ffertnbstcedtia.] cvi. amarantacke (baker and clarke). 20 



12. H. angolensis, C. B. Clarke. Nearly glabrous ; stem 1-2 ft, 

 high. Leaves IJ by J in., oblong. Spikes terminal, J-| in. wide, 

 dense, scarious straw-coloured, cylindric or ovoid. Perianth ^ in. long; 

 segments broadly oblong, subacute, 3-nerved on the back. Staminal 

 tube divided at the top into 5 broadly ovate segments, rounded at the 

 top; on the summit of each is a minute linear filament carrying the 

 oblong anther. Style rather short (hardly half the length of the young 

 capsule), with 3 short recurved branches. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid, 

 several-seeded. — Celosia Welwitschii, Schinz in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 179^ 

 180, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. lA, 100; Hiern in Cat. Afr. 

 PI. Welw. i. 885; Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 5, 104, fig. 1 A; not 

 HermhstcecUia Welwitschii, J. G. Baker. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Huilla, 3800-5500 ft., Wehvitsch,QA^m ! 6490 



13. H. spathulsefolia, ./. G. Baker. A small, nearly glabrous^ 

 much-branched undershrub, 6-12 in. high. Leaves J by J in., obovate,. 

 obtuse. Spikes terminal, sessile, J-J in. in diam., depressed-globose, 

 scarious straw-coloured, rather dense. Perianth J in. long ; segments 

 broadly oblong, acute, 3-nerved on the back. Staminal tube divided at 

 the top into 5 broadly ovate obtuse segments, rounded at the top ; on 

 the summit of each is a linear (moderately long) filament carrj^ng the 

 elliptic anther. Style long, 3-branched. Capsule ovoid, narrowed at 

 the top, several-seeded. — Celosia spathulcefolia^ Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. 

 X. 6 ; Schinz in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 180, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. Append. 

 iii. 64; Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 5, 104, fig. 1 B. G. intermedia, 

 Schinz in Engl. Jahrb.. xxi. 179, 180, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. Append. 

 iii. 64, not of Hochst. 



dourer Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland ; Hykamkab, 

 800 ft., Marloth, 1205 ! Nees, 62. Damaralanxi ; Otjimbingue, Lindner ! Great 

 Namaqualand ; Rehoboth, Flecks 177a ! 



There may be two species here, as €. intermedia. Schinz, is larger than C. 

 -spathidcefolia, Schinz, but tliey must be very neai'ly •iillied, the staminal tube being 

 identical. 



4. DIGERA, Forsk. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 28. 



Flower 2-sexual. Perianth 4-5-fid, nearly to the base ; segments 

 oblong, membranous, erect in fruit. Stamens 5 ; filaments 5, linear, 

 without rudimentary stamens between them ; anthers 2 -celled, oblong ; 

 pollen globose, 20 jx in diam., irregularly tubercled. Ovary ellipsoid, 

 flattened ; style filiform, 2-fid ; ovule 1, erect. Nut globose, crus- 

 taceous; seed 1, subglobose ; embryo annular. — Annual; leaves 

 alternate ; flowers spicate, in clusters of 3, the middle one perfect, the 

 two lateral rudimentary. Bract 1 ; bracteoles 2, not prickly. 



Species 1 (or 2), in Tropical Africa and Asia. 



1. D. arvensis, Forsk, Fl. jEgypt.-Arah. cvi. and 65. An annual, 

 8-20 in. high, branched from the base, usually nearly glabrous, some- 



