64 XCVII, ACANTHACEH (CLARKE). [ Acanthopale. 
from the base. Filaments glabrous; anther-cells glabrous, rounded at 
the base. Style hairy, with one linear-oblong branch ; cells of the ovary 
2-ovulate.—Strobilanthes sp. nova, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 
Bot. ii, 345. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 6000-7000 ft., Johnston, 
12! 
4. A. albosetulosa, (. 2. Clarke. Innovations and bracts with 
white bristly hairs. Leaves up to 54 by 1 in. (only upper seen) long, 
tapering at the base, nearly glabrate; cystoliths small, prominent on 
both surfaces; petiole 1-14 in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary, those 
near the end of branchlets approximate; bract } by + in., spathulate- 
obovate ; bracteoles } in. long, linear-oblong, slightly widened at the top. 
Sepals 5, 14 in. long, subequal, linear-lanceolate, minutely scabrous. 
Corolla 14 in. long ; tube funnel-shaped nearly from the base. Filaments 
glabrous; anther-cells glabrous, rounded at the base, slightly glandular 
on the back. Style hairy, with one linear-oblong branch; ovary 
glabrous ; ovules 2 in each cell. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Masuku Plateau, 6500- 
7000 ft., Whyte! 
5. A. pubescens, (. B. Clarke. Branches, leaves on both surfaces, 
and inflorescence hairy. Leaves 3 by 1 in., entire acuminate, decurrent 
at the base; petiole }-1 in. long. Flowers 1-3 on small axillary 
branches, with reduced floral leaves (or bracts) $1 in. long, spathulate. 
Calyx } in. long, divided to the base ; sepals equal, very narrowly oblong, 
hairy. Corolla-tube 1 in. long, widely funnel-shaped from the base; 
mouth subequally 5-lobed. Stamens 4; anthers similar, 2-celled ; cells 
parallel, oblong, muticous ; pollen strongly echinate ; filaments slightly 
hairy. Style hairy; stigma of one branch.—Dischistocalyx pubescens, 
Lindau ex Engl. in Gétzen, Durch Africa, Sonderabdr. 9. 
South Central. Congo Free State: in forest on Kirunga Volcano, north of 
Lake Kivu, 8000 ft., Gétzen, 58 ! 
Strobilanthes madagascariensis, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 220, is very 
close to (if not identical with) this. 
6. A.confertiflora, (. B. Clarke. Thinly hairy. Leaves up to 9 
by 4 in., suddenly narrowed at both ends, acuminate, obscurely crenulate; 
petiole 1 in. long. Heads of flowers 1-14 in. in diam., subglobose, 
axillary and on short axillary branches; bract % in. long, obovate F 
bracteoles 4 in. long, oblong. Calyx } in. long; segments lineat- 
lanceolate, hairy. Corolla-tube 3 in. long, funnel-shaped nearly from 
the base. Filaments glabrous; anther-cells glabrous, rounded at the 
base. Style hairy.—Dischistocalyx confertiflorus, Lindau in Engl. J abrb. 
xx. 13, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. iv. 3B. 307, and in Engl. Pe. 
Ost-Afr. C. 368. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Upper Ituri River, 3400 ft., Stuhlmann, 2687 
Mozamb. Dist. Nyasaland, Buchanan, 22! 
7. A. Buchholzii, C.B. Clarke. Shrub. Leaves up to 8 by 24 iD, 
acute at either end, crenulate, nearly glabrous; petiole 4-14 in. long: 
