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Deeringia.] 
(2) D. indica Zoll. Syst. Verz. PI. Jav. no; Gamble, l.c. 6. 
A sub-erect shrub about 3 ft. tall or more, rather fleshy. Leaves 
fleshy, membranous lanceolate-acuminate, base cuneate, 5 i n - 
long, 275 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Spikes simple, 1-5 to 
2 in. long. Flowers -i in. long, scarious. Stamens hardly exsert. 
Fruit -2 in. through, white. Hab. Limestone rocks, Pahang, 
Gunong Senyum (Evans). Selangor, Kamuning. Perak, Kwala 
Dipang; Goping (Kunstler); Waterloo (Curtis). Perlis, Chupeng. 
Distrib. Malay isles. 
2 . CELOSIA, Linn. 
Herbs erect. Leaves alternate. Flowers bisexual in dense 
terminal and axillary spikes, white or pink. Bracts and perianth 
scarious. Perianth-lobes 5, slightly connate below. Stamens 5, 
filaments connate in a cup. Fruit an utricle dehiscing trans¬ 
versely. Seeds 2 or more lenticular, black. Species 30, tropics 
generally. 
The cock’s comb, C. cristata Lindl., is often cultivated in various forms, 
its origin is unknown. 
(1) C. argentea Linn. Sp. PI. 205; Gamble, l.c. 7. 
Glabrous, erect branched or simple herb about 3 ft. tall. 
Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 2 to 4 in. long, *5 in. wide. 
Spikes 3 to 6 in. long, rose pink withering white. Sepals -25 in. 
long, lanceolate. Hab. Dry open spots, waste ground. Singapore, 
Mt. Pleasant (Hullett). Pahang, Kwala Semantan. Perak, Kwala 
Temengoh covering the rocks with a pink mass by the river; Plus 
River (Wray). Kelantan, Kamposa. Distrib. Tropics generally. 
3 . ALLMANIA, Brown, 
Erect or diffuse herbs. Leaves alternate, linear, spathulate 
or obovate. Flowers bisexual in globose or ovoid heads. Bracts 1, 
bracteoles 2. Perianth-segments 5, scarious, oblong-lanceolate. 
Stamens 5, connate in a cup at base; anthers 2-celled. Ovary 
ovoid, i-celled; ovule 1; style long, straight; stigma bifid. 
Utricle ovoid circumsciss. Seed 1, orbicular. Species about 3, 
tropical Asia. 
(1) A. nodiflora Brown in Wall. Cat. 6890; Gamble , l.c. 8. 
Branched diffuse herb about 6 to 12 in. tall. Leaves linear- 
lanceolate to oblong, sessile, 1-5 to 175 in. long, -08 to -3 in. wide. 
Flowers in a globose head, -5 in. through. Perianth-lobes -25 in. 
long, lanceolate, acuminate. Seed large, flat with a 2-lobed aril. 
Hab. Seashores and sandy spots. 
var. esculenta with narrow linear leaves. 
var. b. procumbens. Leaves spathulate or oblanceolate, -3 in. 
across. Hab. Singapore, Changi, both varieties. Malacca, Pulau 
Besar (Griffith). Pahang, Sungei Meang (both var. esculenta). 
Tringganu (Yapp). Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China. 
