.302 CAG1NACE.«. 



7. -din j. 



nrondfetr. A tcau- 

 Qt from Ind:a ; 1 to 2 feat huh. Ftowjrs re Id Lb. purple. 



CULTIVATED 



2. GOMPHRENA^ Linn. Globe Amaranth, 



ijIIACTS 5, colore^ the 3 outer ones connivent, carinate. 

 'Sepals 5, villous. Disk (nectary) cylindrze, 5-toothcd. 

 Utricle pircumscissile, 1 -seeded. ^Anndalorpqrerinialherli&f 

 apposite leaves, and gjubose heads of fiowem* 



1. A. GLOBOSA, L. Annual Gfybe Amaranth. 



Stem •: te'.vr.s oblong, puV.»sc:Snt ; fixators in globose iohtrry beads, 



'. showy flower from India, much admixed f'.r i;s 

 >f Sowers, which rytain thsir beauty tbr along t me. Stem 12 to IS inch** 

 .high, with opposite axillary branches; Flowers porpl ■. 



2. A. peiiennis, L. 7 ? . e; . nuial Qlobe J^maranth. 



A uerica. fi5tem about S feet high. F Lidos in globose heads, purple, risembijng 

 2i< ads 8f clever. July— Oa. 



CEL03IA, Linn. Cock's-comb. 



Grsketeos) burnt; sbmefof the speei 



Sepals 8 to 5, eolored ; stamens united at base Ly a 

 plaited disk. Style 2 to 3-oleffc. Utricle circumscissile.— 



ma minted exotic herbs, with mosthf alternate leaves. 



£, cristata, L. Crested Cock's-comb. 



3 :c? ovate, acuminate; stipules falrj.te; comri cnpccundc striated; .7 

 lecj;. compreased. Native of Japan, whera the £ow< ra or crests are a foot in dh.iar-. 

 ter, uad ct an intense purplish red. Stem 2 feet high. June — S pt. 



Order S3. BTCCTAGOTACEiK, 



Herbs or s\rul? : icith opposite leaves, one. of cadi pair smaller Van Ou >i~ fr. ami 

 « colored perianth resembl&igv coroUj^with a plaited limb, falling off from the tctetr 

 part which becomes indurated in fruit. ST&MEN3 hypogynoue, definite! A* 



2-celled. Qvi&r free, with a single, erect ovule. Styl a 1: ctigma L FamTatiiio 

 utricle, enclosed wltbiu the enlarged inflated bract. 



MIRABILIS, Linn. Four-o'clock. 



Perianth funnel-form, tube contracted, free from the 

 ovary, limb plaited, entire, deciduous. Stamens 5. Stig- 

 ma globose. — A bcauti/ul genus of flowering plants, natives 

 of warm latitudes, with whi&e red yellow a ad variagated Jlow.ers.. 



