78 cvii. CHENOPODiACEiE (baker AND CLARKE). [Chenopodium, 



forming nearly a circle round the albumen. — Sowerby, Engl. Bot. t. 

 1723; Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 70 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 220;'8chweiDf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 183; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 901; 

 Engi. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 171 ; Volk. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1 A, 

 61 ; W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Deutsch. Fl. ed. 3, iii. 220C ; Schinz in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. v. Append, iii. 59. C. murale, ZarbinCat. Spec. Bot. Pfund, 

 34. C. Olukonche, Murrin Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, iv. 992, t. 5, fig. 8ab. 



Nile Ziand. Abyssinia: AJowa, Quartin-Dillon Sf Petit^ 332! Kordofan, 

 Kotschy,'6\ Pfund, 454-! Uganda: near Lake Victoria, Scott-Elliot, 7215! 

 British East Africa : near Nairobi, Whyte ! Taita ; Ndi Mountain, Hildebrandt, 

 2636! 



Xiower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Amboland; Olukonda, <ScAiMr, 

 467! 



A cosmopolitan weed. 



Var. viride, Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 71. Greener ; leaves less mealy, lanceo- 

 late, nearly entire, acute at the base. — W. 1). J. Koch, Syn. Deutsch. Fl. ed. 3, iii. 

 207. C. viride, Liim. Sp. PI. ed. ii. 319. C. album, T. Thorns, in Speke, Nile, 

 Ajjpend. 645; Oliver iu Trans. Linn. See. xxi.K. 140. 



Nile Xiand. Uganda: Unyoro, SpeJce Sf Grant, 609 ! 



XMEozamb. Dlst. Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique, Forbes ! 



2. C. opulifolium, Schrader in DC. Fl. Franc, v. 372. Leaves 

 mealy ; blade often |-J by \-\ in., ovate or elliptic, subquadrate, 

 entire or with few irregular lobes, mostly very obtuse at the base ; 

 otherwise as C. album, Linn. — Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 184, in 

 Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Append, ii. 156; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 901 ; 

 Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 171 ; Volk. in Engl, tfe Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 

 lA, Gl; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 897; W. D. J. Koch, Syn. 

 Deutsch. Fl. ed. 3, iii. 220IJ. C. mucronatum, Murr in Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. ser. 2, iv. 992, not of Thunb. 



lO'ile Ziand. Eritrea: various localities at 5000-7000 ft., *Sc^tuei/2/«r^^, 165, 

 705, 1181, 1349. Somaliland, Miss Edith Cole ! Uganda : Busoga, 3900 ft., Broivn, 

 282 ! British East Africa: Gilgil River, Scott-Elliot, 6661 ! 



Kower Guinea. Angola : Mossamedes, Welwitsch, 6323, 6326 ! Pungo 

 Andongo, Wehoitsch, 6324. Amboland, Hoepfner, 111, 



Mozamb. I>ist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 5000 ft., 

 Volkens, 1227 I Usambara ; Ku a Mshuza, Hoist, 8894 ! 



Also in Enro])e, the Orient, -and Arabia. 



3. C. murale, Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 21 9, avd ed. ii. 318. Spreading, 

 branching. Leaves more or less mealy ; blade 1-4 in. long, ovate- 

 oblong or ovate, acute, serrate with many teeth, not rarely doubly- 

 serrate ; inflorescence largely axillary, the terminal leafless panicle much 

 shorter than in C. album ; perianth as of C. album. — Sowerby, Engl. 

 Bot. t. 1722; Moquin iu DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 09; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 220 ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 183, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 iv. Append, ii. 157; Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 348; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 902; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 171 ; Volk. in Engl. 

 k, Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. lA, 01, fig. 27, D; Schinz in Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. v. Append, iii. 00 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. S98 ; W. D. J. 



