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CLASSIFICATION 



Figr. 226. — Safed- (white) 

 morug'-phul (jCelosia ar- 

 gentea) 



Fig-. 227.— Gul-mdkhmal 

 {Gom-phrena glohosd) 



, Capitate flowers, &, Sepals. 

 (,; Staminal tul?^, 



kanta-natia, champa-natia, natia- 

 shag, and dengo-danta : all these 

 belong to the genus Amarantus, 

 which is monoecious, the first-named 

 plant being a common spinous 

 weed, and the rest cultivated as 

 vegetables; apang {Achyranthes 

 aspera) (fig. 225), a common road- 

 side weed, the fruits of which sepa- 

 rate easily and stick to the cloth of 

 passers-by; khaya-daya {Pupalia 

 atropurpured), a. common weed of 

 waste lands; morug-phul or Cock's 

 Comb [Celosia crtstata), com- 

 monly cultivated in gardens 

 for its long, flat, handsome, 

 pink, fasciated inflorescence; 

 safed- (white) morug-phul 

 {Celosia argented) (fig. 226), 

 which grows in barren soils, 

 and bears a globose head of 

 very pale-pink flowers which, 

 as they mature, turn pure white 

 — both the species of Celoma 

 have circumcissile capsules (see 

 fig. 141); ghole-mouni {Deer- 

 ingia celosioides), a climbing 

 shrub with spiked purple ber- 

 ries; gul-makhmal {Gomphrena 

 globosa) (fig. 227) is a herb, 

 cultivated in gardens for its 

 showy, velvet -red heads of 

 flowers. 



The presence of scarious 

 bracts and bracteoles is a char- 



