Volume 10 — PLATE DCXXXV. CELOSIA CERNUA. Nodding Celosia.

CLASS V. ORDER I.

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Stamens. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx triphyllus. Corolla pentapetala. Stamina basi nectarii plicata, conjuncta. Capsula horizontaliter dehiscens.

Empalement three-leaved. Blossom five-petalled. Stamens at the base of the nectary, folded, and joined together. Capsule splitting horizontally.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Celosia floribus in spica aggregata, cernuis; foliis lanceolatis cum petiolis longis. Caulis costatus.

Celosia cernua. Roxb. MSS.

Celosia with flowers growing in an aggregate spike, nodding. Leaves lance-shaped, with long footstalks. Stem ribbed.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

This elegant little annual was 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.