Phaylopsis. } XCVIII, ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). 87 
identical with the example of P. ¢ogoensis communicated by Lindau, Barter 913 has 
very large leaves (not scabrous), and is like Schweinfurth’s 2520, which has leaves up 
to 7 in. long, 
11. P, lankesterioides, (. 2. Clarke. Leaves 14 by 2 in., hairy ; 
petiole 4 in. long. Inflorescences 2 by 1} in., dense, substrobilate ; 
bracts 3~2 in, in diam., orbicular. Two anticous calyx-segments, } in. 
long, linear, not widened upwards. Corolla pale-red; tube 4—1 in. 
long, linear, not inflated at the top.— Micranthus lankesterioides, Lindau 
in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 9, and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 298, 
fig. 120, G-H. Phaulopsis lankesterioides, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. zu ii—iv. 305. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, Buchner, 156! Katete Berg, Buchner, 
12. P. glandulosa, C. B. Clarke. Branches slender, woody. 
Leaves up to 13 by } in., lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, subsessile, 
when mature very thinly hairy. Spikes 1-2 by 1 in., rather dense, 
hairy; bracts ? in. long, narrow-elliptic ; bracteoles 0. Posticous calyx- 
segment } by ,', in., other 4 segments subequal, } in. long, linear, 
pubescent. Corolla-tube exceeding 1 in. in length, linear to the top; 
lobes 5, obovate, 4 in. long. Stamens 4, subsimilar ; anthers exserted, 
short, ovate, microscopically pointed at the base; pollen ellipsoid, 
trigonous, longitudinally ribbed. Style hairy, branches one short and 
ear-oblong, the other suppressed.— Micranthus glandulosus, Lindau in 
gl. Jahrb. xxii. 115. 
Lower Guinea, Angola: Huilla; Chella Mountains, Johnston! Antunes, 117! 
24. PETALIDIUM, Nees ; Benth et. Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 1081. 
a . e 1 
Calyx small; segments lanceolate or linear, 2 anticous connate } 
their length or (in most African species nearly to the tip. Corolla 
small (or in P, canine 1 in. long) ie straight or curved, dilated 
in the upper half or only funnel-shaped at the very top; segments 5, 
contorted in bud, nearly equal (or in P. variabile unequal), two-lipped 
yr not. Stamens 4, subsimilar; filaments nearly glabrous except at the 
> anther-cells parallel, subequal, base short-tailed apiculate or 
muticous ; pollen ellipsoid, longitudinally few ribbed, stopples 8, with 
(nearly always) 1 tubercle above and below each stopple. Style 
thinly hairy ; stigmatic arms linear-oblong, subequal or unequal, rarely 
one obsolete, Ovary with 2 ovules in each cell, glabrous. Capsule 
small, commonly } in. long, sessile, ovate or ellipsoid, compressed, hard, 
"own, shining, woody throughout, placents with seeds rising elastically 
from the base of the capsule, Seeds 4 or more often 2, with numerous 
Y8toscopic hairs.—Small, shrubby. Leaves entire. Pedicels to flowers 
very short; inflorescence of contracted monopodial cymes, often 
uced to Single flowers, of which many branches are often sterile 
and carrying linear (often long ciliate) bracts. Bract small, narrow, 
