28 cvi. AMARAKTACE^ (baker AND CLARKE). [Hermbstcecltta, 



narrowed at the top, several-seeded. — Celosia linearis, Schinz in Engl. 

 «fe Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. lA, 99, fig. 51 D, and 100, in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xxi. 180, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1 ser. v. Append, iii. 64 partly ; Lopr. 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 5, 104, fig. 1 E. 



lower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Ainboland ; Upinfftonia, Schinz, 1 



Dr. Schinz united this with H. Schinzii. 



9. H. longistyla, C. B. Clarhe. Nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 1-1 J by i in., narrowly elliptic. Spikes several, terminal one 1|- by 

 I in., dense, lateral ovoid. Perianth ^ in. long; segments narrowly 

 elliptic, hardly acute, pink on the back. Filaments 5 (apparently), 

 oblong, slightly widened at the top with a very small lateral process on 

 each side ; anther large, oblong, subsessile between the two processes. 

 Style \-\ in. long, four times as long as the ovary, 3-branched at the 

 tip. 



l^ower Guinea. Daminaralaud ; Een 1 



10. H. scabra, Schinz hi Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Branchnb. xxxi. 209. 

 Stem 2 ft high, almost shrubby, laxly and thinly hairy. Leaves 

 \\-'2 by \-\ in., oblong or narrowly elliptic, obscurely and laxly hairy. 

 Spikes terminal, 2 by J in., continuous but not dense. Perianth ^ in. 

 long or rather longer, scarious white ; segments broadly oblong, hardly 

 acute, 3-nerved on the back, sometimes pink on the back when young. 

 Filaments fertile 5, broad-oblong ; the apparent filament prolonged at 

 the top into two processes shorter than the intermediate oblong anther, 

 often unequal or very small. Style very long, much exserted from the 

 perianth, ^tl-tid. Capsule small ovoid, narrowed at the top, few-seeded. 

 — Celosia scabra, Schinz in Engl. <fe Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. lA, 100, 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 180, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. Append, iii. til ; 

 Lopr. in Eogl. Jahrb. xxx. 5, 104, fig. 1 C. 



lower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Amboland; Olukonda, iScAi«r, 

 3 ! Rautanen, 74 ! 52. 



Mozamb. Dlst. Xgamiland : Kwehe Yi'xWs ^Lttgard, 151 ! Mrs. ^.ugard, 196 ! 



Schinz (in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2 ser. iv. 8 (4-4) in obs.) says this species is of 

 subgenus Fs€udo-Hermbsfcsdiia,hci:&n&c the filaments are not lobed at the top. The 

 lobes are shorter than tl»e aiitlier ; but the oblong " filaments " widened at tlie 

 top (not broad-ovate, as in Pseudo-Hennhstaedtia) place this species in the subgenus 

 Oomphro-HermhstcBdtia, 



11. H. Fleckii. Annual. Leaves 1 J by ^ in., obtuse, pubescent 

 when young, soon glabrate. Spikes cylindric, interrupted at the base. 

 Perianth -segments i in. long, acute, when young rose-coloured on the 

 back. Filaments not lobed at the top. Style-branches not described. 

 Allied to C. scabra, Schinz, but much less hairy. — Celosia Fleckii^ 

 Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2 ser. iii. 8 (44). 



Ziower Guinea. Great Namaqualand : Ilehoboth, Fleck, 35, 939. 

 Not seen. Schinz puts this in the subgenus Pseudo-Hermlstcedtia, because he 

 considers Celosia scabra to be of the same subgenus. 



