Lepidagathis. | XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). 123 
2. L, angustifolia, (. B. Clarke. Stellately tawny tomentose. 
Branches woody, very slender. Leaves 14~2 by ;; in. Inflorescence 
terminal, 1 by 4 in., ovoid-oblong, softly hairy, not spinous. Sepals 5; 
posticous 4 by ;4, in., softly hairy. Corolla 2 by 3 in., altogether as of 
Lepidagathis. Posticous stamens with 2-celled anthers (narrower than 
those of the anticous stamens). Ovules and pollen of the genus. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Cunene River, Johnston ! 
3. L, radicalis, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 255. Branches pubescent. 
Leaves up to 2 by 4 in., sessile, subobtuse at both ends, hardly 
3-nerved ; primary lateral nerves raised beneath, prominent, hairy ; 
upper surface hairy and with transverse cystoliths. Inflorescence 
radical up to 2-3 in. in diam., of several softly hairy heads. Posticous 
sepal nearly 2 by } in., broadly lanceolate, softly white-hairy. Corolla 
+-4 in. long, appearing when dried yellow with purple palatal spots 
(as is common in the genus). Posticous stamens with 2 anthers ; 
pollen rather long, ellipsoidal, very imperfectly reticulated. Ovary 
hairy in the upper half.—A. Rich. Tent. FJ. Abyss. ii. 148 ; T. Anders. in 
Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 33; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 
244; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 313, and in Engl. 
PA. Ost-Afr. C, 368. Russegera collina, Endl. Iconogr. t. 94. 
Nile Land, Eritrea: Hamasen, Steudner, 1528! Abyssinia: near Adowa, 
Schimper, 1072! near Axum, Schimper, 1525! Wodjerat, Petit ! 
Steudner, 1528, agrees closely with Schimper’s collections, and is the plant above 
described, ‘The Wodjerat plant has narrower, more glabrous leaves, approaching 
much L. Fischeri at first aspect, but the leaves are not 3-nerved, 
41, Schweinfurthii, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 16. Leaves 
up to 44 by 4-4 in., sparingly hairy, sub-3-nerved; marginal nerve 
Continuous nearly to the tip; primary lateral nerves slender. Pollen 
short-ellipsoid ; otherwise as L. radicalis.—Lindau in Engl. & Pranu, 
Pilanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 313. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2339! 
bd ampliata, (. B. Clarke. Leaves 1} by } in., very slightly 
hairy » hot 3-nerved, widened above the middle, lower elongate-obovate ; 
Otherwise as Z. SCariosa. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Kavirondo, Scott-Elliot, 7072! 
This plant is very near the two preceding. It hardly differs from some examples 
es hamiltoniana, Wall. (from British India), except in that the leaves are more 
uning, 
6. L, Fischeri, (. B. Clarke. Sterile branches long, slender, 
glabrous, Leaves 2 by 4 in., glabrous, 3-nerved. Inflorescences 2-3 
7 1 diam., dense, of many heads, near the top of the creeping stem 
it Creeps 4 in. with nodes only } in. apart). Posticous sepal 4 in. long, 
Woolly, Straight in fruit. Otherwise as L. radicalis. 
Mozamb, Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Usuri, Fischer, 490! 
