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4. AMARANTUS Вытом, L.; DC. Prod. xiii. pt. 2, 263; App. Speke’s Јошт. 646. 
Hab. 1° 42 S. and 3° N. lat., Col. Grant ! 
I have not seen specimens of this common weed. It was determined from Col. Grant’s figure and 
description. 
5. ÆRUA JAVANICA, Juss.; DC. Prod. xiii. pt. 2, 299; App. Speke’s Journ. 646. 
Hab. By the Nile, about 14? 30' N. lat., and near Berber, March and April, 1863, Col. 
Grant! Common eastward through Tropical Asia. 
[This was first observed on the sand hillocks of the right bank of the Nile at 1427 N. lat. Again in 
April found it on the shingle-desert in vicinity of Berber, 173° N. lat.—J. А. 6.1 
6. ÆRUA LANATA, Juss.; DC. Prod. xiii. pt. 2, 203; App. Speke’s Journ. 646. 
Hab. Zungomero and Uganda, Col. Grant! Widely diffused through the warmer 
regions of the Old World. | 
[This sometimes bushy pot-herb, 2 feet high, grows prettily over the huts at 73° 8. lat., as our ivy 
covers our cottages. It was found also in the plantain-groves of Uganda on the equator. The people 
eat its boiled leaves.—J. A. С.) 
7. ACHYRANTHES ASPERA, І.; DC. Prod. xiii. pt. 2, 814; App. Speke’s Journ. 646. 
Hab. By the Nile, 7° N. lat., Col. Grant! 
The determination may be correct; but the specimens are proliferous. A common Old-World weed. 
[Attains a height of 6 feet, with bare branches. Stem streaked with red. Found in and about the 
Nile-edge in March at 7° N. lat., also at 3° 15’ N. lat., where our head servant “ Bombay,’ who was 
suffering from deafness and pain in his ears, applied a hot poultice of its root; this brought a discharge 
of matter and gave him relief.—J. А. G.] 
8. Dropra arvensis; Forsk.; DO. Prod. xiii. pt. 2, 324; App. Speke's Journ. 
646. 
Над. By the Nile, 17° 30! №. lat., Col. Grant! Occurs eastward into Tropical Asia. 
POLYGONACE. 
1. CERATOGONUM ATRIPLICIFOLIUM, Meissn.; DC. Prod. xiv. 39, var. 
Hab. Karagué, Feb. 1862 (Polygonum no. 2, App. Speke’s Journ. 645), Col. Grant! 
To this species I would reduce both C. cordofanum, Meissn., and C. sinuatum, Hochst. & St., DC. Prod. 
1. с. Occurs in various localities in East Tropical Africa. 
[Stem nearly round, smooth, and streaked pink ; the flowers are also of this colour, and the anthers blue 
The prickly fruits remain some time on the bare flower-stalk. Found at Karagué іп February.—J. А. G.] 
9. RUMEX ABYSSINICUS, Jacq.; DC. Prod. xiv. 68; App. Speke’s Journ. 646. 
Hab. 1° 49 S. and 2° N. lat., Col. Grant! also in Abyssinia and on the Ca- 
` maroons. 
[Grows to 12 feet. Stem single, rather woody, hollow, angular, smooth, and streaked on one side with 
red. Petioles and leaf-ribs of a blood-red colour. Found near cultivation amongst high grass at 
Unyoro, 2? N. lat. | One of our men had observed the natives of Fecpa (8? S. lat.) eating its leaves.— 
J. A- Gi | | 2 
58. Rumex OBTUSIFOLIUS, L.; DO. Prod. xiv. 53. War. valvis callosis, callo oblongo, 
subulis utrinsecus 5-6 rigidis uncinatis. App. Speke's Journ. 645. | 
