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Deeringia celosioides, R. Br. Prod. 1, 413; Bot. Mag. t. 2717; 

 Wight Ic. t. 728 ; D indica, Blume Bijdr. 642 ; D celosioides and 

 indica, Spr. syst. i, 816. 



2. CELOSIA, Linn. 



1. Cristata, Moq. in DC. Prod. 13, p 242.— Stem herba- 

 ceous, erect, branched, quite glabrous ; leaves petioled, ovate, ovate- 

 lanceolate or subcordate-oyate, . sometimes lanceolate-acute, glab- 

 rous ; spikes subsessile, ovate-pyramidal, sometimes dilated, 

 compressed, truncated, or subentire or branched at the apex ; 

 flowers very short-pedicelled, digynous ; sepals longer than the 

 bracts, obsoletely keeled, somewhat 3-nerved ; utricles ovato-glo- 

 bose. Syn. C castrensis, Cristata, and Coccinea, Linn. sp. p 297 ; 

 Bot. Reg. 1834; Amarantus indicus cristatus, Rumph Amb. v, p 

 236, t. 84; C comosa, Retz. Obs. vi, p 26 ; C cernua, Roxb. Fl 

 Ind. ed. Wall, ii, 509 ; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 635; wight Ic. t. 730. 



2. Argentea, Moq. loc. cit. — Stem herbaceous, erect, glabrous, 

 branched ; leaves somewhat petioled, linear-lanceolate, narrow or 

 sublinear, rarely ovate, acute, glabrous ; spikes long-peduncled, 

 ovato-cylindric, or cylindric cuspidate; flowers sessile, digynous; 

 sepals much longer than the bracts, mucronulate, 3-nerved ; utricles 

 between ovate and pear-shaped. Syn. C argentea, Linn sp. p 296 ; 

 C marilandica, Retz. Obs. iii, p 27 b ; C linearis, Sw. Hort. Brit, 

 p 569 (at Bombay, Roux.) ; C argentea, Poir. Diet, v, p 36 ; Y 

 margantacea ; C margantacea, Linn, sp. p 297. 



3. AMARANTHUS, Kunth. 



1. Paniculatus, Moq. loc. cit.. — Stem erect, obsoletely fur- 

 rowed, striated, pubescent, greenish ; leaves petioled, oval or ovate- 

 lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, roughish, pale-green, sometimes 

 purple on the margin; panicle much-branched; spikes erect or 

 spreading, cylindric, rather acute ; flowers rather dense, greenish- 

 red or blood-red ; calyx rather shorter than the bracts ; utricles 

 longer than the calyx, 2 to 3-toothed at the apex. A paniculatus, 

 •Linn. sp. p 1406; A cruentus, Linn. loc. cit.; Y Mill. Ic. t. 22; 

 A sanguineus, Linn. loc. cit. ; Willd. Amar. p 32, N. 24, t. 2, 

 f. 4; and p 29, N. 21; and p 31, N. 23, t. 2, /. 3; and 

 p27, N. 19, «. .3, /•. 5. ■ 



2. Tristis, Linn. sp. p 1404, N. 6. — Stem erect, striated, 

 angular, glabrous, green ; leaves long-petioled, somewhat rhomb- 

 ovate or ovate-obtuse, glabrous, glaucous, green, a little ash-coloured ; 

 panicles sparingly branched ; spikes suberect, narrow-cylindric, 

 rather obtuse, terminal one longer and flexuous, lateral middling- 

 sized and rather distant ; flowers rather dense, pale or yellowish- 



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