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Englifh, in 1771, by Dr. Nugent, and publifned in two 
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CELLI'NO, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, 
and province of Abruzzo Ultra: feven miles E.Teramo. 
CEL'LULAR, adj. \_cellula , Lat.jj Confiding of little 
cells or cavities.—The urine, infinuating itfelf amongd the 
neighbouring mufcles, and cellular membranes, dedroyed 
four. Sharp. 
CEL'ME, a town of Spain, in the province of Gallicia, 
on the river Lima : fix leagues fouth of Montefura. 
CELON'ZA, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, 
and province of Capitanata : five miles north-well of Vol- 
turara. 
CEI.ORI'CO, a town of Portugal, in the province of 
Beira, which contains three churches, and about 1100 in¬ 
habitants : three leagues north-wed of Guarda. 
CELO'SIA,y. The Coc k’s-comb ; in botany, a genus 
of the clafs pentandria, order monogynia, natural order 
mifcellaneae. The generic characters are—Calyx : peri- 
anthium three-leaved ; leaflets lanceolate, dry, acute, per¬ 
manent, fimilar to the corolla. Corolla: petals five, lan¬ 
ceolate, acuminate, eredt, permanent, didifli, calyciform ; 
neClary a margin lurrounding the germ, very frnall, five- 
cleft. Stamina: filaments five, fubulate, conjoined at the 
bafe to the plaited nedtary, length of the corolla; antherae 
verfatile. Pidillum: germ globular; dyle fubulate, 
draight, length of the flamens; fligma fimple. Pericar- 
pium; capfule globular, furrounded by the corolla, one- 
celled, circumcifed. Seeds: few, roundidi, emarginate. 
— EJ/ential CkaraEler. Calyx three-leaved, leaflets fimilar 
to thofe of the five-petalled corolla; flamina conjoined at 
the bafe to the plaited nedtary ; capfule gaping horizon¬ 
tally. 
Species. 1. Celofia argentea, or filvery-fpiked celofia: 
leaves lanceolate; dipules fubfalcated ; peduncles angu¬ 
lar; fpikes fcariofe. Native of the Ead-Indies, China, 
Cochinchina, and Japan. Introduced in 1714, by the 
duchefsof Beaufort. It flowers from June to September. 
2. Celofia margaritacea: leaves ovate; dipules fal¬ 
cated ; peduncles angular; fpikes fcariofe. This, fays 
Linnaeus, bears fo much fimilitude to the foregoing fort, 
as to be almod a variety ; there can, indeed, be little doubt 
of its being quite fo. The leaves are rather ovate, and 
the damina purple. Miller defcribes his margaritacea as 
rifing with an upright dalk about two feet high, garnifhed 
with oval leaves ending in points, of a pale colour; thofe 
on the lower part being four or five inches long, and one 
and a half broad in the middle, but they diminifli gradu¬ 
ally in their fize upwards. Towards the upper part of the 
daik, there are a few fide branches fent out, which dand 
eredt, each terminated by a (lender fpike of flowers, and 
the principal dalk is terminated by one which is much 
larger ; this is two or three incheslong, and about as thick 
as a man’s middle finger, the whole fpike being of a filvery 
colour. But there is a variety of this with (lender pyrami¬ 
dal fpikes, intermixed with red towards the top. It is 
different from that which was figured by Martyn in his 
Decades of rare Plants. The fpike of this is much thicker 
than that of Linnaeus's, and of equal fize the whole length ; 
whereas his diminifhes almod to a point at the top, and 
the colours of both tire very different. He fays that it 
grows naturally in America.; and that he has frequently 
received the feeds from thence. 
3. Celofia criftata, or creded amaranth, or cock’s-comb : 
leaves oblong-ovate ; peduncles round, fubftriated ; fpikes 
oblong. This is well known by the common appellation 
of cock’s-comb, which was given it from the form of its 
creded head of flowers, refembling the comb of a cock. 
There are many varieties, differing in form, magnitude, 
and colour, from the fame feed. The principal colours 
of their heads are red, purple, yellow, and white; but 
fome are variegated with two or three colours. Linnaeus 
remarks, that it varies with narrow and broad leaves. It 
is a native of Afia. Thunberg informs us, that the creds 
©r heads of the flowers ate frequently a foot in length and 
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breadth in Japan, and extremely beautiful, but that they 
degenerate in other countries. It was cultivated here 
in 1570. 
4. Celofia paniculata, or panicled celofia : leaves ovate- 
oblong ; dem rifing, panicled; fpikes alternate, termi¬ 
nal, remote. Miller fays, that the dems are near four 
feet in length; and that the dender fpikes are of a pale 
yellow, fhining with a glofs like filk ; that it grows natu¬ 
rally in mod of the fugar iflands ; and that the feeds were 
fent him from Jamaica by Dr. Houdoun. 
5. Celofia coccinea, or fcarlet celofia, or Chinefe cock’s- 
comb : leaves ovate, diff, earlefs: dem grooved; fpikes 
manifold, creded. This has a furrowed dalk, rifing three 
or four feet high, and terminated by feveral lpikes of flow¬ 
ers varioufly formed, fome being creded, others plumed 
like feathers, of a bright fcarlet colour, and making a good 
appearance. The feeds, even when carefully faved, are 
apt to degenerate. According to Linnaeus, it differs from 
the third fort, in having leaves three times as thick, and 
brittle ; t.he flowers wholly .purple, not red, with a purple 
keel; and the damina fhorter indead of longer than the 
corolla. It is a native of China, whence Mr. Miller re¬ 
ceived the feeds ; but it was cultivated long before by Ge- 
rarde, in 1597. 
6. Celofia cadrenfis, or branched celofia, or cock’s- 
comb: leaves lanceolate-ovate,.marked with lines, very 
much acuminated ; dipules falcated: fpikes creded. This 
is of humbler growth. The branches proceed from the 
axils of the leaves almod the length of the dalk, and are 
terminated by dender fpikes of flowers of no great beauty. 
The plant, therefore, is only preferved in botanic gardens. 
The dem, according to Loureiro, is a foot and a half in 
height, red, driated, and thick, with fimple rifing branches. 
Leave* quite entire, fmooth, fcattered, marked underneath 
with red lines running obliquely, on Ihort petioles. Lin¬ 
naeus adds, that they often grow by threes. Flowers 
blood-red, in terminating fpikes, which are creded and 
large, and in axillary ones, which are oblong and frnall. 
The capfules have, many flatted, black, Alining, feeds. 
Native of the Ead-Indies. Cultivated generally in China 
and Cochinchina; here by Miller in 1739. 
7. Celofia trigyna, or oval-leaved celofia : leaves ovate- 
oblong; raceme lax; pidil trifid. Native of Senegal. In¬ 
troduced in 1777, by Monf.Thouin. 
8. Celofia lanata, or woolly celofia : leaves lanceolate, 
tomentofe,obtufe; fpikes crowded ; damina woolly. This 
rifes with a white woolly dalk, from two to three feet high. 
From the upper part come out two or three llender fide- 
branches, which, as alfo the principal dalk, are terminated 
by woolly fpikes of flowers; the corollas are fo clofely 
wrapt up in their woolly calyxes as to be fcarcely vifible 
to the naked eye ; fo that they make no great appearance: 
the extreme whitenefs, however, of the dalk, leaves, and 
fpikes, makes a pretty variety. It is a native of the ifland 
of Ceylon. 
9. Celofia guaphaloides: fhrubby, woolly; leaves op- 
pofite, ovate, white beneath ; head globular, peduncled. 
Was found in Brafil, on monte Video, by Thouin. 
10. Celofia nodiflora, or knotted celofia : leaves wedge- 
form, fomewhat acute ; fpikes globular, lateral. Stems 
angular, grooved, even ; leaves like thofe of purflane, 
obovate, obtufe with a point, quite entire, fmooth, fub- 
petioled. It varies, 1. with obiong leaves and peduncled 
heads ; 2. with diort roundidi leaves, ending in a point, 
and fellile heads : the fird from Sumatra, and the fecond 
from Malabar. It was introduced herein 1780; and flow¬ 
ers in July and Augud. 
11. Celofia procumbens, or procumbent celofia: dems 
decumbent; peduncles very long, leaflefs ; fpikes ovate, 
approximating; capfules compreffed, creded-winged. 
Stems two feet high, proflrate, round, little branched. 
Native of St. Domingo; introduced in 1784, by Monf. 
Thouin. 
12. Celofiamonfonix, or downy celofia: fpikes compact, 
cylindric; branches biachiate; leaves fubulate. Stems 
prodrate, 
