Amaranthus.| AMARANTACE (Cooke and Wright). 411 
Coast Recion: Cape Div. ; Groot Schuur, Wolley-Dod, 1142! Uitenhage Div., 
Zeyher, 576! Queenstown Div. ; near Shiloh, 3500 ft., Baur, 971! 
CentraL REGIon: Graaff Reinet Div. ; near Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 357! Rich- 
mond Div. ; between Richmond and Brak Vallei River, Drége! Albert. Div., 
Cooper, 789 ! 
Karauart Recion: Basutoland, Cooper, 3049! 3500; Bechuanaland ; plains 
near Takun, Burchell! Transvaal; Marico District, Holub! Potchefstroom Farm, 
Burtt-Davy, 1051! 1057! Springbok Flats, Burtt-Davy, 1740! near Standerton, 
Burtt-Davy, 1802 ! 
Eastern Recton: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 234! 
I do not consider A. Thunbergii to be conspecific with A. grecizans, Linn. 
(Sp. Pl. ed. ii. 1405), a Virginian plant, the leaves of which are described by 
Linneeus as lanceolate, while those of A. Thunbergii are obovate. 
seeds 4 lin. in diam., lenticular, slightly margined, brown-black, 
shining. Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 263 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
iv. 721; Baker & C. B. Cl. in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. i. 35. 
Sourn Arrica : without locality, Zeyher, 1438 ! 
Coast REGION: Queenstown Div. ; bare mountain slopes near Queenstown, 
4400 ft., Galpin, 2015! 
Cenrrat Recon: Prince Albert Div. ; Boter Kraal, 2100 ft., Bolus, 11624! 
Somerset Div. ; Somerset East, Miss Bowker ! 
Also in Tropical Africa and India. 
6. A. viridis (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. ii. 1405) ; erect, branched ; stems 
grooved, glabrous ; leaf-blades 4-1} in. long, 4-3} in. broad, ovate 
or rhomboid-ovate, obtuse, with a short stiff apiculation, narrowed 
at the base and running into the petiole, glabrous; nerves con- 
spicuous beneath ; petioles reaching | in. long, slender ; inflorescence 
terminal and axillary, the terminal spike-like racemes reaching 
2 in. long, the axillary much shorter, often reduced to heads; 
flowers shortly pedicellate; bracteoles much shorter than the 
compressed, margined, dark brown, shining. Baker & C. B. Cl. in 
Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. i. 33; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 720. 
Euaolus caudatus, Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 274. 
Coast Rearon: Albany Div. ; Grahamstown, MacOwan, 3419! perhaps intro- 
duced, 
Also in Tropical Africa and India. 
