent about the edges of sweet 

 water. Leaves opposite, lanceolate. Spikes terminal. Flowers 

 retrofracted. Bractes and scales of the calyx spinous. 



Celosia spinescem, Koen. Mss. 



A native of Coromandel, where it blossoms during the rainy season. 1 



Obs. by N. W. 



"Mr. Brown alludes to this species, in prodr. flor- nov. holt. i. 41 7, 

 as receding from the character of Achyranthes. Supported by his 

 authority 1 propose detaching the plant into a new genus which 

 may be called Centrostachys from its pungent inflorescence. It 

 may be characterized in the following manner: Perianthium five- 

 parted, pungent, supported by three unequal short membranous 

 scales; its upper segment somewhat narrower and longer than the 

 others, at length ascending. Stamina (five) united into a cup at the 

 base, with alternating double scales; the outer ones fringed. Antherg 



two-celled. Stigma obtuse. Vtriculus one-seeded, oblong, evalvu- 



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