Jlermbstcedtia.] cvi. amarantace^ (baker and clarke). 27 



prolonged at the tip into two oblong processes as long as the subse.ssile 

 oblong anther between them. Ovary narrowed into the long style, 

 3-fid at the top. Capsule hardly ^ in. long, ovoid, few-seeded. — I/. 

 Welwitschii, Baker in Ivew Bulletin, 1897, 278. Celosia argenteiformis, 

 Schinz in Engl. A: Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. lA, 100, in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xxi. 180, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1 ser. v. Append, iii. 63, inch var. 

 ohlongifolia ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 88G ; Lopr. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxx. 5, 104, fig. 1 D. C. Toe^ijesii, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boi^s. 

 2 ser. iii. 8 (44). 



Iioixrer Guinea. Angola : Mossamedes, Welwitsch, fi502 ! German Soutli- 

 wcst Africa: Hererolnnd, Nels ! Belck, 33, 45, Gnerich, 126, FlecJc, 732; 

 Ambolarul, Wulfhorst, 25, Toenjes, 19, 25; Great Nainaqualaud ; Keliobolli, Fleck, 

 35, 174a, 653, 939. 



G. H. Schinzii, C. B. Clarke. An erect, nearly glabrous annual, 

 5-8 in. high. Leaves |^-]^ by y.j in. Spikes terminal, J by ^ in., shortly 

 ovoid, dense, scarious white. Perianth J in. long; segments broadly 

 oblong, shortly acute, 3-nerved on the back, often pink on the 

 back when young. Filaments fertile 5, broad-oblong, the apparent 

 filament prolonged at the top into two oblong processes overtopping the 

 oblong anther between them. Ovary ellipsoid, narrowed upwards into 

 a short style, »>-fid at the top. Capsule ellipsoid, narrower upwards, 

 several-seeded. — Celosia linearis, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. 

 Append, iii. 64, partly, not any part of Hermhstcedtia linearis, Schinz. 



Xiower Guinea. German Soutli-west Africa : Amboland ; Ondongo, Hau- 



tanen, 73 ! 



This plant is easily separated from Hermlsffsdtia linearis, Schinz, by its 3-fiil 

 style : ajjiirt from that character, the heads and perianth are different. In his later 

 diagnoses of new species Schinz rarely tells us whether the style is 2-fid or 3-fid. 



7. H. falcata, C. B, Clarke. An annual, 10 in. high, much branched 

 from the base. Leaves J-li by y^^ in. Spikes 3 by -| in,, cylindric, dense 

 (or slightly interrupted at the ba.<e). Staminal tube and anthers as of //. 

 i^chinzii . Style 3-ti d . Capsule as of //. Schinzii. — Celosia falcata, Lopriore 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 58, xxx. 5, 104, fig. 1 F, in Malpighia, xiv. 427. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; between Mossamedes and Capangamb:i, 

 Ca]}ello, 4. 



Not seen. From the full description of Lopriore, this species must be very close 

 to H. Schinzii, possibly the full form of that species; it differs in being a stouter 

 plant, with the inflorescence 3 in. long and cvlindric, instead of |- in. long and 

 ovoid. 



8. H. linearis, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenh. xxxi. 210. 

 Nearly glabrous, much branched, 1 ft. high. Leaves 1 by yV in. Spikes 

 terminal, J in. broad, long-cylindric or short-ellipsoid, continuous, not 

 dense. Perianth \ in. long, scarious; segments broad-oblong, hardly 

 acute, o-nerved on the back, pink on the back when young. Filaments 

 fertile 5, broadly oblong [i.e. combined with the 5 sterile), produced at 

 the top into two short lateral elliptic lobes, much shorter than the 

 elliptic anther between them. Style long, 2-tid. Capsule ovoid, 



