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LXXIX. AMARANTACEiE 
1. DEERINGIA. In honour of G. C. Deering, a botanist of 
the eighteenth century. — Most warm regions of the Old World. 
Deeringia celosioides, B. Br . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 714. A climb- 
ing undershrub with long, arching branches. Leaves alternate, 
stalked, ovate or broadly lanceolate, 2-5 in., long-pointed. Mowers 
shortly stalked, pale yellow-green, in simple or branched racemes 
4- 10 in. long, forming terminal panicles. Perianth herbaceous, 
5- parted ; segments ovate, concave, spreading or reflexed. Stamens 
5, united at the base. Ovary ovoid ; style short, 3-parted. Fruit 
berry-like, red, globose, nearly \ in. diam., seated on the persistent 
perianth and containing usually 3 small seeds at the base of the 
cavity. 
Sutlej valley'; July-October. — N. India, ascending to 5000 ft. — Tropica 
Asia, Australia. 
2. CELOSIA. Etymology doubtful. — Most tropical regions. 
Celosia argentea, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 714. An erect, annual, 
glabrous herb, 1-3 ft. Leaves alternate, stalked or nearly sessile, 
linear or narrowly lanceolate, 1-6 in. Flowers white, shining, 
crowded in ovoid or cylindric, terminal, simple spikes 1-8 in. long, 
resembling the inflorescence of a grass, often pink at the tip. 
Perianth scarious, 5-parted ; segments lanceolate, acute. Stamens 
5, united at the base in a short tube. Ovary ovoid ; style long, 
tip 2-lobed. Fruit dry, membranous, ovoid, enclosed by the 
perianth and containing several small seeds at the base of the 
cavity. 
Valleys below Simla, common in fields and hedges ; May-October. — 
Throughout India, ascending to 4000 ft. — Most tropical regions. 
3. BOSIA. In honour of E. G. Bose, a German botanist of the 
eighteenth century. — N.W. India, S. Europe, Canary Islands. 
Bosia Amherstiana, Hook. f . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 716. A glabrous, 
erect shrub. Leaves alternate, shortly stalked, ovate-lanceolate, 
2J-5 x l|-3 in., acute. Flowers green, nearly sessile, crowded in 
axillary, simple or compound spikes, erect or forming a spreading, 
terminal panicle. Perianth herbaceous, 5- or 4-pa.rted; segments 
erect, ovate, concave, margins membranous. Stamens 5 or 4 ; 
filaments long, protruding, united at the base. Ovary oblong ; 
style short, stigmas 2, thick, persistent. Fruit berry-like, red, 
globose, £ in. diam. 
Simla, common, ascending to 6500 ft. ; May-October. — Kashmir to 
Yarkand. 
4. CYATHULA. The Greek for a small cup ; referring to the 
flower. — Warm regions of Asia, Africa and America. 
