Petalidium.| XCVII, ACANTHACEE (CLARKE), 89 
to 1? by ? in., obovate-oblong, obtuse with minute mucro, base tapering ; 
petiole 0-1 in. long. Flowers few, loosely approximate or solitary 
on the upper part of the branches; ‘“ yellow and chocolate” (Lugard) ; 
bracteoles } by Lin. Calyx } in. long; two anticous segments connate 
{ their length. Corolla yellow; tube more than } in. long; slightly 
funnel-shaped at the top. Filaments sparsely hairy; anthers at the 
base mucronate, hardly tailed.—Psewdobarleria latifolia, Schinz in 
Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. 197. 
Lower Guinea. German South West Africa: Amboland; Oshando, Schinz, 
88! Dammaraland, Een / 
Mozamb. Dist. British Centra) Africa: Ngamiland, Kwebe, Lugard, 121! 
_ 2. P. englerianum, (. B. Clarke. Low shrub, covered densely 
with stellate hairs which disappear from the older parts. Leaves up to 
i} by } in., obovate-oblong, obtuse, with minute mucro, base tapering ; 
petiole 0-4 in. long. Flowers 3-7 in loose short spikes near the middle 
of a branch; bracteoles 2 by 4 in. Calyx } in. long; 2 anticous 
Segments connate 4 their length. Corolla-tube 2 in. long. Capsule 
more than } in. long.—Pseudobarleria engleriana, Schinz in. Verhandl. 
Bot. Ver, Brandenb. xxxi. 197. 
Pa Lower Guinea. German South West Africa: Hereroland; Omapiu, Schinz, 
This looks as if it might bea small example of P. latifolium ; but the bracteoles are 
much smaller. 
3, P. physaloides, 8. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 225, 228, t. 212, 
hg. - Innovations densely tomentose with white stellate hairs which soon 
isappear ; branches erect, quadrangular, rather slender. Leaves up 
to 2 by 1 in., narrowed at both ends, glabrous when mature, tip acutely 
triangular ; petiole 0-} in. long. Flowers solitary or 2 approximated 
towards the upper part of the branches; bracteoles } by hin, veined, 
stellate hairs more or less persistent. Calyx } in. long; two anticous 
Segments connate 3 their length. Corolla orange-red (S. Moore) ; tube 
In. long, slightly widened at the top, Filaments (free portion) nearly 
glabrous, Capsule exceeding } in. long, often 2-seeded. — Pseudo- 
seria Physaloides, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes, Welwitsch, 5000 ! 
4. P. Welwitschii, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 227, 228, t. 212, 
fg. 1 Procumbent shrub, innovations densely tomentose with white 
bs late hairs which soon disappear more or less. Leaves up to 1} by Lin., 
1p obtuse triangular, base suddenly narrowed ; petiole 4-4 in. long. 
°Wers 3-12 in loose axillary compound spikes, interspersed with 
Many barren branchlets 2-3 in. long carrying distant linear-oblong 
bracts 4} in.; bracteoles } by } in. Calyx } in. long; two anticons 
Lements connate more than # their length. Corolla blue (S. Moore) ; 
ube Zin. long, inflated in the upper }. Filaments glabrous excep 
near the base; anthers minutely tailed. Capsule } in. long or more, 
