26 CVI. AMARANTACEA (BAKER AND CLARKE). | Hermbstedtia. 
? partly ; Schinz in Engl. & Prantl, Pfanzenfam. iii. 1A, 100, ? partly; 
Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 106, ? partly. H. elegans, var. B recurva, 
Mogquin in DU. Prodr. xiii. 11. 247. Celosia recurva, Burchell, Travels, 
ii. 226.—Not Lestiboudesia ? Caffra, Meisn. 
Lower Guinea. Hereroland, Fischer, 27. 
Also in South Africa. 
Lestiboudesia? Caffra, Meisn. (in Hook. London Journ. Bot. ii. 1843, 549, 
misprinted 449), is a much larger plant than this, with spathulate-oblong leaves ; 
Meisner’s type is Krauss 37 from Natal, in the British Museum, in which the 
styles are ail 2-fid. It was perhaps owing to the difficulty Meisner had in seeing 
them 3-fid that he put a ? after the genus Lestiboudesia. 
2. H.elegans, Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 247. Branches 12-18 
in. long, divided. Leaves 1-14 in. long, linear or narrow-oblong, 
glabrous. Spikes terminal, cylindric, nearly continuous, }—2 in. broad, 
2-9 in. long. Perianth nearly } in. long. Filaments very short, linear ; 
anthers oblong; interjected processes much overtopping the stamens, 
divided at the top into two lanceolate spreading segments. Ovary and 
capsule as of H. Caffra.—Schinz in Engl. & Prant), Pflanzenfam. ili. 
1A, 100; Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 5, 104, fig. 1 G,106. Celosia 
odorata, Burchell, Travels, i. 8389; Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 244. 
Mozamb. Dist. Bechuanaland: Kobis to North Shaw Valley, Baines! 
Kalahari Desert, near Bachakuru, Lugard, 236! 
Frequent in South Africa. 
3. H. dammarensis, (’. 2. Clarke. Nearly glabrous. Leaves 
4-1 by 3-4 in., very obtuse, parallel-sided. Spikes several, 1-4 by 
3-2 in., white, dense. Perianth 4 in. long ; segments broadly elliptic, 
very obtuse. Staminal tube large; interjected processes bifid, about 
as long as the stamens. Young fruit ovoid; style very short ; branches 
3, thick, rather long, recurved. 
Lower Guinea, Dammaraland, Zen / 
This species is very distinct by the usually broad rounded white perianth- 
segments. 
4. H. Gregoryi, (’. B.Clarke. A branched rigid undershrub, 10 in. 
high, nearly glabrous. Leaves 4 by 2 in., strongly obovate, rounded at 
the top, much narrowed at the base. Spikes very dense, 2 by 2 in., 
white. Perianth 4 in. long; segments round-elliptic. Processes 
(interjected between the linear filaments) about as long as the fertile 
stamens, deeply bifid. Young capsule ovoid-conic; style about 4 the 
length of the capsule; branches 3, small. 
Wile Land. British East Africa : Tana River, Gregory. 
5. H. argenteiformis, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 
xxxi. 209. Nearly glabrous, branched, 2 ft. high. Leaves 14 by ¢ in. 
Spikes terminal, dense, continuous, scarious white, 3 in. broad, long- 
cylindric or ovoid. Perianth 4-2 in. long; segments broad-oblong, 
triangular at the tip, 3-nerved on the back. Filaments fertile 5, ovate- 
oblong (by union with the barren filaments), the apparent filament 
