i 717. Amahant.üs pasciatüs (Roxb.) erect, ramous
above the middle: leaves rhomb-ovate: panicles terme-
nal, composed of a few simple cylindric branchés :
braotes minute, shorter than the obtuse three-leaved'
calyx ; which isi, shorter, than the obtuse rugose capsule.
f ’ti Ind S/fif’})'
A common .weed : gieen in every part except a crescent
shaped cloud of paler green crossing the centre
of the leaves.
718. Amaraktüs ïenütfoïjIus (Willd. Roxb.) aunii-
al, diffusé leaves wedgjpfshpped, emargtnate glomerules
axillary : male flowers diandrous, ■ with a two-leaved
calyx;, the/email "ppqs irregub-r; ^ lio xR ■ F L In d . 3, 602.
Ip't e yl fi valed* g/o i[n den e ar[-Calcutta. i
, 1,1 i' g biai« li — 3|jm ill fl j ir r - 3 a female flower
the i i an h of -h h Ba- a m u d— t, ,5 two others
one with l i m b ' n |i n n h tin 6 he w t'h two—-6
a capsule no cm msi le—7 a'seed.
719. J Amarantes polygon oides(Lin. Willd. Roxb)
i îfli s li n ? 1 A < glpSé) l Uary two ] u t i
i , i builat'e, eqjU;S3dWg; the 'a|ute, lanceolate, leaflets of,:
the iV w - It I Fl In d 3 602'
s ' A common w ie l m i l wl i ’ . i- much used hv the
Nati\< as »'hot 1 orb
.Ï.720 \ *i abas 11 s r a t s b s rACEi s (ljuehanuf Roxb )
pent nidi eus aunuil -tim n il biamli s; ’eré’ct 1 iw ,
hroau laim ul u pan i Vs *i i 111 1, ives of the calyx
ulycB n 1 c ipsuh i’ r rikled. seed) ill) < u , s ith < (] Us
white inaimn- H u 1> HI lid 3 609.
much cultivated Mhtlié slopes o'ff' the
higher hifflffili, several districts of Southern India. In
( ini more Sali mÿ in 1 M mi 11, 1 havi In qui ntly met
s ith 1 irgi In 1 is of it, olti if on vi ry stf i p slop s In
su( h situ it h s it i lti n gi i.ws uj wai K of ix f,, t h ijif î
^ l i c -Cl if g'uiiii 1 i* to un il foi ms t I piiunpaf tb&fbf
the wild iidi dut mts.of thise lulls f
'»■721 L'nospi bwi m l-i rbi i.i ,i t w ( \ \ a l At bi/rrm-
Ihei Roxb.) o 'msi, flsiuil leaves opposite bbovate:
spikes subioiu.il peduncled ind sessile m tary <3,-
to d th ed ,'e ii h tn jth ending ina,„pr„p,r inflii iiffrons
,flament> stigmas :;entire..,^-.fi l 1 Jm 1 f 7 s„' '
A s mil ill malpvild, abont tin b ■ m s of cultivated'
lands near Calcutta-:,^ ■HI Centhostachys oiandba (Wall. Achyranthes'
, Roxb.) annual* diffuse: leaves; ^pbsiteyipeartlancecflaff
■spiki s te i mmal flowt rs r, fli i ted and pi esse d i lose to
the rachis: stamina tw > lit inati wall tbc two multilii
lobes of thene ctagf^gltesJ. Fl. Ind. 1. 677. '•
Native of ©ojlbn.i ’
g # ^ 2 i “\ i Hi a i \ sa 1A (Jin s Ai bjranlhi ? Roxb )n .n u -
^ i; erect, famous, woolly : leaves alteiffate orbicular:
spikis nowuul m u n i Idphite l.a lti'n itih autheufe-
rb u s: stigma twb-elcft'—Roxb. Fl. Ind. l>674i.\M,
A'VEry common weed, every where.
rv B f scandens (Wall. Achyranthes scandens
Roxb.) pen in oil, ilimbiug. dowuy lia .is a ltiin ati,
^jong-yentnebse-: spikes axillary, solitary,sessile: calyx
hairy: nectary 10-parted : stisih i 2’-’l,obed7^-ii ixb. FL
I n d , 1. 676'.,
•/ ’N ative of hedges near Calcutta
725. A liituA sioNsoNia (Mart I hjranthes R zb.)
tetandroi s, ctrspitose, very ramous li lies subulate tatt-
à" ' - ^ “ udiiial - H zb Fl Ind 1.6,73.
A very lo ’tuno'AvV'u mnri*stfiil .1 id sandy soils.
726- AonvBAMins. seri fa (Ron. Roxn.) stem
e ic it dow 1 leaves oppi ite, broad cordate, lei 1,
roveje.l v i'11 much much s ki down pedum lis i\il-
1 longer t> a 1 tbc it a l ls , | f f l or tir i 1 11 auv flo ver-
oeké^yîorfi. F l Ind. ]. 073:,
AiRrio tragg ing adlin^r groAinc, in sh iuv n'aeVs in
aSwsml.
I he lr v , a]vj t0 u& bioftit hnceolate
in the: specific 1 haracti r in placi of broad cordate-
abuti as in the description, which I have altered.
, “ b ) ult ml creeping li ayes oppn m ,at-e.il»
lanceolate, smooth, flower^, triatfdi'ous'>:-, capsules wino--
bd.--Roxb Fl. Indx #&73
u™l,K füu,ld 111 moist or even
■ B H g £ ,li* ln H all seasons.
m I
728. B eerwgia cbeosioides (R. Br., Roxb.) perennial,
scandent: leaves alternate,cordate: spikes terminal,
panicled: styles three : berries three seeded.—Roxb.
F l . Ind. 1. 682.
i Bengal—Found near Calcutta.-—This sometimes a t tains
a large size : Roxburgh mentions one plant which
he saw climbing over a tree sixteen or eighteen feet high.
729. Dbbbingia tetbagynx. (Roxb.) shrubby, scan-
dent : leaves ovate cordate : flowers axillary : styles four
cleft.—Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 683.
Moluccas.—Thende introduced into the Calcutta
Botanic Garden. Seeds from one to 4, usually one.
1 Flowering branch—2 an expanded flower with small
bracts (calyx Roxb) detached and separately shown—
3 stamens and ovary of a tetandrous flower—4 a berry
with the persistent calyx and bracts—5 berry cut
transversely—6 cut vertically showing the pedicelled
1 ama'Jf-h'f(
730- r Ceuo8ia cebnua (Roxb ) annual, erect, ramous:
leaves lanceolate a c u te : racemes cylindric, with long
sterile, ramous, pendulous tails: capsules operculated
many seeded.—Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 680.
Rajmahal Hills, Whence it was introduced into the
Calcutta.! Botanic Garden, by Mr. W. Roxburgh Junr.
I t seems nearly allied to Celosia comosa, Retz. b u t
Roxburgh thinks it distinct.
731. D esmgchceta atboporpdeea (D C. Achyranthes
lappacea ’Roxb.) bi-ennial, straggling: leaves opposite
petioled, ventricose-bblong, smooth . spikes terminal
: flowers remote, generally in pairs, with three fas-
' cieles ,of coloured hooked bristles to the pair.—Roxh
F k Ind. 1. 673.
, A cninufon plant, usually met with in hedges and
among bushes, often in such situations from 6 to 8 feet
higli.
73.2' 1 De8mochieta muricata (D C. Achyranthes
alternifolia Roxb.): . anuual, diffuse : leaves alternate,
qvate-db'leng: spikes axillary, longer than the leaves:
yariously horni’ i holies between the corolla and
"calvx r d m n i t -U il Fl Ind. I 674.
A V, i\ cim-ui on procumbent plant, frequeht in calti*
vated ground. 1 The leaves and tender tops are used by
tin N.itiviVin their curtR’s.,
Thii seems to lie a -pecies of Digera, Forsk. perhaps
identical w ith , the Egyptian one he describes. Seed
globose with a crustaceous te s ta : embryo annular embracing
STarimacebus albumen, radicle inferior.
, 7113'. „Desmochceta peostbata (D.'C. Achyranthes
prostraia. I.inn. Roxb,) annual diffuse: leaves opposite,
spike's fillforih : flowers reflexed with fascicles of bristles
adjoining : nectary with five bidentate horns, alternating
wifh the filanjents.—'-Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 674.
Introduced into the Calcutta Botanic Garden from
pj5aj MoliiccSs^i bhS("^as ibis figured in tile Hort. Mai.
1 0 1. 79 (fid| Roxb.) it seems also to be a native of
Malabar. ' -
734. CnioxANTims bamifeoba (Roxb.) arboreous,
1. lie s opposite,, hi ad lancéoVai entire : panicle below
the lëàyes —lîo.-rj, K . R id 1 107.
Moluccas,—Flowering March and April.
I Flowering blanch—& expanded flower—3 back view
o f'h e x n n u -Jtji ,r 11a detached,—5 ovary and ealyx_
fi BfiiHlj.!,. fn " ._ 7 the drupe— n u t cut transverse!v,
73.5. Ocea Roxbusgii (R: and S. Olea panicvlata,
Roxb. not R lb .) leaves', opposite, petioled, oblong,
entire, smooth : panicles axillary : bractias deciduous :
lobes of the s igma lu ir.-ate —Roxb. F l Ind 1.105.
Native of thé . Circar Mountains.—Roxb. I think
1 have also ,%ufld it in the mountain forests of the
['southern Provinces,
,; -— .— - • — uus.it;, uvaie ornonr, entire,
smooth : panicle terminal.—Roxb. F l‘. Ind. 1. 100.,
A native[of China, and thence introduced into the
Calcutta Botanic Garden. The genus iPkyllyrea not
being found sufficiently distinct from, Oka, has been in-
corpomed with that genus, and there being .already an
O. pamculata. Don has .changed dRoxbuigb.’s specific
k T u h .uS . 1Bg0De - “ ^ ' 1 d f ^ -e stigma wtici* 1