Philoxerus.] pvi. amarantace^ (baker and clark^). 75. 



1. P. vermiculatuSy E. Br, Prodr. 416 in obs. A prostrate 

 branched rooting succulent nearly glabrous herb ; ^ branches often 

 thickened just below the nodes. Leaves 1-2 by ^-^ in., linear or linear- 

 oblong, long-tapering to the base, scarcely petioled. Spikes globose, 

 ^ in. in diam., and oblong, 1 by ^-| in., nearly always terminal sessile, 

 i.e. with 2 green floral leaves close under each ; bracteoles J in. long, 

 keeled. Perianth-segments i in. long, acute, very sparsely hairy, 

 except near the base. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 897. P. ver- 

 micularis, Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. ijb, 1. 1)8. P. ayyregatus, H. B. <fe K. Nov. 

 Gen. et 8p. ii. 203. lUecebrwni vei^niiculatuTn, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. ii. 300. 

 Iresine vermiculaHs, Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 340; Hook. Niger 

 Fl. 494; Schinz in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. lA, 117. I. 

 aggregata, Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 340. /. portulacoidee, 

 Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 341 ; Schlechter, Westafr. Kautsch, 

 Exped. 287. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Sieher, 7 ! Ferrottet, 482 ! Roger ! Brunner ! 

 DiJllinger, 59! Gambia, Don! Sierra Leone, Smeathmann ! Morson ! Gold 

 Coast : coast at Accra, JSrown, 376 ! 422 ! Sekondi, Jo/inson, 977! French Sudan : 

 at Niayes, CAeraZier, 3448 ! Togo, Warnecke,50 I Southern Nigeria : Brass, Barter, 

 1874! Nun River, Vogel, 59! Cameroons: beach near liatanga. Bates, 115! 



Koixrer Guinea. Loango, Soj/anx, 152! Corisco Island, Mann, 1859! 

 Angola: Loando, JFe/auY^cA, 6538b ! 6554! Mossamedes, ^e/wtY^r.^, 6506 ! 6506b ! 

 6507! 



A coast plant, found also on the coast of the hotter parts of America. 



24. GOMPHRENA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Cen. PI. iii. 40. 



Perfect flower between 2 bracteoles; perianth-segments elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acute, woolly on the back. Staminal tube J in. long, divided 

 only near the contracted top ; anthers 1-celled. Ovary ovoid ; style 

 2-branched ; ovule on a basal funicle. Utricle ovoid, compressed ; seed 

 lenticular ; embryo curled. — L'teaves opposite. Spikes dense, terminal. 



Si)ecies 90, in warm countries, especially in South America. 



1. G. globosa, Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 224, ed. ii. 326. A hairy, erect, 

 branched annual, 3 ft. high. Leaves 2-4 by | in., oblong, short petioled. 

 Spikes § in. in diam., subglobose, often pink or yellow, terminal, often 

 supported by 1 or 2 green floral leaves. Bracteoles ^^ in. long, lanceo- 

 late, woolly, keeled (sometimes crested) on the back. Perianth i in. 

 long ; segments mucronate. Ovary glabrous ; style linear, longer than 

 the ovary ; the two branches at equal height with the anthers. — Moquin 

 in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 400 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 732 ; Schinz in 

 Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. lA. 117, and 93, fig. 4G, C, and 04, 

 fig. 47, F, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Append, ii. 1G5, in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 C. 174. 



TTpper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: shore at the mouth of the Kiver Brass, 

 Barter, 116 ! Old Calabar, Holland, 121 ! Cross River, Holland, 251 ! 

 JTlle Iiand. Uganda : Wakoli, in Busoga, Scott-Elliot^ 7207 ! 

 A native of South America; cultivated, and a weed in the Old World. 



