PLATE DCXXXV.
C E L O S I A CERNUA.
Nodding Ceiosia.
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CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Stamens. One Pointai.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALVX triphyllus. Corolla pentapetala. Stamina
basi nectarii plicata, conjuncta. Capsula
horizontaliter dehiscens.
EMPALEMENT thvee-leaved. Blossom five-petalled.
Stamens at the base of the nectary^
folded, and joined together. Capsule splitting
horizontally.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
CELOSÍA floribus in spica aggregata, cernuis ;
foliis lanceolatis cum petiolis longis. Gaulis
costatus.
Ceiosia cernua. Roxi. MSS.
CELOSÍA, with flowers growing in an aggregate
spike, nodding. Leaves lance-shaped, with
long footstalks. Stem ribbed.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. Empalement and blossom.
2. The stamens.
3. A stamen magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointai, summit magnified.
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THIS elegant little annual ^vas raised from seed last year (1810) in the collection of Sir A. Hume, Bart,
who communicated a fine specimen of it, from which our drawing was begun, and finished from another
plant of equal beauty sent to us by A. B. Lambert, esq. last month. It is a brilliant addition to
the stove. Native of the Raja Mahl hills, and not mentioned by any one but Dr. Roxburgh in his
Plants of the Coast of Coromandel.
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