HL AMARANTACE (Cooke and Wright). [| Lewecosphera. 
1. L. Pfeilii (Gilg in Notizbl. Kénigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, i. 328); 
a small much divaricately branched shrub; young leafy branches 
greyish velvety ; leaves alternate or opposite, 5 lin. long, 1$ lin. 
wide, sessile, lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute, tapering to the base, 
entire, very densely covered with rather long adpressed grey or 
whitish hairs on both surfaces ; flowers in globose many-flowered 
heads 9 lin. in diam. at the ends of the branches ; clusters 2-flowered ; 
bracts spine-like, a little longer than the flowers, 4 lin. long, 
plumose ; bracteoles 2, ovate, lateral, short, membranous ; perianth- 
segments 34 lin. long, long and densely silky-pilose, three inner 
slightly narrower than the others; stamens 5, without a basal 
membrane or intermediate staminodes. 
Coast Recon : Bredasdorp Div. ; Rietfontein-Koes, Pfeil, 121. 
VII. CYPHOCARPA, Lopr. 
(Sericocoma, § KypHocarpa, Fenzl.) 
Inflorescence of 1-4 perfect, and 1-2 sterile flowers reduced to 
spines, spicately arranged and full of fine hairs. Perianth-segments 
5, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subequal or the outer the longer. 
Stamens 5 ; filaments linear, united at the base into a short cup, 
with interposed staminodes on its edge between the stamens; 
anther-cells 2, oblong. Ovary ovoid or obovoid, with a distinct 
horn on one side below its apex ; ovule suspended from a basal 
funicle ; style slender, about as long as the ovary ; stigma capitate. 
Seed suborbicular, more or less compressed ; embryo annular. 
Herbs or shrubs of various habit ; leaves opposite, linear or oblong, simple, 
entire, sessile or shortly petiolate. 
Distris. Species about 8, in Tropical and South Africa. 
Leaves $-} in. broad, shortly petiolate; sepals not 
aristate, subequal wis ses ose bes Sie 
Leaves not reaching #5 in. broad, sessile ; outer sepals 
aristate, larger than the inner : 
(1) trichinioides. 
Plant 2 ft. high: spikes 2-3in.long ... ... (3) angustifolia. 
Plant 2 ft. high; spikes 1} in. long... ih ... (2) resedoides. 
Plant 8 in. high; spikes less than 3in. long ...  .... (4) Wilmsii. 
1, C. trichinioides (Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 45) ; suffruticose 
at the base, quite glabrous ; stems simple, erect, leafy below, naked 
upwards ; leaves opposite or subopposite, shortly petiolate, 1—2 in. 
long, }-} in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, shortly 
mucronulate, attenuated at the base, flat, subfleshy ; midrib prominent 
beneath ; petiole 3-5 lin. long; spikes 14-23 in. long, }—% in. broad, 
obtuse, usually simple, but sometimes with a short branch at the 
base ; flowers yellowish ; bracteoles slightly shorter than the sepals, 
