Philoxerus.] | CVI. AMARANTACE& (BAKER AND CLARKE). 79 
1, P. vermiculatus, 2. Br. Prodr. 416 in obs. A prostrate 
branched rooting succulent nearly glabrous herb; branches often 
thickened just below the nodes. Leaves 1-2 by 4-4 in., linear or linear- 
oblong, long-tapering to the base, scarcely petioled. Spikes globose, 
Zin. in diam., and oblong, 1 by 4-4 in., nearly always terminal sessile, 
i.e. with 2 green floral leaves close under each; bracteoles } in. long, 
keeled. Perianth-segments } in. long, acute, very sparsely hairy, 
except near the base.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 897. P. ver- 
micularis, Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. 65, t.98. P. aggregatus, H. B.& K. Nov. 
Gen. et Sp. ii. 203. Jllecebrum vermiculatum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. ii. 300. 
Iresine vermicularis, Moquin in DC. Prodr, xiii. ii. 340; Hook. Niger 
Fl. 494; Schinz in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1A, 117. J. 
aggregata, Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 340, J. portulacoides, 
Moquin in DC. Prodr, xiii. ii. 341; Schlechter, Westafr. Kautsch, 
Exped. 287, 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Sieber, 7! Perrottet, 482! Roger! Brunner! 
Dillinger, 59! Gambia, Don! Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! Morson! Gold 
Coast : coast at Accra, Brown, 376! 422! Sekondi, Johnson, 977! French Sudan: 
at Niayes, Chevalier, 3448! Togo, Warnecke,50! Southern Nigeria: Brass, Barter, 
1874! Nun River, Vogel, 59! Cameroons: beach near Batanga, Bates, 115! 2-4, 
Lower Guinea. Loango, Soyausz, 152! Corisco Island, Mann, 1859! 
Angola: Loando, Welwitsch, 65388! 6554! Mossamedes, Welwitsch, 6506! 6506s ! 
6507 ! 
A coast plant, found also on the coast of the hotter parts of America. 
24. GOMPHRENA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 40. 
Perfect flower between 2 bracteoles; perianth-segments elliptic- 
lanceolate, acute, woolly on the back. Staminal tube 3 in. long, divided 
only near the contracted top; anthers 1-celled. Ovary ovoid; style 
2-branched ; ovule on a basal funicle. -Utricle ovoid, compressed; seed 
lenticular ; embryo curled.—Leaves opposite. Spikes dense, terminal. 
Species 90, in warm countries, especially in South America, 
1. G. globosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 224, ed. ii. 326. A hairy, erect, 
branched annual, 3 ft. high. Leaves 2-4 by ? in., oblong, short petioled. 
Spikes 3 in. in diam., subglobose, often pink or yellow, terminal, often 
supported by 1 or 2 green floral leaves. Bracteoles } in. long, lanceo- 
late, woolly, keeled (sometimes crested) on the back. Perianth } in. 
ng; segments mucronate. Ovary glabrous; style linear, longer than 
the ovary; the two branches at equal height with the anthers.—Moquin 
in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 409; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 732; Schinz in 
Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzeifam. iii..1A, 117, and 93, fig. 46, C, and 94, 
og 47, F, in Bull. Herb. Boiss, iv. Append. ii. 165, in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. 
. 174, 
Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: shore at the mouth of the River Brass, 
Barter,116! Old Calabar, Holland, 121! Cross River, Holland, 251! 
Wile Land. Uganda: Wakoli, in Busoga, Scott-Elliot, 7207 ! 
A native of South America; cultivated, and a weed in the Old World, 
