.Plate 49. 
OEIMSON-EEATHEKED COCK’S-COMB. 
Celosia (cristatqj coccinea . 
The plant from which our figure of this very ornamental 
annual was taken, had been raised from seeds imported from 
China, as those of a species of Amaranthus by Messrs. Yeitch and 
Son, of Exeter and Chelsea. It appears however to be not at 
all different from the Celosia coccinea , which was many years 
ago introduced to our gardens, but which, like the charming 
golden-plumed species recently figured, has remained almost 
unknown to cultivators. Whether it be quite identical with 
that plant or not, it is certainly a very beautiful and a very 
useful plant for the decoration of warm conservatories in the 
autumnal season. 
The Celosia cristata is a very common species in India and 
the East, and is found under a great variety of forms, from some 
of which, and probably from that now before us, the common 
favourite garden Cock’s-comb, with its shortened simple stem 
and exaggerated inflorescence, has been produced. The taller 
branching forms of the species, such as that represented in the 
accompanying Plate, and hi Plate 47, have, however, much more 
elegance of character than the exaggerated monstrosities just 
referred to. 
The present form, as grown by Mr. Yeitch, was tall, slender, 
and free-flowering in habit, having every appearance of being 
capable of forming bushy specimens similar to the golden- 
plumed plant, with which its deep Magenta-coloured inflores¬ 
cence would form a very marked contrast. The plants were 
Plate 49.— Celosia (cristata) coccixea: annual; leaves elliptic-lanceo¬ 
late, repand, acuminate, the upper ones almost linear and eutire; inflorescence 
branched; the axis more or less but moderately fasciated or cock’s-combed, 
wavy and lobed, crimson. 
