FLORA NIGRITIANA. 491 
The remaining Chenopodiee, quoted as West Tropical African, 
are, Arthrocnemum fruticosum, Moq., from Senegal, a Euro- 
pean and African plant, which has found its way to Timor and 
California ; 4. Indicum, Moq., from Senegal, an Egyptian and 
East Indian species; and Sueda fruticosa, Forsk., also from 
Senegal, a South European and North African plant, seen 
occasionally in the American colonies. 
LXXXVII. AMARANTACE. 
1. Celosia (Lestibudesia) leptostachya, Benth. ; caule herbaceo 
(diffuso ?) glabro, foliis petiolatis ovatis acutiusculis glabris, 
spicis elongatis gracilibus interruptis, floribus per 3-5 glome- 
ratis trigynis, sepalis vix acutiusculis uninervibus, utriculis 
ovoideo-globosis.—Fernando Po, Vogel. 
Caules parum ramosi, tenues, 2-3-pedales, internodiis elongatis. 
Folia 1-2-pollicaria, nune acute acuminata, nunc fere obtusa, 
basi angustata rotundata v. etiam subcordata, tenuiter mem- 
branacea. Spice demum semipedales et longiores, glomerulis 
inferioribus valde remotis. Flores parvi siccitate pallide 
brunnei. Stylus apice in ramos stigmatiferos sepius (an 
constanter ?) 98-divisus. Utriculus viridis, calyce dimidio 
longior. Semina pauca (8-10). 
2. Celosia trigyna, Linn.—2Moq. in DC. Prod. 18. 2. p. 241. 
var. parviflora, Fernando Po, Vogel;—var. fasciculiflora, 
Moq., Accra, Don, Ansell; on the Quorra, Vogel, Ansell. 
3. Celosia Java, Schum. et Thonn.—Mog. in DC. Prod. 13. 2. 
P. 241.—Accra, Grand Bassa, and Fernando Po, Vogel; 
Senegambia, Heudelot. 
These specimens agree well with Thonning's description, and 
some of them are from the locality where he says the C. laxa 
15 common, They differ chiefly from C. trigyna, in the size of 
the flowers, the calyx being nearly two lines long, and about 
twice the length of the bracts. The Senegambian specimen is, 
however, marked by Moquin, C. trigyna, var. densiflora. 
4. Celosia argentea, Linn.— Mog. in DC. Prod. 13. 2. p. 242. 
