AchyranthesJ] cvi. amarantace^ (baker and clarke). 65 



2-3 in. long, elliptic, narrowed at either end. Fruiting spikes up to 

 12 by J in., dense to the base, white; bracteoles about J as long as 

 the perianth, similar to its segments. Perianth ^ in. long ; segments 

 copiously white-woolly on the back, with long entwined (not straight) 

 very fine hairs, lanceolate, with a very short hard glabrous mucro. 

 Staminodes oblong, copiously fimbriate at the top. Ovary obovoid, 

 glabrous; style linear; stigma small. Fruiting perianths deflexed^ 

 pointing vertically downwards. — Schinz in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 174. 



Xrile ]Land. TJganda : UnyorOj StuJilmann, 335 ! 



In the hairy, densely-placed white perianths and the uninterrupted linear spikes- 

 this species resembles PandiaJca ; but the leaves are distinctly petiolate. 



Iiri'perfecily known species, 



5. A. pedicellata, Lopr. in Engl. Jahrh. xxvii. 56. A very hairy 

 undershrub, 16 in. high. Leaves opposite, sessile, 1 by J in., obovate. 

 Spikes |-1J in. long; flowers manifestly pedicellate. Flowers \ in. 

 long ; perianth-segments hairy on the back ; bracteoles \ in. long, hairy. 

 Staminodes short quadrate, fimbriate. Ovary obconoid ; style longish. — 

 Lopr. in Malpighia, xiv. 433. 



Mozamb. Slst. German East Africa : Kimoani Plateau , in Bukoba district^ 

 6000 ft., Stuhlmann, 3390. 



The above copied from Jaopriore, who says nothing of deflexed fruit-perianths. 

 From the sessile leaves, and perianth-segments hairy on the back, the plant would 

 appear to be a PandiaJca. 



6. A. rubrolutea, Lopr. in Engl. Jahrh. xxvii. 57. A hairy 

 annual. Leaves opposite, sessile, 1 by J in., oblong-ianceolate, acute. 

 Spikes terminal, 1 by J in., dense (smaller axillary spikes added), ovate, 

 acuminate, red-yellow. Perianth-segments elliptic-lanceolate, long- 

 attenuate, scabrid, hairy. Bract and bracteoles similar, elliptic- 

 lanceolate. Staminodes short, broad, hairy. Ovary obovoid ; style 

 long ; stigma capitate. — Lopr. in Malpighia, xiv. 432. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Lualaba River, Descamps. 



7. A. nodosa, Vahl ex Schumach. Beskr. Guin. PI. 139. Stems 

 flexuose or scandent, jointed, the joints thickened-nodose. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, ahaggy, somewhat scabrid. Heads terminal, in- 

 volucrate. Branches nodose. — Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 317; 

 Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 493. 



Upper Guinea. Dahomey : Whydah, Isert. 

 Bentham, I.e., supposes this was a species of Fandiaka. 



8. A. viridis, Loj^r. in Engl. Jahrh. xxvii. 55. A herb, branched 

 from the base. Branches striate, angular, suberect, sparingly bristly 

 hairy. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, adpressedly hairy on both 

 surfaces, base cuneate, tip obtuse. Intiorescence terminal, short, simply 

 spicate, the rhachis densely hairy ; bracts ovate, hyaline, bristle-pointed ; 



