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ACROCEPHALUS ($ Holochili) сниихрехзтз, 5. Moore, sp. nov. 
Herbaceus, perennis, eaule stricto sursum ramoso fere omnimodo folioso 
griseo-pubescente dein puberulo, foliis anguste oblongo- vel lineari-lanceolatis 
basi apiceque obtusis sessilibus brevissimeve petiolatis margine integris vel sub- 
evanide denticulatis firme membranaceis pagina superiore fere glabris inferiore 
pilis strigillosis appressis precipue ad costas eostulasque onustis foliis summis 
in bracteas transeuntibus apicem versus sepissime coloratis, capitulis parvis 
globosis pedunculis pubescentibus insidentibus in eymas breves oligocephales 
aulem ramulosque summos coronantes dispositis, bracteis late ovatis sursum 
attenuatis apice obtusiusculis extus breviter appresse strigillosis sursum 
cyaneis, calycis tubo hirsuto labio postico subrotundo quam antieum leviter 
retusum manifeste latiore, согоПа tubo ealycem excedente dimidio superiore 
ampliato labii postici lobo intermedio obovato bifido lobis lateralibus oblongis 
obtusis lobis antico ovato-oblongo obtuso postieum equante, stylo sat longe 
exserto crassiusculo. 
Hab. Near Chirinda and near the source of the Hargwe river, Jihu ; in fl. 
April, May ; nn. 313, 379, 501. 
Folia solemniter 3-5 em. long., 6-13 mm. lat., summa in bracteas trans- 
euntia +8 mm. long. Bractew exteriores +7 mm. long., interiores circa 
9 mm. long., basi 4 mm, lat. Flores albi, atropurpureotineti. Calycis tubus 
0-75 mm. long.; labium anticum 0*8 mm., posticum 1 mm. long. Corolle 
tubus Z2 em. ex calyce eminens, inferne 0*6 mm., superne 1:25 mm. lat. ; 
labii postici lobi laterales 1°5 mm. long., lobus intermedius 1°8х L5 mm.; 
labium anticum 1:8 mm, long. Stylus 6:5 mm. long., stigmatis rami 0*2 mm. 
This looks much like A, minor, Briq., which has green bracts, a smaller 
calyx and corolla and a different lower lip. 
ACROCEPHALUS ($ Holochili) picruratus, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Suffrutex, caule gracili dissite folioso hispidulo-piloso, foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis raro lanceolato-ovatis acutis basin versus integris et in petiolum 
manifestum coartatis alibi serrulato-crenulatis rarius serrato-crenatis mem- 
branaceis utrobique pilis sparsis strigillosis appressis onustis, capitulis parvis 
globosis ad apicem ramulorum corymbum brevem tricephalum referentibus, 
bracteis exterioribus sepe elongatis lineari-lanceolatis acutis margine crenu- 
latis subintegrisve appresse strigilloso-puberulis basi albis nonnunquam dilu- 
tissime czeruleis ceterum viridibus, bracteis interioribus flores amplectantibus 
ovato-rotundatis acutis, calycis florescentis hirsutulo-pilosi labiis integris 
rotundatis postico quam anticum plane longiore, corolle tubo calycem 
excedente superne gradatim dilatato labii postici trilobi lobis ovatis lateralibus 
obtusis intermedio integro obtusissimo, labio antico ovato-oblongo quam 
posticum longiore. 
Hab, Common in good soil near Chirinda ; n. 257. 
Folia solemniter 6-8 em, long., 177—2 em. lat, (raro 2:5 em.), in sicco viridia, 
