280 
, 
centia. Panicula ampla, us ramis ascendentibu us, ramulis capil- 
laribus flexuosis, spicis paucifloris. Perianthium viride, pilosum, 
1j lin. longum, vi inea exterioribus oblongo-lanceolatis rigidis 
dorso Nancie: triner 
ica EAST mie Sabaki River, Melinda, near Mombasa, 
542, aa breviflora, Baker [Amarantaceæ] ; ad A. ob- 
lanceolatam, Schinz, et A. Carsoni, Baker, magis accedit. 
a perennis. Oua les graciles, virgati, glabri, albidi, viridi- 
striati, angulati. Folia petiolata, linearia, integra, glabra , ad basin 
attenuata. Spice dense, primum oblonge, demum cylindrice, 
ae 
z lin. longs; bracteole ovate, ascendentes, perianthio duplo 
breviores. Perianthii segmenta rigida, lanceolata, glabra, 2 lin. 
edio "viridia, marginibus lide rubra. Stamina 
peranthio paulo breviora. Ovarium ovoideum ; stylus elongatus. 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. Between Kondowe and Karonga, 
alt. 2000—6000 ft., Whyte. 
543. Achyranthes — Baker [ Amarantacez]; ad A. oblanceo- 
latam, Schinz, arcte a Mrs 
Herba perennis, pedali Caules simplices vel furcati, erecti 
ad nodos solum pilo odi “Fo lia paucijuga, sessilia, lanceolata 
vel oblanceolata, subcoriacea, viridia, glabra, centralia 1—2 poll. 
longa 3—4 lin. lata. ad cd ag aH pare terminales, longe 
pedunculate, 1-3 poll. longs, floribus inferioribus patulis haud 
reflexis ; bractez E vds acute, albe. Perianthium album, 
glabrum, 3 lin. longum, segmentis rigidis lanceolatis, carina 
distincte trinervata. Stamina perianthio "multo breviora. St; ylus 
—À stigmate capitato. 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFR Fwam wE Lake Tanganyika, 
alt. 5000-6000 ft., Carson (1893 collection), 8 
4. Polygonum (Persicaria) nyikense, Baker [Polygonacesm]; 
ad F Poir. etii, Meissn., accedit ; recedit spicis cylindricis, in pani- 
culam brevem agg BRA i 
Caulis: ramosus, modice robustus, glaber. ifa "ED nde 
3-4 por. longa, utrinque setis sparsis appressis vestita ; oc 
poll. 
Setar t brevem rica i Bilotei superiores gla ræ, 
inferi ores margine setis ciliate. Perianthium 1} lin. longum, 
secre oblongis rubro-viridibus haud glanduloso- pani 
Nu ux lenticularis, orbicularis, castaneus, nitidus ; styli 2. 
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. Nyika mountains, 4000-6000 ft., 
Whyte. 
545. Pilea floribunda, Baker [Urticaceæ-Urticeæ] ; ; a speciebus 
omnibus africanis facile distinguitur foliis magnis breviter petio- 
latis cymis in paniculam laxam dispositis 
