Cyathula. | CVI. AMARANTACE® (BAKER AND CLARKE). 47 
Imperfectly known species, 
11. C. lindaviana, Volkens ex Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 62 in 
obs., name only, 
Africa. Without locality or name of collector. Known to me by name only. 
12. C. Merkeri, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 207. An undershrub, 
1 ft. high. Leaves opposite, 3 by 4 in., obovate-oblong or oblong, 
sparingly strigose, base narrowed ; petiole 4 in. long. Heads spherical, 
terminal, 2 in. in diam., silvery; partial inflorescences 3-flowered, of 
perfect, male or sterile flowers. Perianth-segments 4 by ;'5 in., lanceo- 
late, rigid. Staminodes ovate-triangular. Style long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Masai Steppe, Merker. 
Not seen. It is not stated whether the sterile flowers have (or have not) 
hooked tips. 
10. PUPALIA, Juss. ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl, iii. 31. 
Filaments 5, linear at the top, lanceolate at the base, where they 
unite at an acute angle into a cup, with no interposed staminodes ; 
otherwise as Cyathula. 
Species 6, in the warmer parts of Africa and Asia. 
Branches straight; leaves shortly attenuate at either 
end . - 2 : : : A . 1. P. lappacea. 
Branches more slender, curved ; leaves attenuate at either 
end . 4 s 2 : - : C - . 2. P. atropurpurea. 
