PLANTS OF NORTHERN GUJARAT. 2 93 
387. Boerlia&via repanda Willd. F. B. I. IV, 709 ; FI. Bomb. II, 
480. 
Similar to the next, but less common. Flowers and fruits January. 
388. Bcerliaavia verticillata Poir. F. B. I. IV, 71 0 j FI. Bomb. II, 
480. (Determined at Kew.) 
Occasional in hedges, Ahmedabad. Flowers August — September. 
The flowers are. as far as we have seen, always pink when fresh, though white 
when dried, which may account for CookVs description, “ usually white ”, in Pl. 
Bomb. 
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249. Celosia Linn. 
389. Celosia argentea Linn. F. B. I. IV, 714 ; FI. Bomb. II, 485. 
Common in fields. Flowers October. 
259. Bigera Forsk. 
39®. Digera arvensis Forsk. F. B. I. IV, 717; FI. Bomb. II, 4S7. 
A very common weed in cultivated land. Flowers October — March. 
2$!. A ma rant us Linn. 
391. Amarantus spinosus Linn. F. B. I. IV, 718 ; FI. Bomb. II, 
488. 
Very common in compounds and on waste ground. Flowers August. 
392 Amarantus polygamus Linn. F. B. I. IV, 721 ; FI. Bomb. II, 
491 . 
A weed of irrigated lands. Flowers February— April during 
irrigation. 
393. Amarantus tenuifolius Willd. F. B. I. IV, 722; FI. Bomb. 
II, 491. (Determined at Kew.) 
Pranti j, common in waste land. Flowers August. 
252. A CHI a Forsk. 
394. Aerua jav&jnica Juss. F. B. I. IV, 727; FI. Bomb. II, 492. 
Very common in compounds, and on roadsides and waste ground. 
Flowers September — November and sometimes later. 
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