Hermbstedtia.] CVI. AMARANTACEE® (BAKER AND CLARKE). 29 
12. H1. angolensis, (. B. Clarke. Nearly glabrous; stem 1-2 ft. 
high. Leaves 14 by 4 in., oblong. Spikes terminal, 4-2 in. wide, 
dense, scarious straw-coloured, cylindric or ovoid. Perianth } in. long; 
segments broadly oblong, subacute, 3-nerved on the back. Staminal 
tube divided at the top into 5 broadly ovate segments, rounded at the 
top; on the summit of each is a minute linear filament carrying the 
oblong anther. Style rather short (hardly half the length of the young 
capsule), with 3 short recurved branches. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid, 
several-seeded.—Celosia Welwitschit, Schinz in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 179, 
180, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1A, 100; Hiern in Cat. Afr. 
Pl. Welw. i. 885; Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 5, 104, fig. 1 A; not 
Hermbstedtia Welwitschii, J. G. Baker. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 6486! 6490 
13. H. spathuleefolia, /. G. Baker. A small, nearly glabrous, 
much-branched undershrub, 6-12 in. high. Leaves 3 by 3 in., obovate, 
obtuse. Spikes terminal, sessile, 4-4 in. in diam., depressed-globose, 
scarious straw-coloured, rather dense. Perianth 4 in. long; segments 
broadly oblong, acute, 3-nerved on the back. Staminal tube divided at 
the top into 5 broadly ovate obtuse segments, rounded at the top; on 
the summit of each is a linear (moderately long) filament carrying the 
elliptic anther. Style long, 3-branched. Capsule ovoid, narrowed at 
the top, several-seeded.—Céelosia spathulefolia, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. 
x. 6; Schinz in Engl, Jahrb. xxi. 180, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. Append. 
iii. 64; Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 5, 104, fig. 1 B. C. intermedia, 
Schinz in Engl. Jahrb, xxi. 179, 180, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. Append. 
ili. 64, not of Hochst. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland; Hykamkab, 
800 ft., Marloth, 1205! Nees, 62. Damaraland; Otjimbingue, Lindner! Great 
Namaqualand; Rehoboth, Fleck, 177A! 
There may be two species here, as C. intermedia, Schinz, is larger than C. 
spathulefolia, Schinz, but they must be very nearly allied, the staminal tube being 
identical. 
4. DIGERA, Forsk.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 28. 
Flower 2-sexual. Perianth 4—5-fid, nearly to the base; segments 
oblong, membranous, erect in fruit. Stamens 5; filaments 5, linear, 
without rudimentary stamens between them; anthers 2-celled, oblong ; 
pollen globose, 20 » in diam., irregularly tubercled. Ovary ellipsoid, 
flattened; style filiform, 2-fid; ovule 1, erect. Nut globose, crus- 
taceous; seed 1, subglobose; embryo annular.—Annual; leaves 
alternate; flowers spicate, in clusters of 3, the middle one perfect, the 
two lateral rudimentary. Bract 1; bracteoles 2, not prickly. 
Species 1 (or 2), in Tropical Africa and Asia. 
1. D. arvensis, Forsk. Fl. Zgypt.-Arab. evi.and 65, An annual, 
8-20 in. high, branched from the base, usually nearly glabrous, some- 
