Chenopodlum.] cvii. ciienopodiace.e (baker and clarke). 79 



Koch, Syn. Deutsch. Fl. ed. o, iii. 2208; 0. Kuntze in Jahrb. Kbnigl. 

 Bot. Gart. Berlin, iv. 27 o. 



wile Iiand. Nuhia : coast region, Bent! Berber, Schiveinfurtk, 706! 

 Abyssinia: Adovva, Quart in- Dillon cf" Petit, 315! liegeniedcr, Sckimper, 3,57! 

 Ankober, Soth ! Soinaliljuul, 5000 ft., Hildehrandt, 1452 ! Kbartoum, Kotsrhy^ 

 315! Mififi Edith Cole! Uganda: Kiim\)^\i\, Scott-Elliot, 7302! British East 

 Africa: Kibosi, Poioell, 9! Gilgil River, 6000-7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6571 ! 



Ko-wer Guinea. Angola: Loanda, WelwitficJi, 6309! Gardens near the 

 Bengo River, Welwitsch, 6310! Mubango, Welivitsch, 6312. Hererohmd, Rau- 

 tanen, 138 ! Pechuel Loetsche. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., t/oA«*^o« .' 



4. C. ambrosioides, Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 219, and ed. ii. 320. 

 Suberect, 2 ft. high, nearly glabrous. Leaves short-petioled, 1-3 in. 

 long, oblong, narrowed at either end, sinuate-toothed or nearly entire ; 

 said to be "gland-punctate beneath." Inflorescence running into a 

 copious terminal panicle ; ultimate branches straight, often 1-2 in. long, 

 hairy under a ^-in. glass, nearly leafless or with numerous oblong leaves 

 J-J in. long. Perianth very small, glabrous or obscurely verrucose 

 (neither mealy nor hairy). Ovary in the upper part scabrid or with 

 large glands ; style-branches 3, short, or 2 with a smaller branch. Nut 

 horizontal, with the 5 lobes of the perianth folded over it, or not rarely 

 vertical. Embryo in the seed almost completely surrounding the albu- 

 men. — Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 72 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 904 ; 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 171 ; Volk. in Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 

 lA, r,l, fig. 25, K-Q; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 898; W. D. J. 

 Koch, Syn. Deutsch. Fl. ed. 3, iii. 2209. 



Iiower Guinea. Lower Congo: Lutete, 1500-2000 it., Bens, A, 318 ! Princes 

 \s\a,m\, Welivitsch, iS'ilQ. Angola: Loanda, Welwitsch ^ Q^lA-\ Golnngo Alto, Wel- 

 witsch, 6315D. Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 6315. Mossainedes, Welwitsch, 6313. 



ACozamb. Bist. Zambezi Expedition, without locality, Kirk ! 



A widely spread weed, except in cold countries, 



5. C. Botrys, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 219, and ed. ii. 320. Stem 

 erect, 1-2 ft. high, pubescent in the upper part. Leaves of middle 

 stem : — blade 1-3 in. long, broadly elliptic, pinnatifid about half-way 

 to the midrib, pubescent on the midrib beneath ; petiole J-1 in. long. 

 Inflorescence copious, dense, forming oblong leafless panicles, often 

 10 by 2-3 in. ; ultimate branchlets short, slender, minutely papillose 

 and glandular, divaricate and zigzag. Perianth-segments elliptic- 

 triangular, with stalked glands on the back, without meal or hairs, 

 8uberect on the ripe fruit. Ovary without glands ; style-branches 2. 

 Embryo forming § of a circle round the albumen. — Moquin in DC. Prodr. 

 xiii. ii. 75 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 903 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 171 ; Volk. 

 in Engl, ct Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. lA, 01, fig. 25, J; Schinz in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. v. Append, iii. 59 ; W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Deutsch. Fl. ed. 3, 

 iii. 2209. 



wile Ziand. Abyssinia: Begemeder, Schimjfer, 723! Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 

 7505! liritish East Africa: near Nairobi, Whyte ! (iilgil River, 6000-7000 ft., 

 Scott-Elliot, 6665 ! Lake Ehneteita, 6000-7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 662-1 1 



