Petalidiwm. | XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). 91 
8. P. glandulosum, 8. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 226. Innova- 
tions with small hairs, many gland-tipped. Leaves up to 14 by # in,, 
ovate; petiole up to 4 in. long. Inflorescences few-flowered, very lax,. 
both near the base and the top of a branch; bracteoles 2 in. long, ovate, 
reticulate-veined, glandular-pubescent. Calyx } in. long; two anticous. 
segments connate almost to the tip, posticous segment narrow-oblong 
from an ovate base. Corolla-tube 3 in. long, moderately inflated in the 
upper half. Style thinly hairy, branches nearly equal.—Pseudobarleria 
glandulosa, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 299. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Benguela, Welwitsch, 5047! 
9. P, Currori, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 226, 228, Stout 
undershrub, subpersistently glandular-pubescent all over, Leaves up 
to 33 by 14 in., ovate; petiole up to } in. long. Inflorescences of 1-5 
flowers, loose, scattered ; bracteoles 1 by 4 in., subacute, reticulately 
veined. Calyx } in. long; segments acute, 2 anticous united nearly to 
the tip. Corolla-limb of 5 subequal ovate segments, about % in. in 
Filaments glabrous except at the base; anthers at the base 
mucronulate, hardly spurred. Style thinly hairy, branches 2 linear, 
Unequal. Capsule nearly } in. long, 4—2-seeded. — Pseudobarleria 
hirsuta, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 26. P. Currori, Lindau in 
Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 300. 
Lower Guinea, Angola, Curror ! 
_ 10. P. spiniferum, (. 2. Clarke. Hairy with simple and gland- 
tipped hairs. Leaves (only some on young shoots seen), 1 by % in., 
narrowly elliptic. Flowers 1 or 2 on very short axillary branches 
ending in stout spines ? in. long; bract obsolete ; bracteoles } by 3 in., 
hatrowly elliptic-oblong, hairy, not strongly veined. Calyx: posticous. 
Conent 3 in. long, 2 anticous segments connate nearly to the tip. 
An la-tube ? in. long, nearly equally cylindric; lobes 4} in. long. 
é nthers, pollen and stigmas of the genus. Capsule } in. long; seeds of 
© genus.—Petalidii sp. nova, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 228. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Chella Mountains, Johnston ! 
' = obtusa, C. B. Clarke. Leaves obovate-elliptic very obtuse. Corolla rather 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes, Welwitsch, 4998! 
ti ai P. huillense, (. B. Clarke. Hairy with simple and gland- 
‘pped hairs; branchlets 6 in. long. Leaves } by 4 in., oblong-elliptic. 
lo tee TS 1 or 2 on very short axillary branches ending in spines } in. 
hg; bracts obsolete ; bracteoles 4-3 by } in., narrowly elliptic-oblong, 
in hairy, Calyx: posticous segment } in. long, 2 anticous segments 
lobes 1 peony to the tip. Corolla-tube 4-4 in. long, inflated upwards ; 
in. long. Anthers, pollen, and pistil of the genus. , 
wower Guinea. Angola: Chiviqua, and banks of the River Cunene, Newton ; 
is can hardly be a small-flowered form of P. spiniferum; but no difference 
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pt size and shape of corolla can be stated. 
