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sulcatus. Flores parvi, in paniculas laxas puberulas ad 10-12 cm 
longas dispositi ; pedunculus 3-7 cm. longus ; rami 1-15 em, longi, 
in cymulas 4-5-floras umbellatas desinentes ; pedicelli conspicui, 
rubri, puberuli, 10-15 mm. longi. Perianthii lobi subaequales, 
1-2 mm. longi, annulo ad basin pubescente. Stamina triangularia, 
ordinum I et II 0°5-0°7 mm, longa ; ordinis III glandulis minutis 
vel 0; ordinis IV staminodia triangularia, 0°6 mm. longa, villosa. 
Ovarium ovoideo-globosum ; stylo brevi, conico, stigmate minuto. 
Drupa ad 6 em. longa et 4-5 cm. diametro, globosa, pericarpio laevi. 
Maray Prninsuta. Perak: at Thaiping, Wray, 2658 ; at 
Kwala Dipong, Scortechini, 1793; Ulu Bubong and Larut Hills, 
up to 300 m., King’s Collector, 3153, 6703, 10541. Malacca: at 
Batang Malacca, Derry, 203, 1157. 
XXXITI—DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE: XXXVIL. 
1111. Achyranthes robusta, C. H. Wright, in Dyer, Flor. Cap. 
vol. v. sect. i. p. 428 (anglice) [Amarantaceae-Amaranteac] ; A, 
asperae, Linn,, affinis, foliis dense velutinis, bracteisque duplo longi- 
. 
oribus differt 
centes. Folia late ovata vel fere orbicularia, 8 cm. » O° 
lata, utringue dense velutina, crassa; nervi subtus prominentes ; 
petiolus rigidus, supra canaliculatus, subtus convexus, cm, 
ouTH Arrica. Transvaal; Batloaka Kraals, Nelson, 408 ; 
Natal : near Durban, 30 m., Wood, 7202, Peddie ; Inanda, 550 m., 
Wood, 4 ; without precise locality, Gerrard, 544. 
1112. Hermbstaedtia rubromarginata, C. H. Wright, in Dyer, 
Flor. Cap. vol. v. sect. 1. p. 408 (anglice), [ Amarantaceae-Celosieae] ; 
H. caffrae, Moquin, affinis, ramis pilosis stylisque 4-5 differt 
Caulis lignosus ; rami leviter costati, pilosi, rubescentes. Folia 
oblanceolata, 12 mm. longa, 2-3 mm. ata, obtusa, basi attenuata, 
rg - _Spicae terminales, densiflorae, 3 cm. 
) longae, ovatae, concavae, 
scariosae. erianthii segmenta dilute rosea, late ovata, 5 mm. 
quam exteriores paullo angustiora. Filamenta 
