PLATE DCXXXV, 



CELOSIA CERNUA. 



NoddinfT Celosia. 



CLASS V. ORDER L 



PENTANDRTA MONOGYNIA. Five Stamens. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx triphyllns. Corolla pentapetala. Sta- 

 mina basi nectarii plicata, conjuncta. Cap- 

 sula horizontaliter dehiscens. 



Empalement three-leaved. Blossom five-pe- 

 talled. Stamens at the base of the nectary, 

 folded, and joined together. Capsule split- 

 ting horizontally. 



Celosia floribus in spica aggregata, cernuis ; 

 foliis lanceolatis cum petiolis longis, Caulis 

 costatus. 



Celosia cernua. Roxl. MSS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Celosia with flowers growing in an aggregate 

 spike, nodding. Leaves lance-shaped, with 

 long footstalks. Stem ribbed. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. Empalement and blossom. 



2. The stamens. 



3. A stamen magnified. 



4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 



This elegant little annual was raised from seed last year (1810) in the collection of Sir A. Hume, Bart. 

 who communicated a fine specimen of it, from which our drawing was begun, and finished from an- 

 other plant of equal beauty sent to us by A. B. Lambert, esq. last month. It is a brilliant addition to 

 the stove. Native of the Raja Mahl hills, and not mentioned by any one but Dr. Roxburgh in his 

 Plants of the Coast of Coromandel. 



