60 CVI, AMARANTACE& (BAKER AND CLARKE). [Psvlotrichum. 
3-7-flowered ; each perfect flower } in. long, supported by two rudi- 
mentary. Filaments linear, shortly connate at the base. Ovary shortly 
turbinate ; style cylindric; stigma bifid.—Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 
60, in Malpighia, xiv. 451. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Merehan, Robecehi, 401. 
This differs from all known species of Psilotrichum by its alternate leaves. 
10. P. cordatum, Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 280. Stem 
2-4 ft. high; branches nearly glabrous, ending in large panicles. 
Leaves opposite ; blade 1-14 in. long, ovate, hairy; base rounded or 
somewhat cordate; petioles hardly } in. long. Panicle 1-2 ft. long, 
very thin, nearly bare of leaves; branches often trichotomous, nearly 
or quite glabrous, Spikes 4-14 in. long, very loose, with 4—12 flowers. 
Bracteoles hardly } the length of the perianth, ovate, slightly hairy. 
Perianth-segments 4 in. long, green, strongly 3-nerved, with many 
spreading hairs. Ovary glabrous; style longer than ovary, linear, with 
small stigma.—Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 183 ; Schinz 
in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1A, 111,in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 
Append. ii. 165. Psilostachys gnaphalobrya, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 
Beil. 6, t.4, Pachia, Endl. Gen. Suppl. iv. ii. 43. Achyranthes cor- 
data, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, Beil. 6. 
Wile Land. Nubia: coastland, Bent! Soturba Mountains, Schweinfurth, 
642, 643! Eritrea: various localities, Schweinfurth, 65, 190, 1681. British Somali- 
land, Mrs. Lort Phillips ! 
Also in Arabia. 
11, P. Kirkii, C. 5.Cl. Leaves (imperfectly preserved) much as 
of P. cordatum, Moquin. Panicle 1-2 ft. long or more, glabrate, with 
a central rhachis and numerous suberect lateral branches, which again 
are divided repeatedly dichotomously. Ultimate branches and the 
small spikes nearly glabrous. Bracteoles hardly 4 the length of the 
perianth, nearly glabrous. Perianth in fruit hardly } in. long, strongly 
ribbed, glabrous or obscurely gland-puberulous between the ribs, more 
ovoid than that of P. cordatum, Moquin, and the seed less flattened.— 
Psilostachys Kirkii, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 279. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Sabaki River, near Malindi, Kirk! 
12, P. axillare, C. B. Cl. Branches 1-2 ft. long, ending in silky 
leaves, tips very hairy. Leaves opposite; blade 1-14 in. long, ovate, 
acuminate, hairy, base rounded; petiole }-} in. long. Panicles 2-8 i. 
long, axillary, subtrichotomous, the ultimate branches with some long 
slender several-celled hairs. Bracteoles 4 the length of the perianth, 
ovate, hairy. Perianth ;', in. long; segments hispid, with spreading 
hairs, at least on the upper half.—P. cordatum, Schinz in Engl. PA. 
Ost-Afr. C. 173. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 1985 ! 
Mozamb, Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Tanga, Volkens, 177 
