90 XCVIII. ACANTHACEZ (CLARKE). [ Petalidiwm. 
ovate, often 2-seeded.—Pseudobarleria Welwitschii, Lindau in Engl. & 
Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 300. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes, Welwitsch, 504! 
-5. P. halimoides, §. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 228. Procumbent 
shrub; innovations tomentose with more or less persistent stellate 
hairs. Leaves 1} in. in diam., roundish; petiole 4 in. long. Flowers 
in dense heads often in the lower part of the stems, intermixed with 
sterile branches 1 in. long, which in fruit harden into spines ; bracteoles 
} in. long, or a little more, reticulately veined. Calyx } in. long ; 
segments obtuse, 2 anticous connate ? their length. Corolla red ; tube 
4 in. long, dilated upwards. Filaments glabrous except at the base; 
anthers minutely tailed. Capsule } in. long, often 2-seeded.—P. lorantht- 
foliwm, 8. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 227, 228. Barleria halimoides, 
Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 231; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 32. 
Pseudobarleria halimoides and P. loranthifolia, Lindau in Engl. & 
Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 300. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes, Welwitsch, 4997! and without precise 
locality, Curror ! 
6. P, lanatum, C. B. Clarke. Densely woolly with white dendroid 
hairs. Leaves 24 by 1 in., wool disappearing with age, tip triangular 
apiculate; petiole 0-} in. long. Spikes oblong up to 2 by } in. F 
ovoid, very dense, mostly near the base of the branches ; linear bracts 
3-3 in. long, of sterile branches numerous exceeding the bracteoles; 
bract 4 in. long, linear; bracteoles 2 in. long, reticulately veined. 
Calyx { in. long; 2 anticous segments connate 3 their length. Corolla 
brown-orange (Engler); tube } in. long; lobes small narrow. Fila- 
ments hairy; anthers (at least of the anticous stamens) minutely 
tailed. Style thinly hairy, one branch suppressed.—Pseudobarlera 
lanata, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. x. 258; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 300. 
Lower Guinea. German South West Africa: Hereroland; Hykamkab, 1200 
ft., Marloth, 1280! 
7. P. ovatum, C’. B. Clarke. Undershrub, up to 3 ft. high, densely 
white-tomentose with minute adpressed, not stellate, hairs. Leaves 
3 by 4 in., ovate, thick; petiole up to ;3, in. long. Inflorescence 12 
small rather loose cymes; bract j; in. long; bracteoles } in. long; 
ovate, reticulately veined. Calyx } in. long; two anticous segments 
connate nearly to the top. Corolla-tube 4 in. long; anther-cells 8, all 
distinctly and minutely white-spurred. Capsule hardly exceeding 4 1. 
long; style-base enlarged with two discs on the posticous face (like 
those generally present in Blepharis).—Pseudobarleria ovata, Schinz 
Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. 198. 
Lower Guinea. German South West Africa: Dammaraland; Otjimbingu® 
Lindner ! Kaoko, Belck, 20! 
