Cyathula. | CVI. AMARANTACEH (BAKER AND CLARKE). 45 
Meller ! near Muata Manga stream, Kirk! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 
1441 ! 
Also in Madagascar, 
Var. B abyssinica, Moquin in DC, Prodr. xiii. ii. 329, A more slender plant, 
with smaller leaves, and heads 3—? in. in diam.—C. globulifera, A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. 216; Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 179 ; Schinz in Bull. 
Herb, Boiss. iv. Append. ii. 164. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Mount Bizen, 6800 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1846! 
near Golei, Schweinfurth, 589; Lalamba Mountain, near Keren, Schweinfurth, 
977. Abyssinia: Tigre, Schimper, 224! Adowa, Schimper, 392! Uganda: Chu- 
rozi, Bagshawe, 101! 
4, C. erinacea, Schinz in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 189. Annual, her- 
baceous, erect. Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong-ovate or elliptic, 
acute, attenuate at the base, sparsely hirsute; inflorescence globose ; 
perfect flowers arranged with other imperfect flowers in globose 
clusters; segments of the imperfect flowers finally produced into 
elongate bristles; staminodes dilated at the emarginate top; style 
short.—Schinz in Engl. Pil. Ost-Afr. C. 173. 
Mozamb. Dist, German East Africa: Turu, Stuhlmann, 4253! and without 
precise locality, Fischer, 70! 
This description is copied from Schinz. Except by the short style (which I 
have not seen) the species hardly seems to differ from C. globulifera. 
5. C. polycephala, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 278. Heads 
2 in. in diam., 15-28 in a terminal leafless panicle 10 by 14-3 in.; 
otherwise as C. globulifera, Moquin. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Kapti Plateau, 5000-6000 ft., Z’homson. 
Maramata, Elliott, 300! Galunka, Kaessner, 863! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 5200 ft., 
Volkens, 430 ! 
6. C. schimperiana, Moguin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii, 328. Stem 
3 ft. high, herbaceous, stout, ultimately glabrescent in the lower part. 
Leaves opposite, petioled, 3-5 in. long, broadly elliptic, narrowed at 
either end, softly hairy. Inflorescence 1 (or 2) on terminal peduncle, 
3-4 by 1 in., dense, shining white; partial inflorescences 2—} in. long, 
ovoid, with frequently 2 perfect flowers; outermost bracts ovate, scarious ; 
sterile or rudimentary flowers few, ending in strong hooked spines. 
Perianth nearly 3 in. long, hairy ; segments lanceolate, mostly mucronate. 
—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 216; Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. FI. 
Aethiop. 180; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 206, partly ; Schinz in 
Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1A, 107, partly, in Engl. Pfl. Ost- 
Afr. C. 1732; Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 64 in obs. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Mount Kubbi, Schimper, 3! and without precise 
locality, Quartin-Dillon § Petit, 94! Schimper, 326! 867! British East Africa: 
Aberdare Mountains, James ! 
Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro; Marangu, ex Schinz, 
