Celosia] ci. amaranthace^. 885 



cup, then upwards gradually narrowed-acuminate, white ; anthers 

 cordate, attached at the middle of the back, 2-celled, longitudinally 

 dehiscing, introrse, of a fine violet colour ; ovary depressed-ovoid, 

 green, 1-celled ; ovules 6 or 7, each erect, with its own white funicle 

 from the centre of the base of the ovary, subreniform ; style 1, short, 

 soon terminating in 2 stigmas or in one 2-branched stigma ; the 

 young utricle ovoid-truncate, a little compressed-flattened on the sides, 

 greenish, surrounded by the perianth up to the middle, crowned at the 

 apex with the black branches of the stigma. In moist shady places at 

 the outskirts of the Querenge forests in the Queta mountains ; fl. Jan. 

 1856. No. 6551. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A branched herb of 2 to 4 ft., sometimes sub- 

 erect, sometimes decumbent upon low shrubs ; stems usually purplish ; 

 leaves alternate ; flowers whitish; perianth-segments 5, equal; stamens 5, 

 connate at the base into a cup ; ovary spherical, 1-celled ; stigma bifid. 

 By moist thickets in the prsesidium, rather rare ; fl. beginning of Dec. 

 1856. No. 6569. At the outskirts of the forest in damp places ; fl. 

 March 1857. No. 6563. 



4. C. argentea L., I.e., p. 205. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — An erect or ascending herb ; stem branched, 2 to 

 3 feet high ; spikes dense, brilliantly whitish rosy. In moist sandy 

 places at the banks of the river Cuango, not plentiful ; fl. Aug. 1855. 

 No. 6543. 



PuNGO Andongo. — At Cazella : fr. Nov. 1856. Apparently this 

 widely distributed species. Coll. Carp. 1082. 



5. C. laxa Schum. & Thonn. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. iii. p. 161 

 (1828). 



C. loandensis Baker in Kew Bull. 1897, p. 277. 



Loanda. — An annual herb, divaricately branched ; the stem and 

 patent branches purple ; spikelets of flowers whitish-shining. In 

 shrubby places from Nazareth to Penedo, plentiful ; fl. and fr. Dec. 

 1858. Nos. 6558, 6558&, 6537&. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A subscandent herb, with its spikes in old age 

 recalling those of Statice reticulata. At Quilanga ; fr. June 1856. 

 Coll. Carp. 873. In the primitive forest of Quilanga ; fl. and f r. Dec. 

 1855 and end of June 1856. No. 6578. A scandent herb, with 

 sarmentose branches. At the outskirts of the forest near Capopa in 

 Sobato de Bumba ; fl. and fr. Feb., April and June 1856. No. 6577- 

 A herb of 3 to 7 ft. ; stems weak, quasi-scandent on other plants ; 

 spikes compound, densely imbricate, whitish-shining. At the Capopa 

 spring near Canguerasange ; fr. Oct. 1854. Coll. Carp. 871. A 

 widely climbing herb ; spikes paniculate, very thick, obtuse, snow- 

 white. At the Capopa cataract ; fr. April 1856. Coll. Carp. 872. 

 Near Trombeta ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1857. No. 65785. 



HuiLLA.— At Mumpulla ; in fr. No. 6495. 



I have not seen the type of this species ; the thickness of the spikes 

 varies greatly among the above Nos. ; those belonging to the type 

 of C. loandensis, No. 6537 &, are comparatively slender. 



6. C. nana Baker in Kew Bull. 1897, p. 277. 



PuNGO Andongo. — At Lombe ; in fl. and fr. March 1857. Nos. 

 6566, 6566&. 



7. C. Welwitschii Schinz in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxi. p. 179 (1895). 

 HuiLLA. — Flowers white. In fields between Nene and Humpata ; 



