709. I xoea c mriEoitA shrubby leaves oblotig'-hm-
ceolate, more 'OT^fesS'i'oune ti at the base pointed, glabrous
corymbs a, ! open . flowers (small and
whitish) lasciciied at thefexUemitLis ( I t le ultun ite - ib- >
divisions : segments' . •
tlu 1( lutli of tht tube tabs 01 the c boll iel™ l a (juoie
than half an ynjl long) loOes owl” oljtasoi nlundnts
slightly cx^ertc-d, div 18*0113.01 the •-112111 a line ai recurved
: & b r r j p | 3 — a,‘'1 -1 b- 4zth y
Dacha, tWwwHmifouud iu$C<iroflHp 8 p | B
1 Flowering biiiub-p-S1 l.-s e a rd Jlowci- 3 ovarv tu t
vertically with two cpal reiniipmj^r-4'cut trmsverec It
fjitS a ftuit full giJot»'uOttnt,.tiajj=vtrbel\—TV.efit vertically1—
f> embryo,,detached
lx oh v bji.vcii \ f v (Ro^$)f,s)irubby vuifi?o[ (in-^j
site spreading: blanche* *ca\ ci®^tfyjil*'tyg^'ti. Jaut co-
'late-qblong, obtuse, tapciing at .the base,f sH b r|a a : stipules
triangular, ac u te: corymbs sessile, trichotomous,
"open, prim irv hianebesjong, tiK 1 itcial“oncs hori/ori'-
t i l , flowir-. ( mall, v th it't) ^W o a a ’o ^ i^ if l^ iu ^ e ^ jaQ
■vi*ions calyx with 4 sin ill brt a t acut teptn ic oi
tht torolla (1-1 lines lhngk'lehdir k b ts in vale rc-
tuse, during aestivation forming hftVV fij^hcis
sessile style scarecly cxscitcd, • ibrou oBgHffllHof1;
the stigma oblong, uboit, i rent — H and 1 I ’l I OTagjffll
A native of fort st ol Bengal and al o ot l oi miaiiucl,
a rather large handsome shrub
] c Elovtamg, branch—2 ilctaihcd cifrolla—lljiovaiy
style and stigma—4 owily c u tti u i s i c iB c ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ g
’ fruVAiS'ihivsanle, cut transversely—7 a dr-ifcteii ’~uc(l,-
—f'i'cinbiyo detached. ;
i'^ .,711.-;':' Ison a i catifr.ORA (Kbxb ) arliouoils * lean s j
short-pi tided frsiujtKncar cblon, t> t m t itc-tbov ciAj
’fbjiibtitih'or with a short; point, often slightly correlate., at
the very base, coriaceous and ‘liaid, Miming stipiiteawj
v i h t long subulite point coiymbs or i m ih s tLinu^l
nal, ti'ichotomous. sc-sile oi ptdu iclcd, with oltcn tq j- 'j
aceous bracteas subtending the primary niauthes;. flowers
(small and wlutc) crowded bn the extreme s ibckvl-
■ sions : calyx with i oi>tu*c small te< tb : corolla (^cuicoly
'i f ill m inch long), with a slendei ti be 1 ibo* bblot -
1 n e a r 'r btusc rcllcxc 1 ioining an oval h 1} 1 l i t ,
aestivation style hairy ! exserted; cuu-uonf. A tiu *tig-
nia oblong, rre< t berry somewhat didymoas.— W. and
A . Prod. 1. 4SB* |
Widely distribute 1 o\ei the Indian Penin ula—a j
handsome shrub, tin wool o( which dried m l spfit.is
r much used by travellers in place of ten th is
1 1 lowering branch - 2 corolla magnified - 3 oe -erv,
style and stigma magnified—-l fruit natuial itze—5 cut
; transversely.
712. P o i y c n m i o r y m b o s a (Lam. C c u n a c a iy n -
hbsa Roxb.) stoma dsubtidihg: oi erect,'simple or with a
few simple branches; y'oiing parts glahioes oi tomen-
to s e : leaves’ narrowrlinear’;,Or • setaceous, mucrouate :
cymes terminal, dichotomous, rathe r lax:: sepals t nt,rely
scariose, 1, nceolate acuminated, 2-3 t hes longer thati
the capable.— IV. and A . Prod. 1. 358.
A native of dry sandy lgrids, and is in flowbi 'ill the
year, be tween this and .P spadicea I have not been
. able to discover any good discriminating charaater.
L 1 A floweret g plant no'uru’ fee—2 ail t^n&iiueu (lower
mag mjLtd, and t
—3 and 4' stamens and ovary of a species of Cuo'iu
apparently introduced in rtf&mirinati'n of an opium
expressed by Roxburgh that “ this . better loi n i
separate ,geuus than a species of Gelosia' —5 fcapsule
(dehiscing.
713, s Amahamtus Tiusiis (Linn W l'ld. Roxb ) cn e t,
very r a m o u s . u e a r the giound : l e a \ e s rhonpb-oial, obtuse
e m a r g i n a t e : g l o m e r n l e s axillary, a n d j : e ) n , f ^™ & a i spikes:
a a l y e e s daggered longer ..than the eapsi l e s — KuJcb. i l .
Ind. 3. 604.
*, Generally' cultivated .Roxbuigh remarks that he has
never- found it wyldyl«, I t iSimuQh.ietteemed' by, all ranks i
: of Natives as a pot'-herb. • A. campestris and A. polysta-
‘s ekyus Wilid. Roxburgh suspects are only varieties of
this species.
t Note, The genus Amaranthue being a large and very
natural one, tbe species are in many instances very diffi-
,cblt of discritninatiou. The difficulty is occasionally
ihcreiased,b'y',8ome species being, as in this instance, only
found in a cnlfirated state, while others, occurring as
weed^ iu'ieyery. kind of soil and aspect, presents Such
'.endlesstyaiiafe^ , by |
[■the usual jpccilit onaructers nearly.impossible.
WiMenbw jpaia much attention to this genus and in his
Historia Aniarantorum gave figures of many of the spe- ,
lbT^v.l(ll, however, working yvith dried specimens far from
their plibe’of grow'tji, seems to have; fallen into the too
common "lioi, under mk h circnmstanc.es, of being more
anx oi e to m l ti; }| pi l | , t il i g his distinctive characters
almost en fu tk tSom! the foliage, (the part of all
others .most liah^e^to mislead through yariatidns in its
forms) than to retrench existing' superoaities by an a ttentive,
study of structhre"and a careful application o f
sir iLturtVdmeituccs to the defiinitipn and limitation of;
his species. .t
: Roxburgh has ib several,'instances expressed doubts
of tin goodness of; Wi 1< en'ows species, but I suspect,
has not altogcthoi aaolcled his error. lie icrfamly does
not s u to have been in me successful in his verbal distinctions:,
bu t' has left figures of most of his species to
iid'.his i rittepi'charkcters.. Having got copies of several
ot iHaur.iwing'. I have dstermined to hhhlisjhrthe whole,
incliifunh -d'str utis & n i'A^$ygbneides, ,(see 512 and
514),to, guard my readers'jagaiost the error jmto which I
Sec in in havi f tilth ot applying Roxhujtgb’s fcharaefers
to b.ti).hf tli ill his o^h;:p|anis I his I fei 1 the more ne-
cessafy, as im ni tt r having studied this gei us with the
nimurc attflltiou its aihubtiledge 1 difficult! demands,
disq ulihe s mi'from Offering in\ decisive opinion on the
g >idne oi otne iwjsc of, th so specie Judging, how-
ovei- simply horn the serieg, of fig ires now before me,
if.strtli'c s me, my A‘ pfyygqripidia (512) is not identical
with Rcjxniirgh's, p[a it Bat sec m | rather an inter- ;
nu In n h im h c tn itn th a t and 1 IntU* (5,1,4) while
nit A. frisfes (5 f4)'seems.'1*»'be1 another intermediate.
1 form between1 512 and 713 : ug^iu', between 713 and
714 .-I' confess L cm sec no satisfactory difference
unless, in the form and mode ut> attachment o f
the mrh re, listincti l nut illiulc i to iii theyspecific
characters tnd possibly not e xisting,'except in the draw-
iugS|h|ul le ivJii'.r.tfc!doubtful wlicthir, in truth, they do
uuf all irepre cut but-vaVyitig forms tj^^e^sgleei'es.
7(4'. Amaranths ponyeAMtis. (Rinn, Willd. .Roxb.)
diffuse leaves rhomlb Ovate emargin ite : glpmerules
cxuliiiy c i o u t rmitial spil s calyces d igge red, longer
fh'iaUUolLUtjNU'Ied —Poih PI Ind .1. i603'. \
V vei genera'll diffused pi cut au 11 c an, scarcely
avojd.Hunhi ig the wild tate of til former ' .So tar as
can b e l e a r n e d * n Hoxhurg i s spot fic c harac tei s theie
is m lifference, excep t in 1 ab t, wlu< h cultivation might
change. t •
7 151, Amarantus orLBACEtJS (Linn. Willd. Roxb.)
■ ct with a few branches idiov- MgmiSdle.: leaves from
u r n i m lc ifr t o etc lahceolat * iglolii-iules a%il-
laiv ,ud cm a termir il spiltc : c live is riispiciatp md
\ratheiyl8nger than the i ngose c> psnles.—Roxb. FI. hid.:
3. piiy-v, s'-',',
Roxbjkrgfi thmgl h (pmu s 11 iildenow as bis authority
foi this spe lc s, sc 'ins yc i to t link this plant is ndt identical
with, his. He says \ \ ilideunwi's BgUre of A. Olera-
)y&siv 1 does np'f iv any mi an-, «a red; with what Konig and
niys It have il v iys cow lu c 1 Ui Sc that p int. His A .
inarncenm is much more like it, and if the leaves were
rin u _i mate l, well a hr a veil cxciilaiU representation
of tins spt c les '* 1 fu lc ayes m Roxburgh’s own figure
are u lire, hoc emarginate, hence it seems not improbable,
the spccics of (this genus are yc ry.. unnecessarily multi-
pile u I neie arc several varieties of this species distin-
guishe 1 by th'c u cpl'oui s One has i liste'm and vc ms,
another has them white—in a: third, o f wJSicli the acebm-
. panying. figure is a representation, has them green.
'; 716. Amaranths i.angi(Oi'.atcs (Roxb.) straight:
leaves lanceolar, plain green : gloinerules triandrpus axillary
: calyx daggered, longer than the swelled rugose
capsules.—Roxb F it In d . 3. 607. . u
A'native of Bengali