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L FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
4. Achyranthes leptostachya, E. Meyer! in Hb. Drége; 
caule frutescente, ramis adpresse puberulis ; foliis lanceolatis 
v. subspathulatis, obtusiusculis, attenuato-subpetiolatis, sub- 
tus adpresse subsericeo-pilosiusculis, supra glabrescentibus ; 
spicis ramos ramulosque terminantibus, paniculam fastigiatam 
foliatam formantibus; floribus patulis, muticis. 
In solo lapidoso-arenoso ad ripas flum. Koega, distr. Ui- 
tenhage (IV. C. c.) Apr. 1839. Krauss n. 785. 
A very distinct species. Branches slender, round, slightly 
striate. Leaves about 1 inch long, 2-4 lines broad. Spikes 
at first short, conical and thickly flowered, with two linear 
leaves at their base (from the axille of which sometimes ori- 
ginate two very short lateral spice) afterwards more or less: 
elongated (1-13 inch long) slender and bearing the flowers 
more remote (1-2 lines distant) from each other on a pubes- 
cent filiform rachis. Bractez very small, ovate, acute, (but 
not spinescent) persistent; bracteole still smaller, bluntish 
and falling off with the fructiferous calyx, which is then ovate 
and not above 1 line long. Sepals 5, sometimes 4, green, 
rather thick and hard, lanceolate, obtuse, concave. Stami- 
nodia minute. 
5. Aerva lanata, Juss. Roem. et Schult. syst. 5, p. 564. 
In graminosis prope Port Natal (V. c.) Jul. 1839. Krauss, 
n. 298. It agrees perfectly with our East Indian speci- 
mens. 
6. Desmocheta atropurpurea, DC. E. Mey.! in Hb. Drége. 
In sylvis primitivis prope flum. Goukamma, distr. George, ` 
(IV. C. b.) Febr. 1839. Krauss, n. 780 (ex parte). 
7. Amarantus albus, Linn. Thunb. fl. Cap. p. 215. In 
solo argillaceo terre Zitzikamma, distr. George (IV. C. b.) 
Jan. 1839. Krauss, n. 782. 
8. A. polygonoides, Linn. ? In solo argillaceo prope Uiten- 
hage (IV. C. c.) Apr. 1839. Krauss, n. 781. Specimens too 
bad to be surely determined. 
9. Celosia triloba, E. Mey.! in Hb. Drége. Herbacea, 
annua, glaberrima; caule erecto, simplicissimo, gracili; foliis 
/ petiolatis, inferioribus e basi subcordata in petiolum breviter 
