66 CVI, AMARANTACEE (BAKER AND CLARKE). [Achyranthes. 
bracteoles 2, subulate. Stamens connate into a short tube ; staminodes 
strap-shaped, irregularly fimbriate.—Lopr. in Malpighia, xiv. 432. 
Wozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara ; Magamba Forest, Holst, 
3800. 
17. ACHYROPSIS, Hook f. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl, iii. 36. 
Perfect flower solitary, supported by 2 small bracteoles. Perianth 
segments glabrous, muticous, often 4. Stamens often 4; anther- 
cells 2, elliptic; filaments linear to the base; interposed staminodes 
quadrate. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style linear ; stigma small; ovule 1, 
on a basal funicle. Utricle ovoid; seed ellipsoid; embryo curled.— 
Leaves opposite, shortly petioled. Spikes narrow, cylindric; perianths 
in fruit spreading (not reflexed). Much smaller in leaves and flowers 
than any species of Achyranthes or Pandiaka. 
Species 4, in Tropical and South Africa. 
Fruit spike apparently glabrous, the rhachis hairy. 
Spikes shortly peduncled, axillary, and terminal. 1. 4, leptostachya. 
Spikes all terminal . ‘ . ‘ . 2. A. fruticulosa. 
Fruiting perianth overtopped by wool . a Os le LantCeps. 
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Mozamb. Dist. Matabeleland: Shasha River, Holub ! 
Frequent in South Extratropical Africa. 
2. A. fruticulosa, (. B. Cl. A small shrub; branches divided, 
spreading, hardly 6 in. long. Leaves } in. long, opposite, oblong, silky 
white beneath. Spikes all terminal on the branches, 1 in: long, nearly 
4 in. broad, straw-coloured, dense, apparently glabrous, the rhachis 
hairy. Perianth 3 in. long, conic, subacute at the tip. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Kukui, Kaessner, 1011! 
This species, from the larger subacute perianth, is allied to the Cape Achyranthes 
avicularis, E. Meyer, from which it hardly differs except in habit, its woody base 
and short spreading branches, 
3. A. laniceps, (’. B. Cl. Stems slender ; branches opposite, erect, 
thinly hairy, with long internodes. Leaves opposite, linear, 4-14 by 
% in., thinly hairy, attenuate at the base, shortly petioled. Spikes 1n 
fruit # by } in., dense, cylindric, the glabrous perianths embedded 10 
dense white wool; solitary at the top of long branches, or peduncles (as 
there is rarely a leaf at the top). Perianth in fruit scarcely ;}, in. long, 
enclosing the utricle ; segments elliptic, green, muticous. 
Mozamb. Dist. Nyasaland: Tanganyika Plateau, at Fort Hill, 3500-4000 ft., 
Whyte ! 
This is in ripe fruit, so that I have not been able to see the staminal tube. 
