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crassiuscula, floribus majoribus, perigonii laciniis lanceo- 
latis acutis.— Huc spectat varietas latifolia Vahl et 
4E. Aigyptiaca, Gmel.—Habitat in ZEgypto, Senegalia et 
ins. Gorgoneis. 
Var. B. Bovei, foliis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque albescen- 
tibus, spica tenuiore, floribus minoribus rotundatis spisse 
lanatis, perigonii laciniis ovatis sepe obtusis.—Habitat 
in Arabie monte Sinai (Bové), Kenné in desertis, (Sieber.) 
The flowers of our specimens, as well as of those collected 
by Perrottet, Heudelot and Brunner in Senegal, are some- 
What less woolly than those of the Egyptian plant, and the 
leaves are always oblong; but I can perceive no specific diffe- 
rence, 
Has. In rupestribus sinus Tarrafal ins. S. Antonii (Forbes, 
n. 25). In ins. S. Jacobi prope Portum Praya (J. Dalton 
Hooker, n. 107. Nov. 1839.) In ins. S. Vincentii rapes- 
tribus (Th. Vogel, n. 79.) 
210. Lestiboudesia trigyna, R. Br. Celosia trigyna, Linn. 
Mant. p. 212.—Ic. Jacq. Hort. Vindob. 8. t. 15. 
Has. In valle S. Dominici, ins. S. Jacobi (J. D. Hooker, 
n. 108. Junio, 1839, spec. flor. et fruct.) 
211. Amaranthus gracilis, Desf., Tabl. de l'Ecole Bot. ed. 1. 
(1804) p. 43. Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 1. p. 312. Webb, Phyt. 
Can. 3. p. 191. Amaranthus viridis, Linn. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 1407. 
Quoad syn. Sloanii et Pisonis. Chenop. caudatum, Jacg. : 
Coil. 9. p. 825. Amaranthus oleraceus, Lamck. Encyel. 1. 
p. 116. ; 
Has. In valle S. Dominici, ins. S. Jacobi, (J. D. Hooker, 
n. 109. Nov. 1839, spec. fructifera.) In eadem ins. (Dar- 
win) in ins. S. Antonii usque ad apicem montis Verede 
(Th. Vogel, n. 12. 13 et 87. Junio, 1841, spec. fructifera et 
flor.) 
212. Amaranthus spinosus, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1407.—Ic. Herm. 
H. Lugd. Bot. t. 33. IG 
Has. In ins. Boa Vista (Brunner, |. c.) 
