100 XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). [ Blepharis. 
14. B. linarizefolia, Pers. Syn. ii. 180. Small shrub, hairy, after- 
wards glabrate. Leaves up to 3 by 4-1 in,, entire or sparingly toothed, 
hardly prickly, sometimes with few very small spines. Inflorescences 
often in forks of the branches, 3-1 by } in., strobilate ; bracts #1 in., 
ovate, suddenly and shortly acuminate, more or less recurved, spinous ; 
bracteoles 3-3 in. long, linear. Posticous calyx-segment }—% in. long, 
ovate; 2 inner calyx-segments half as long, oblong. Corolla 3-1 in. 
long, blue.—T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 86 ; Zarb in Cat. 
Spéc. Bot. Pfund, 32; Lindau in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma vi. 76. 
B. sindica, T. Anders. in Journ, Linn. Soc. ix. 500; C. B. Clarke in 
Hook. f. F). Brit. Ind. iv.479. B. dichotoma, Engl. in Eng]. Jahrb. x. 
260. B. Passargei, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 117. Acanthodium 
hirtum, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 274; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 151; 
Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 481; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fi. 
Aethiop. 102. A. grossum, Wight, Ic. t. 1535, 1536, not of Nees. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Leliévre! Senegambia, Heudelot, 179! Niger 
Territory: Nupe, Barter, 716! Bornu, Vogel, 58! Cameroons: Garua, 800 ft. 
Passarge, 774! 
Wile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy, 256! Pfund, 15! 430! 433! Athiopia, Kotschy, 
58! Gallabat: Matamma, Schweinfurth,73! Abyssinia: Sameu; Jaja, 3000-6000 ft., 
Schimper, 302! Mai Gibba, Rohlfs § Stecker! Shire, Petit! and without precise 
locality, Schimper, 390! British East Africa: Lake Baringo, Gregory ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Welwitsch, 2014! German South-west Africa: 
Hereroland, 2600 ft., Marloth, 1251! 
Also in South Africa, and extending into South-west Asia. 
15. B. Asteracanthus, C. B. Clarke. Glabrescent except the 
inflorescence. Stems 1 ft. high, simple, straight, many-angled. Leaves 
in whorls of 4, subequal, up to 7 by 4-4 in., linear, entire or with very 
few teeth. Inflorescence a dense compound terminal spinous softly 
hairy head 2-3 in. in diam. Flower-bract 3-1 in. long, lanceolate; 
bracteoles ? in. long, linear. Posticous calyx-segment } in. long; 
2 inmost calyx-segments % in. long, narrow-oblong, acute, mucronate. 
Corolla 1 in. long, very hairy.—B. acanthodioides, S. Moore in Journ. 
Bot. 1880, 229 partly. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Urungu; Fwambo, 5250 ft., Nutt! 
16. B. Sol, C. B. Clarke. Stem glabrate, with long trailing 
branches. Leaves in distant whorls of 4; inner pair up to 6 by } in» 
lanceolate, subsessile, glabrous, entire, without spines. Inflorescence 
up to 7 in. in diam. ; floral-leaves 32, 3 by 4 in., spinous, pubescent, 
spreading radially, surrounding the lax compound short cyme of many 
one- flowered branches (reduced spikes). Flower-bracts linear-oblong, 
spinous, pubescent. Two outer calyx-segments exceeding ? in. in 
length, lanceolate ; 2 inner ? in. long, narrow-lanceolate. Corolla 1 in. 
long, clear yellow, minutely and sparsely pubescent. Pistil glabrate ; 
2 pits filled with glands at the style-base. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Tanganyika Plateau, 
2000-3000 ft.. Whyte ! 
