18 CVI. AMARAXTACE.E (BAKER AND CLARK e). [CeloSia. 



form, sometimes 1-1^ in. long and linear, sometimes spathulate- 

 elliptic and 4-5 in. long on petioles 1-2 in. long. Spikes continuous, 

 very dense, ^ in. broad and upwards, scarious, straw-coloured, often 

 4-6 in. long, sometimes ^-1 in. long. Perianth J in. long and upwards ; 

 segments oblong, subacute. Filaments linear, united into a tube at the 

 bale ; interjected teeth 0, or rarely minute and bristle-like, much shorter 

 than the filaments; anther-cells 2, oblong; pollen globose, 18 n in 

 diam., with a few tubercles. Ovary ellipsoid, narrowed upwards into 

 the long style, 3-branched at top. Capsule ellipsoid, narrowed at the 

 top, much shorter than the perianth, circumscissile ; seeds several, 

 often 4-8. — Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. cvii. ; Hook. Niger Fi. 491; 

 Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. li. 242 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 212 ; 

 T. Thorns, in Speke, Nile, Append. G4G ; Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxix. 140; Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 178; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 205; Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 172; Schinz in Engl. 

 and Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. lA, Do, fig. D, and 99, t. 51, figs. 

 A, B, C, in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 180, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Append, 

 ii. 168; Zaib in Cat Spec. Bot.^ Pfund, 38; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. i. 885 ; Dur. Sl Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 281 ; Dur. <k De 

 Wild, in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvi. 84 ; De Wild. & Dur. 

 PI. Thonner. Con<T:ol. 14 ; Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 4, 5, t. 1, fig. A, 

 B; Schlechter, Westafr. Kautsch.-Exped. 287. C. margaritacea, Linn. 

 Sp. PI. ed. ii. 297. C. splendens, Schuinach. A: Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PI. 

 140 (the style-branches having been broken ofi') ; Moquin in DC. Prodr. 

 xiii. ii. 244. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia: Kakatown, JVhifte ! Gold Coast: Xccta, Don! 

 and witliout precise locality. Bro>rn, 373 ! L-.ifjos, Daicodu. 61 ! Xortliern Nip;eria : 

 Xupe, Barter, 154! Southern Nigeria : River (^uorra (Ni?er), Vogel, 29! Benin, 

 Dennett, 16 ! 



24'ortli Central. Bagirnii and region of Lake Fittri, Chevalier, 9827 ! 



Wile X,ancl. Diirfur, Purdij, 30! Kordofan, Stendner, 650! Koischy, 84! 

 149! 230! P/'^wf^SOO! Sennar, Z'o/srAy, 259 ! Gallabat : Matamma, -S'cAR'ei;^- 

 furth, 635! 636, 637! Abyssinia: Tigre; 5700 ft., Schimper,^Zh^\ Gageros ; 

 4000 ft., ScMmper, 2260 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 456 ! White 

 Nile, Petherick ! Schweinf urth, 952 ! Sobat River, Muriel, S, 55 ! Uganda 

 Speke cf* Grant, 532 ! British East Africa: Njemps-Mkuba, Gregory ! 



l^o'wer Guinea. Lower Congo, Smith, 38! 74! Hens, C, 172! Coquilhat- 

 vlllc, Schlechter, 12609 ! Angola : Cazella, Weliritsch, 1082 ; River Cuango, 

 If'elwitsch, 6543 ! 80 miles from Amhriz, Monteiro ! 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Stanley Pool, Calleicaert ! Mtowa 

 Descamps ; B\\\g\\-A, Dupuis ; Xyangue, i>e??jeM5e ; Mukenje, Po^^e. 



IVXozamb. Dist. British East Africa : Witu, Thomas, 41 ! Mto Xdei, Scott- 

 Elliot, 6215! Uganda: Kavirondo, Scott Elliot, 7076! Usoga, Scott-Elliot, 

 7214 ! Nyasaland : Tanganyika, Carson, 2 ! 



Also in Arabia, South-east Asia, Malaya. 



C. cristata, Linn. (Loanda, Wehvitsch, 6512b), is a cultivated state of C. 

 argentea, Linn., introduced or run wild in many warm parts of the world. 



2. C. laxa, Schumach. d- Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PI. 141. A nearly 

 glabrous branched herb, 2-4 ft. high. Leaves alternate, lower long- 



