68 cvi. AMARANTACE^ (baker AND CLARKE). [Pandiaka, 



Vpper Guinea. Togo, WarnecJce, 470! Dahomey, Burton! Southern 

 Njj^eria: Abeokuta, Irving! interior of Western Lagos, Rowland! Pandiaki 

 YWhicrc, AnseJl ! ktU\i [UiU), Vogel ! Stirlinnr, 7'o^e/, 138b ! Abatlau Awurabe, 

 Foster, 320 ! Nortliern Nigeria : Nupe, Barter, 941- ! 



2. P. raxnulosa, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. i. 894. Branches 

 slender, numerous, pubescent. Leaves opposite, subsessile, 1 to 1 J by 

 \-\ in., oval-oblong, cuspidate, base cuneate. Spikes ovoid-globose, J 

 to § by \-\ in. Perianth J- 1^ in., segments lanceolate-oblong, hairy 

 on the back, glabrate at the tip ; bracteoles as long as the perianth, 

 subulate, acuminate. Staminodes oblong, truncate-crenulate at the 

 top. Ovary glabrous. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in rough places near Mumpixlla, TFi?/wi<*cA, 

 6498. 



3. P. lanceolata, C. P. CI. Branches 6-8-ribbed, obscurely 

 tomentose between the ribs. Leaves opposite, 1-1 J by J— i in., oblong, 

 narrowed at the base, hardly petiolate, minutely and obscurely grey- 

 (or white-) pubescent. Spikes ovoid-globose, i by A-f in. Perianth 

 i in. long ; segments lanceolate, acute, shortly hairy on the back. 

 Staminodes quadrate, emarginate. Ovary glabrous. — Cyathula lanceo- 

 lata, Schinz in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 1.^8, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. Append, 

 iii. Gf), in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 17:5. 



Xiower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Amboland, Rantanen ; Herero- 

 land, Hoepfner, 91. 



Mozamb. Slst. Geniian Ei\st Mv\ca, Fischer, 25G ! 561. 



4. P. cylindrica, Hook. f. in Penth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. e>0. 

 A hairy herb, much branched at the top. Leaves opposite, subsessile, 

 1-1|- by |- in., oblong, attenuate at the base. Spikes H by \ in., 

 straw-coloured ; bracteoles usually exceeding the perianth, having a long 

 white mucro adorned with some very long white hairs. Perianth |- in. 

 long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, subacute, with much short white 

 hair on the back. Staminodes quadrate, hairy, especially with long 

 hairs at the top. Ovary truncate. — Achyranthes eleyantissima, Schinz 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 18(J. 



Srile Iiand. Bahr el Ghazal : between Limbo' .s and Abn Shakka's, Broivn^ 

 58! .lur: Majob, SchtveinfuriJi, 1542! 



f). P. Heudelotii, Hook. f. in Penth. et Ilook.f. Gen. PL iii. 8(.i. 

 A long-branched hairy herb, 2 or 3 ft. high. Leaves opposite, sessile, 

 2-3 by \-\ in., linear or narrow-oblong. Spikes 1 by | in., green- 

 white, ultimately straw-coloured ; bracteoles about |- the length of the 

 perianth, elliptic, with a short lanceolate point. Perianth J- in. long ; 

 segments oblong, long-linear at the top, with many hairs on the back, 

 the linear point pale-brown, glabrate. Staminodes quadrate, glabrous, 

 or very nearly so. Ovary truncate. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 

 894 ; Durand k Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 234. Achyranthes Heudelotii, 

 Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 310 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 41)3. 



