194 BOTANY OF THE UGANDA BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 
DxscuonrsrTE TRICHOCALYX, Lindau, in Engler, Pflanzenwelt 
Ost- Afr. C. 367. 
Below Ruchigga. Fl. & Fr. December, 503. 
Distrib. Central Lake District. 
CHÆTACANTHUS Prnsoowrr, Nees, in Linnea, xvi. (1841) 347. 
Hill near Rufáa. Fl. January, 547. 
Distrib. A South-African plant. 
BLEPHARIS CRISTATA, Sp. nov. 
B. suffruticosa,a basi ramosa ramis ascendentibus sat tenuibus 
bene foliosis pubescenti-hispidis, foliis in pseudoverticillis 
4-natis dispositis quoque in pseudoverticillo sæpissime in- 
eequalibus se. 2 minoribus lineari-lanceolatis obtuse acutis 
sessilibus margine paucispinosis rarius integris vel basin 
versus breviter lobulatis firme membranaceis utrinque pilis 
appressis strigosis munitis, floribus mediocribus in capi- 
tulis pedunculatis plurifloris dispositis, bracteis sterilibus 
inter se inequalibus anguste lineari-lanceolatis margine 
spinoso-paucidentatis, bractea fertili oblonga uua cum 
bracteolis squilongis vel subequilongis latioribus apice 
2-3-lobis spinose acuminata neenon margine rarispinosa, 
calycis pilosi lobis anticis postico equilongis late oblongis 
alte coalitis postico oblongo-ovato apice breviter 2-3- 
spinoso lobis lateralibus anguste lineari-lanceolatis quam 
reliqui parum brevioribus spinoso-acuminatis, corollis ex 
scheda cl. detectoris ceruleis limbo 3-lobo seabride 
pubescente, antheris striete uniloeularibus. 
Hab. Near the Rufüa. Fl. December, 506. 
Planta usque ad 40:0 em. alt. Folia 2:0-4'0 em. long., 
0*6-1:0 em. lat., spina abbreviata terminata; costa media 
fac. inf. valde prominens. Bracteæ steriles longiores 
2:5 x 03-04. cm., paucissime extime adusque 075 cm. lat. ; 
bractez minim: 0'5 em. long., vel paullo ultra. Bracteolæ 
12x02-025 cm.  Calyeis lobus antieus 2-nervis, 
17x05 em. hujus partes libere 0:4 cm. long.; lobus 
posticus usque ad 0:6 em.lat.; lobi laterales 1°5 x 025 em. 
Corolle in toto 2:6 em. long.; tubus ovoideus, 0°65 cm. 
long.; limbus quadrato-spathulatus, superne 1:0 em. lat. 
Stamina L'O em. long.: anther majores 05 em. long. 
Capsula . 
Distinguished inter alia by its hispid branches, relatively short 
