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• (2) C. PTJLCHELLA. (Moq.) 



Idenf, Dec. prod. 1. c. p. 238. 



Si/n. Celosia polygonoides, Wall (not Betz). 



JEngrav. Wiglit's Icon. t. 1768. 



Spec. Chae. Stem herbaceous, brancliy, glabrous : leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, ovate or rhombeo-ovate, acute, glabrous : spikes 

 simple, interrupted, somewhat flexuose : flowers sessile, solitary : 

 sepals longer ' than the bracts, acute, slightly keeled, 1-nerved : 

 utricles pear-shaped. 



CourtaUum. Neilgherries. In moist soil and the vicinity of 

 tanks and wet cultivation. 



(3) C. POLYGONOIDES. (Betz.) 



Ident. Eetz. obs. II. p. 12. No. 85.— Dee. 1. c. p. 238. 



%». Achyranthes corymbosa, Seyne herb. — A. polygonoides, 

 Seyne (not Sets or Lam!) 



Spec. Chae. Stem herbaceous, erect, somewhat hispid, 

 branched : leaves round or cordate-ovate, obtuse, cUioIate, 

 puberulous : spikes somewhat long, rigid : flowers sessile, 2 — 3- 

 glomerate : sepals acute, scarcely three times as long as the 

 bracts, keeled, 1-nerved : utricles bottle-shaped, green : flowers 

 whitish. 



Malabar coast. Madras. 



GENUS III. CHAMISSOA. 

 Pentandria Sfonogynia. Sex : Syst .• 



Beriv. In honour of M. Chamisso, the companion of Kotzebue. 



Gen. Chae. Mowers hermaphrodite, tribacteate : calyx 

 5-sepaled, sepals nearly equal, glabrous or puberulous : stamens 

 connate below into a cup.: anthers 2-ceUed, ovate : ovary 1-celled, 

 1-ovuled : style shortish or elongated : stigmas 2, subulate or very 

 short : utricle subovate or subglobose, 1-seeded, transversely cut 

 round the sides : seed lenticular-reniform. — Herbs or shrubs, 

 erect or decumbent, glabrous or pubescent : leaves alternate : 

 flowers in globose beads or slender spikes, axillary or terminal : 

 bracts concave, coloured, persistent. 



(1) C. ALBIDA. (Moq.) 



Idenf. Dec. prod. XIII. s. 2. p. 248. 



Syn. Allmannia albida, S. Br. 



Ungrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 1769. 



Spec. Chae. Stem herbaceous, branchy, ascending, glabrous : 

 leaves petioled, long-obovate, somewhat cuneiform, blunt or sub- 



