Ansiralina,] vuticaceje (Biown). 555 



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■ 5. A. lanceolata (X. E. Br.); an annual herl) 8-18 in. high, 

 branching, often drying blackish ; main stem f-lHin. thick, ratlier 



densely and somewhat coarsely pubescent with spreading or ascend- 

 ing hairs at the upper part, more thinly so below ; leaves alternate ; 

 p petioles 2-11 lin. long; blades |-1| in. long, ^-1] in. broad, ovate, 



acute or subacuminate, cuneate at the base, serrate, with 5-9 teeth 

 on each side and the terminal tooth as long as or a little longer than 

 broad, rarely subentire or faintly crenate, thinly pubescent on both 

 surfaces ; stii^ules 1-2 lin. long, very broadly ovate, acute or 

 acuminate, coarsely pubescent and ciliate, membranous ; ilower- 

 clusters comparatively large, li-2;|- lin. in diairi, ; perianth of the 

 male flowers -1-1 lin, long, very obtuse, with a very short point, 

 coarsely pubescent and ciliate ; female flowers | lin. long, pubescent ; 

 stigma less than ^ lin. long ; fruit sometimes combined in pairs, 

 varying in size from ^ to 1| lin, long. Fanetarla lanceolata^ Thunh, 

 in Hoffm. Phijfog. Blaetter, i. 17, and FL Cap, ed, Sclmltes, 155. 

 Vrtica 1 radula, E. 3Ieyer in Dirge, Zioei Pfl, Docximenie^ 97. 



Didymodoxa dehills^ var, lanceolata^ Wedd, in DC. Prodi\ xvi. i. 

 23561 



South Africa : witJiout locality, Thunherg, Zeyher, 1545 ! 



Coast Regto>' : Malmesbury Div. ; near Malmesbury. 200 ft., Sehlechter, 5349 ! 

 Cape Div. ; Muyseu Berg, Harvey ! Hout Bav, Wollcy-Dod, 1519 I Farmer Pecks 

 Valley, Wolley-Dod, 2SI8 ! Kalk Bay, bd it,,^ Bolus, 2944 ! 



Western Rkgiox : Little Xamaqualand ; slopes between Xababeep and Modder- 

 fontein, .3000 ft., Bolus, 9455 ! Van Rhynsdorp Div. ; by the Orange River, Brege \ 



I have not seen the type of Paridaria lanceolata, Thimb., but from the 

 description it would appear to be identical with the subentire leaved forms of this 

 species. The much shorter terminal point of the leaves and larger flower- clusters, 

 a^ well as its different geographical range, readily distinguish this species from 

 A. acnmuiata. 



6. A. acuminata (Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4™« ser. i. 212); an 

 annual herb 1-2 ft. high j stem |-1 lin. thick at the base, branch- 

 ing, 4-grooved, with rounded angles, puberulous ; leaves alternate ; 

 petioles up to \\ in. long; blades ^-2f in. long, |-1| in. broad, 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, cuneate at the base, with 6-1 2 

 teeth on each side and the terminal tooth (at least of the uppermost 

 leaves) 2-3 times as long as broad, thinly pubescent on both sides ; 

 stipules 11-3 lin. long, broadly ovate, with a long awndike point, 

 membranous, tipped at the apex of the awn with 2-3 long hairs ; 

 flower-clusters ^-U lin. in diam. ; perianth of the male flowers 



lin. long, its subulate point tipped with 2-4 long hairs ; female 

 i^lowers 1 lin. long, pubescent ; stigma very small, about \ lin. long, 

 filiform, curved. Parietaria cuneata, E. Meyer in Braje, Zicei Pfl. 

 Bocumente, 133, U3. TJrtka caffra, Thunh. Prod): 31, and FL Cap. 

 ed. ScJndtes, 155; see N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1913, 80. FIcurya 

 capensis, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 4"" ser. i. 183, not of Monocjr. Urtic. 

 117. Bldymodoxa acuminata, Wedd, Monogr. Urtic. 549. B. cuneata, 

 Wedd. in BC. Prodr. xvi. i. 235«i. 



