Chenopodiacea.] 



CHINA. 



207 



1. Dicliptera Burmanni. Nees ab Esenb. I. c. p. 112. n. 6. — Justicia Chinensis. Burin. 

 FL Ind. p. 8. t. 4./ 1. Lour. Fl. Coch. 1. p. 30. (nec alior.) 

 Hab. Canton; Mr. Millett. Lappas Island; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. 177. 



1. Peristrophe tinctoria. Nees ab Esenb. I. c. p. 113. n. 3. — Justicia tinctoria. Roxb. 

 (non Lour.) FL Ind. 1. p. 123; (ed Car. et Wall.) 1. p. 124.— Humph. Herb. Am. 6. 22. 

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1. Hypoestis purpurea. R. Br. — Nees ab Esenb. I. c. p. 114. n. 2. — Justicia purpurea. 

 Fahl. — Lour. FL Coch. I. p. 31 (non Linn.) 

 Hab. Canton; Mr. Millett. Lappas Island; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. 171. 



Ord. LXIV. PLUMBAGINE^. Juss. 



1. Plumbago rosea. Linn. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 463 ; in Ccet. Merc. Ind. or. Mus. 

 tab. bbb.—Rheede, Mai. I. t. 9.— Vachell, n. 115. 



Ord. LXV. NYCTAGINEiE. Juss. 

 1. Mirabilis Jalapa. Linn. — Lour. FL Coch. 1. p. 123. 



Ord. LXVI. AMARANTHACEiE. Juss. 

 1. Achyranthes aspera. Linn. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. p. 672. Burnt. Th. Zeyl. t. 50./. 3. 



1. Celosia argentea. Linn. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 678. Lour. FL Coch. 1. p. 203. — 

 Vachell, n. 92. 



2. Celosia cristata. Linn. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. p. 679. 



We feel much disposed to agree with Sprengel, when he unites to this species C. coccinea and C. cantrensis, 

 Linn., as also C. comosa, Retz. C. castrensis, Lour. Fl. Coch. 1. p. 202, appears to be certainly our plant. 

 We have likewise from Mr. Millett, a variety, perhaps, of this, but with very dissimilar spikes. If dis- 

 tinct, it may be thus described : — Glabriuscula; foliis pctiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis basi apice attenuatis; 

 spicis pcdunculatis, elongatis, cylindraceis ; flores inferiores discreti, superiores approximate summi abortivi 

 bracteola: j formes ; stylus gracilis, stigma bifidum ovarium pluri-ovulatum; utriculus 1-spermus; semen com- 

 pressum, nitidum, atrum, cum aliisque abortivis. But as we have already remarked, we prefer considering 

 this as a mere form of C. cristata. 



1. Gomphra?na globosa. Linn. — Lour. Fl. Coch. 1. p. 218; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2. p. 63. 



1. Alternanthera sessiliftora. R. Br. — lllecebrum sessile. Linn. Lour. Fl. Coch. 1. p. 

 202. — Achyranthes triantlra. Roxb. Fl. Ind. hp. 678. 



Hab. Lappas Island; Mr. Millett. Macao; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. " i\" 

 1. Amaranthus oleraceus. Linn. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3. p. 605. 



Ord. LXVII. CHENOPODIACE/E. Ventn. 

 1. Chenopodium acutifolium. Kit.? — Vachell, n. 112. 



