98 XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). [ Blepharis. 
spine-tipped; 2 inmost calyx-segments linear-lanceolate, spine-tipped, 
as long as the anticous segments.—Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 319. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Bagamoyo, Stuhlmann, 7259! Usuramo, 
Stuhlmann, 6671! 
7. B. Bainesii, S. Moore, MS. Branches hispid with white hairs. 
Leaves 2 by }in., linear-oblong, entire, sessile, hispid with white hairs 
especially on the midrib beneath. One-flowered branches (reduced spikes) 
densely clustered ; sterile bracts and floral-leaves linear-lanceolate, spine- 
tipped, not spinous on the margins ; bract 4 by {Jy in., strongly 3-nerved, 
obtuse, without spines on the margin, with 1 strong subterminal spine ; 
bracteoles 0. Posticous calyx-segment } in. long; 2 inmost calyx- 
segments } in. long. 
Tropical (?) Africa. South African Gold Fields, Baines ! 
8. B. molluginifolia, Pers. Syn. ii. 180. Procumbent, slender, 
hairy or nearly glabrate. Leaves apparently 4-nate in distant whorls, 
up to 1 by } in., from narrow-elliptic to linear-oblong, narrowed at both 
ends, sessile. One-flowered branches (reduced spikes) sessile, axillary, 
solitary (rarely 2-3 approximated) ; bract 1-4 in. long, quadrate-obovate, 
strongly 3-nerved, with 7-15 spines, each ;},—;}; in. long, round its 
triangular-obtuse head ; bracteoles } in. long, lanceolate, bristle-tipped. 
Posticous calyx-segment 4-2 in. long ; 2 inmost calyx-segments linear- 
lanceolate, nearly as long. Corolla 4 in. long. Capsule } in. long, 2- 
seeded.—Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 266; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
ix. 500; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 479. B. saturejifolia, 
Pers. Syn. ii. 180; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 265; T. Anders. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. vii. 34; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 
317, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 369. B. rupicola, Engl. Hochgebirgst. 
Trop. Afr. 389. B. cuspidata, Lindau in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma vi. 76. 
Acanthus integrifolius, Linn, f. Suppl. 294. .A. repens, Vahl, Symb. 
ii. 76. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia; Schimper,521 partly! Somaliland : near Salole, 2200 ft. 
Riva, 417! British East Africa: Ruwenzori, Scott-Elliot, '7534 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, ex Lindau, German East Africa, Fischer, 328! 
Also in South Africa and India. 
This plant much resembles B. boerhaaviefolia, and is mixed with it in herbaria. 
It usually bas narrower leaves. ‘There is nothing outside the calyx of B. boerhaavie- 
JSolia at all like the bracteoles here, 
9. B. setosa, Vees in DC. Prod. xi. 265. Leaves 1-14 by } i» 
scabrous with several-celled white hairs. Bracteoles terminated by ® 
long white bristle ; otherwise as B. molluginifolia.—B. Hildebrandt, 
Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 29, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 1V- 
3 B, 317, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 369. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Taita; Voi River, Hildebrandt, 2490! 
Lower Guinea. Amboland: Olukonda, Schinz, 16! 
Also in South Africa. 
