408 AMARANTACE (Cooke and Wright). [Hermbstedtia. 
6. H. transwaaleensis (Lopr. in Malpighia, xiv. 429) ; suffruticose, 
about 20 in. high; branches erect, elongate, glabrous or puberulous, 
much striate, slender ; leaves 3-1} in. long, }—} in. broad, petiolate, 
oblanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, gradually narrowed towards 
the base into the petiole, obtuse at the apex, glabrous or nearly 
so ; spikes terminal, 3-1} in. long, nearly 4 in. broad at the base, 
conical, acute at the apex, dense, much thickened ; bracts hyaline, 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, concave, nearly } in, long, 75 in. broad, 
persistent ; perianth straw-coloured, } in. long; segments 1 lin. 
broad, ovate-lanceolate, turning black, with hyaline, much dilated 
margins, 5—7-nerved; staminodes obtusely and irregularly 2-fid ; 
anthers linear-oblong, rounded at the apex, j lin. long ; capsule 
elongate-ovoid, circumscissile ; style short, terete, rufescent ; stigmas 
3, revolute, papillose ; seeds usually 2, lenticular, } lin. in diam., black. 
H. transvaalensis, Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 105. 
Katanari Recion: Transvaal ; near Lydenburg, Wilms, 1254. 
Plant not seen ; the description is taken from Lopriore. 
. 9%. H. rubromarginata (C. H. Wright); stem woody ; branches 
slightly ribbed, pilose, reddish; leaves oblanceolate, 6 lin. long, 
1-1} lin. wide, obtuse, tapering downwards, pilose, red along the 
margins ; spikes terminal on the branches, dense, 1} in. long ; bracts 
and bracteoles about 1 lin. long, ovate, concave, scarious ; perianth- 
segments pink, broadly ovate, about 24 lin. long, the inner slightly 
narrower than the outer; filaments subulate ; staminodes about 
as long as the filaments, linear, with 2 acute lobes ; ovary ovoid ; 
styles 4—5, short ; ovules about 6. 
Katanari Recion: Transvaal ; Warmbath, Miss Leendertz, 1326 ! 
This species has the appearance of H, caffra, Moquin, but has pilose branches 
and 4-5 styles. 
III. AMARANTHUS, Linn. 
Flowers monecious or polygamous, bracteate and 2-bracteolate. 
Perianth-segments 5 (less commonly 1-3), membranous, equal or 
subequal, ovate-lanceolate in male, usually oblong or spathulate- 
oblong in female flowers. Stamens usually 5 (rarely 1-3) ; filaments 
subulate or filiform, free at the base and without interjected 
staminodes; anthers oblong or linear-oblong, 2-celled. Ovary 
ellipsoid, compressed ; ovule 1, subsessile, erect ; style short or 0; 
stigmas 2-3, subulate or filiform, spreading. Fruit usually enclosed 
in the perianth, orbicular or ovoid, indehiscent or circumscissile, 
mostly membranous, simple or 2-3-toothed at the apex. Seed 
erect, globose, compressed ; testa crustaceous, smooth and shining ; 
embryo annular, surrounding farinaceous albumen ; cotyledons 
linear ; radicle inferior. 
