52 CVI, AMARANTACEE (BAKER AND CLARKE). [ Marcella. 
8. M. lanata, (. B. Cl. A small shrub, densely white (or yellowish) 
tomentose, the leaves soon glabrous. Leaves opposite; blade up to 1 
by 2 in., obovate, very obtuse. Inflorescences ovoid, in fruit elongated 
into a loose spike 2 in. long of few clusters; partial inflorescences 
including 3 fertile and several sterile flowers. Perianth-segments 
densely villous on the margins. Sterile flowers elongating in fruit into 
25-30 long straight bristles, spreading on ail sides. Staminal tube 
very short; filaments 5, at the base triangular, united at an acute 
angle without intermediate rudiments. Ovary glabrous.—Dasysphera 
lanata, Gilg in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 153.  D. 
Robecchii, Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 53, t. 1A, in Ann. Istit. Bot. 
Roma, ix. 21, in Malpighia, xiv. 447. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Merehan, Robecchi-Bricchetti, 402. 
The above description is taken from Lopriore’s picture. 
9. M. tomentosa, (. B. Cl. Felted and glabrous branches mixed 
together. Partial inflorescences of 5-6 fertile flowers and a greater 
number of sterile flowers; otherwise as M. lanata. — Dasysphera 
tomentosa, Gilg in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 153; Lopr. in 
Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 53. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Volkens. 
12, CYPHOCARPA, Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 42. 
Perfect flower supported by 1-2 sterile flowers reduced to bracts or 
bracteoles, which are muticous or spinous not uncinate in flower; 2-3 
(rarely 1) perfect fiowers under each floral leaf, constituting partial 
inflorescences, which are arranged in compound spikes and full of fine 
hairs. Perianth-segments oblong or elliptic, often in fruit shortly 
connate and thickened at the base. Stamens 5; filaments linear, 
united at the base into a (usually) very short cup, with a tooth or 
oblong process between each two; anther-cells 2, oblong. Ovary 
obovoid or ovoid; ovule 1, suspended from a basal funicle; style 
linear-cylindric; stigma simple or minutely fimbriate. Seed orbi- 
cular, flattened; embryo annular.—Leaves opposite, linear or elliptic, 
simple, entire. 
Species 8, in Tropical and South Africa. 
This genus only differs from Marcellia by the presence of sterile stamens a8 
teeth or processes between the filaments. Centema differs (a little only) by having 
the sterile flowers and perianth-segments rigidly connate to form a burr-like 
fruit. 
*CYPHOCARPA. Leaves linear, glabrate. Ovary hairy, 
with a lateral horn. 
Inflorescence elongate-cylindric, obtuse 1. C. angustifolia. 
Inflorescence shorter, conic at the top . . 2. C. Petersiz. 
*SERICOCOMOPSIS. Leaves elliptic or obovate, hairy. 
Ovary glabrous, obovoid. 
West African species. Ovary almost urn-shaped. 
Leaves 13 in. long . 3. C. Welwitschit. 
Leaves 4 in. long 4. C. quadrangula. 
