60 cvi, AMARANTACE^ (baker AND clarke). [PsUotrichum. 



8-7-flowered ; each perfect flower \ in. long, supported by two rudi- 

 mentary. Filaments linear, shortly connate at the base. Ovary shortly 

 turbinate ; style cylindric ; stigma bifid. — Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 

 ()(), in Malpighia, xiv. 451. 



irile ]«and. Soraaliland : Mereban, RoheccJii, 401. 



This differs from all known species of PsUotrichum by its alternate leaves. 



10. P. cordatum, Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 280. Stem 

 2-4 ft. high ; branches nearly glabrous, ending in large panicles. 

 Leaves opposite; blade 1-H in. long, ovate, hairy; base rounded or 

 somewhat cordate ; petioles hardly J in. long. Panicle 1-2 ft. long, 

 very thin, nearly bare of leaves ; branches often trichotomous, nearly 

 or quite glabrous. Spikes J-lJ in. long, very loose, with 4-12 flowers. 

 Bracteoles hardly J the length of the perianth, ovate, slightly hairy. 

 Perianth-segments J in. long, green, strongly 3-nerved, with many 

 spreading hairs. , Ovary glabrous ; style longer than ovary, linear, with 

 small stigma. — Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 183; Schinz 

 in Engl, t Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. lA, 111, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 

 Append, ii. 1G5. Psilostachys gnaphalohrya^ Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 

 Beil. 6, t. 4, Poechia^ Endl. Gen. Suppl. iv. ii. 48. Achyranthes cor- 

 data, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, Beil. G. 



irile Ztand. Nubia : coastland, Benl ! Soturba Mountains, Schiveinfurth, 

 642, 643 ! Eritrea : VHrious localities, Schweivfurth, 65, 190, 3681. Biitisb Somali- 

 land, Mrs. Lort Phillips I 



Also in Arabia. 



11. P. Kirkii, C. B. CI. Leaves (imperfectly preserved) much as 

 of P, cordatum, Moquin. Panicle 1-2 ft. long or more, glabrate, with 

 a central rhachis and numerous suberect lateral branches, which again 

 are divided repeatedly dichotomously. Ultimate branches and the 

 small spikes nearly glabrous. Bracteoles hardly J the length of the 

 perianth, nearly glabrous. Perianth in fruit hardly J in. long, strongly 

 ribbed, glabrous or obscurely gland-puberulous between the ribs, more 

 ovoid than that of P. cordatum, Moquin, and the seed less flattened.-— 

 Psilostachys Kirkii, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 279. 



Xrile ]Land. Britisb East Africa: Sabaki River, near Malindi, Kirk! 



12. P. axillare, C. B. CI. Branches 1-2 ft. long, ending in silky 

 leaves, tips very hairy. Leaves opposite; blade 1-1 4 in. long, ovate, 

 acuminate, hairy, base rounded ; petiole \-\ in. long. Panicles 2-8 in. 

 long, axillary, subtrichotomous, the ultimate branches with some long 

 slender several-celled hairs. Bracteoles J the length of the perianth, 

 ovate, hairy. Perianth y^^y in. long; segments hispid, with spreading 

 hairs, at least on the upper half. — P. cordatum^ Schinz in Engl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. 0. 173. 



xrile Ziand. Britisb East Africa: Mombasa, Hildebrandt , 1985 ! 

 Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Usauibara : Tanga, Volkens, 177 



