Chenopodium.] CVII, CHENOPODIACE& (BAKER AND CLARKE), 79 
Koch, Syn. Deutsch. Fl. ed. 3, iii. 2208; O. Kuntze in Jahrb. Kénigl. 
Bot. Gart, Berlin, iv. 273. 
Nile Land. Nubia: coast region, Bent! Berber, Schweinfurth, 706! 
Abyssinia: Adowa, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 315! Begemeder, Schimper, 357! 
Ankober, Roth! Somaliland, 5000 ft., Hildebrandt, 1452! Khartoum, Kotschy, 
315! Miss Edith Cole! Uganda: Kampala, Scott-Elliot, 7302! British East 
Africa: Kibosi, Powell, 9! Gilgil River, 6000-7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6571! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda, Welwitsch, 6309! Gardens near the 
Bengo River, Welwitsch, 6310! Mubango, Welwitsch, 6312. Hereroland, Rau- 
tanen, 138! Pechuel Loetsche. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! 
4, ©. ambrosioides, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 219, and ed, ii. 320. 
Suberect, 2 ft. high, nearly glabrous. Leaves short-petioled, 1-3 in. 
long, oblong, narrowed at either end, sinuate-toothed or nearly entire ; 
said to be ‘‘ gland-punctate beneath.” Inflorescence running into a 
copious terminal panicle; ultimate branches straight, often 1-2 in. long, 
hairy under a 4-in. glass, nearly leafless or with numerous oblong leaves 
¢~-3 in. long. Perianth very small, glabrous or obscurely verrucose 
(neither mealy nor hairy). Ovary in the upper part scabrid or with 
large glands; style-branches 3, short, or 2 with a smaller branch. Nut 
horizontal, with the 5 lobes of the perianth folded over it, or not rarely 
vertical. Embryo in the seed almost completely surrounding the albu- 
men.—Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 72; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 904 ; 
Engl. Pfl, Ost-Afr. OC, 171; Volk. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 
1A, 61, fig. 25, K-Q; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 898; W. D. J. 
Koch, Syn. Deutsch. FI. ed. 3, iii. 2209. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Lutete, 1500-2000 ft., Hens, A, 318! Princes 
Island, Welwitsch, 6316. Angola: Loanda, Welwitsch, 6314! Golungo Alto, Wel- 
witsch, 63158. Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 6315. Mossamedes, Welwitsch, 6313. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zambezi Expedition, without locality, Kirk / 
A widely spread weed, except in cold countries, 
5. C. Botrys, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 219, and ed. ii. 320. Stem 
Leaves of middle 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder, Schimper, 723! Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 
7505! . British East Africa: near Nairobi, Whyte! Gilgil River, 6000-7000 ft., 
Scott-Elliot, 6665! Lake Elmeteita, 6000-7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6624! 
