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455 , Deeringia R. Br. 
* Deeringia celosioides R. Br. ; B. P. ii. 865 . D. indica H. S. 315. 
v. Go la mo ham. 
Hedges and thickets, occasional. 
450 . Celosia Linn. 
Celosia argentea Linn. ; H. S. 318 ; B. P. ii. 867. • 
v. Swet murgha phul. 
In gardens, also self-sown, everywhere ; native of S. E. Asia. 
Celosia cristata Linn. ; H. S. 318; B. P. ii. 869. 
v. Lalmurgha phul. 
In gardens, generally, occasionally also as an escape ; native of 
S. E. Asia. 
457 . Digera Forsk. 
* Digera arvensis Forsk.; B. P. ii. 858 . D. muricata H. S. 314. 
v. Luta mahauria, gungatiya. 
Fields and roadsides, everywhere. 
458 . Amarantus Linn. 
* Amarantus spinosus Linn ; H S. 317 ; B. P. ii. 869. 
v. Kant a nuti , kanta minis. 
Fields and roadsides, everywhere. 
* Amarantus gangeticus Linn. ; H. S. 316 ; B. P. ii. 870. 
v. Lai shaft, rakna shaft. 
Cultivated in many races and varieties, the chief of these, apart 
from the type, being the bans pati nati M. lanceolatus ) ; the lal 
bans pati nati ( A . atropurpureus) ; and the go bur a nati [A. lividus ). 
* Amarantus tristis Linn.; H. S. 315. A. gangeticus var. tristis ; 
B. P. ii. 87O0 A. polygamus H. S. 870. 
v. Champa nati. 
Cultivated in many races and varieties. 
* Amarantus mangostanus Linn. ; B. P. ii. 871. 
v. Shaft . 
A weed of fields and gardens, everywhere. 
* Amarantus viridis Linn. ; H. S. 316 ; B. P. ii. 871. 
v. Ban nati . 
A weed of fields and gardens, general. 
