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533. i poteke bci sac Baker [Amarantacee ] ; 
eiua. Schinz, a accedit ; recedit floribus majoribus Tries 
stam niferis ueste tricuspi idatis 
Herba perennis glabra. Caules ERP virides. Folia sparsa, 
sessilia, linearia, 1-2 poll. longa. Spicæ densæ, simplices, 1—4 poll. 
long: ; ocam ovate vel ovato-lanceolatæ, perianthio valde 
breviores. Perianthium niveum, 3 lin. decere e prey 
Welwitsch, 6502. ee E of  Mossamedes, 
534. Sericocoma Welwitschii, Baker eI ovario 
oblongo haud cornuto, foliis oblongis membrana 
Herba perennis. Ramuli oppositi, oe Folia breviter 
petiolata, aad Im 12-18 lin. longa, utrinque pilosa 
Glomeruli axillar in paniculam oblongam terminalem 
aggregati ; rrei dem pinosi, straminei; bractez ovate, 
perianthio valde br es. Perianthium 2 lin ongum, basi 
lanosum, segmentis rigidis lanceolatis viridibus albo-marginatis. 
Staminodia quadrata. Ovarium oblongum; stylus elongatus, 
mn cmd itato 
UESE WEST AFRICA.  Provi 
Welwitsch 6501. rovince of  Mossamedes, 
535. Cyathula Mannii, Baker [Amarantacez] ; ad C. cylindricam, 
Moq., et C. schimperianam, Moq., arcte accedit 
Herba perennis, ramosa, 6-10 pedalis. Ramuli sursum pilis 
reflexis vestiti. olia pue peime ovata vel oblonga, acuta, 
utrinque dense pilosa, inferi 2-3 poll. longa. Glomeruli in 
thium album, 2 lin. longum, segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis pilosis. 
TROPICAL AFRICA. Cameroon mountains, alt. 7000 ft., and 
ernando Po, alt. 10000 ft., Mann ; Ruwenzori, alt. 6000-8000 ft., 
Scott Elliot, T102. 
l believe this to be distinct from both the above-mentioned 
nearly allied eastern species. 
536. T i ema gl dea Baker [Amarantacee]; ad C. globuli- 
feram, Moq., a 
Herba perennis. Soe dense pilosi. Folia breviter petiolata, 
oblon acuta, utrinque dense pilosa. Glomeruli in capitula 
globosa 1 poll. diam. aggregati ; capitula 10-15, i in paniculas spicatas 
terminales disposita ; ; bractee ovate, scariose, al oribus 
breviores. Perianthium album, 3 lin. longum, segmentis lanceolatis 
acuminatis scariosis. Spine hamate, perianthio equilonge. 
BRITISH EAST AFRICA. Kapti plateau, Masai-land, alt. 5000- 
6000 ft., Joseph Thomson. 
