Crossandra. | XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). 117 
12. C. guineensis, Vees in DC. Prod. xi. 281. Young parts 
densely short-hairy. Stems 6 in. long, simple, with 1 terminal spike. 
Leaves 5 by 2} in., ovate, glabrescent, obtuse, margin undulate, base 
narrowed, suddenly contracted into the petiole; petiole 4—4 in. long, 
rusty-villous. Spike subsessile, up to 5 by } in.; bract ? by + in., 
lanceolate, minutely toothed towards the top, nearly glabrous; 
bracteoles } in. long, linear. Calyx white (G. Mann); posticous 
segment + in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, 2-nerved, glabrous, margin 
toothed, tip with 2 points. Corolla lilac or white; tube 3 in. long; 
lobes } in. long, obovate. Pollen narrow-oblong, square-headed, 3-ribbed. 
Style glabrous, a few hairs at the apex of the ovary. Capsule } in. 
long, broad-lanceolate, 4-seeded, glabrous, seed-bearing nearly from the 
base ; seeds very strongly tubercled, without hairs.—Benth. in Hook. 
Niger Fl. 481; Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 6346; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 319, and in Engl. Pd. Ost-Afr. C. 370. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Victoria, Preuss, 1349! Buchholz! Barombi, 
Preuss, 371! 499! Bipindi, Zenker, 1054! Lolodorf, Staudt, 360! Yaunde, Zenker 
$ Staudt, 408! Fernando Po, 2000 ft., Mann, 50! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 396! Mfoa, Bates, 
546! Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1694! 
This plant has sometimes, when wild, beautifully white-veined leaves and brown- 
red bracts, 
13. C. puberula, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. 214. Young 
parts pubescent. Branches 6-15 in. long. Leaves up to 6 by 2 in, 
elliptic, glabrescent, margin entire or undulate, tip obtuse, base 
decurrent sometimes to the base of the petiole; petiole 0-14 in. long. 
Peduncles lateral, 0-9 in. long; spike up to 4} by } in.; bract } in. 
long, lanceolate, entire, glabrescent (bracteoles and calyx-segments with 
a linear scabrous mucro); bracteoles } in. long, oblong. Posticous 
calyx-segment } in. long, or rather more, ovate, 2-nerved, tip 2-toothed. 
Corolla-tube } in. long ; lobes } in. long. Pollen narrow-oblong, square- 
headed, 3-ribbed. Style very thinly hairy. Capsule } by ¢ in., 
4-seeded.— Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 319, 
and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370; (. pubescens, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise 
Mossamb, 213; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 319, 
and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370. 
. Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Dar-es-Salaam, Kirk! Portuguese 
ast Africa: Lower valley of the River Shire, Meller! Morambala Mountain, 
Waller! Lower Zambesi, at Boror, Peters! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; 
Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! Manganja Hills, Kirk ! River Shire, Kirk ! 
and without precise locality, Buchanan, 860! 
Var, ? Smithii, C. B. Clarke, Stem and leaves nearly glabrous. Leaves hardly 
Boevaing lin. in length. Peduncles long ; heads 1} by { in, Jaxly few-tlowered. 
Tacts ¢ by 3 in, upper part triangular-lanceolate, obtuse or apiculate, texture 
herbaceous, 3-5-ribbed with few long hairs, 
Let? Hand. East Tropical Africa, Donaldson Smith! British East Africa : 
eikipia, Gregory ! 
