128 -XCVIII, ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). | Lepidagathes. 
cally pubescent ; floral leaves $ by 4-4 in., imbricated on all sides (not 
l-seriate). Calyx nearly 4 in. long, glabrous or microscopically pubescent ; 
posticous sepal 3 in. broad, mucronate; 2 anticous sepals ,'5 in. broad, 
very shortly connate at the base. Corolla 4 in. long. Anthers oblong, 
scarcely acute at the base; posticous stamens with one anther-cell, the 
other minutely indicated; pollen short ellipsoid, subtrigonous, hardly 
reticulated. Pistil glabrous.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 147 ; Solms- 
Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 111; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Soe. vii. 34. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Gageros, on the Tacazze River, 3500 ft., Schimper, 
131 ! 2190! Modat, Schimper, 1044! and without precise locality, Schimper, 1301! 
22. L. glandulosa, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 243 (name only). 
Young parts minutely pubescent. Branches slender, divided, glabrate. 
Leaves 2 by ? in., elliptic, narrowed at both ends, when mature nearly 
glabrous, with irregularlyscattered cystoliths on the upper surface; petiole 
0-4 in. long. Spikes axillary and terminal, somewhat lax; floral leaves 
lanceolate, hardly imbricate. Calyx }-4+ in. long; sepals 5, posticous 
hardly ;/; in. broad, with a few hairs and stalked glands and linear 
innocuous tip. Corolla 4 in. long. Anthers oblong, obtuse at the base; 
posticous stamens with 1 anther-cell, the other hardly indicated ; pollen 
short-ellipsoid, with 3 longitudinal depressions, obscurely reticulated.— 
A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 147; T. Anders. in Journ, Linn. Soc. vii. 34. 
Barleria glandulosa, Hochst. ex Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 243. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Mount Scholoda, near Adowa, Schimper, 44! 
23. L. laguroidea, 7’. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 34. Young 
parts very minutely pubescent. Leaves 2 by } in., from ovate to narrow- 
elliptic, narrowed at both ends, subglabrous; cystoliths irregularly 
scattered on the upper surface; petiole 0-} in.long. Spikes 2 by 4 in. 
terminal, often lax or interrupted at the base, not strobilate; floral 
leaves lanceolate-linear, not 1-seriate. Calyx } in. long; posticous 
sepal ;'; in. broad, pointed, with a few microscopic hairs and stalked 
glands. Corolla 4 in. jong. Posticous stamens with anthers 1-celled 
or sometimes 2-celled ; pollen ellipsoid, with three longitudinal depres 
sions, subtubercular rather than reticulate. Pistil glabrous, or wit 
few minute hairs in the lower part.—Teliostachya laguroidea, Nees 12 
DC. Prod. xi. 264; Benth. in Hook, Niger Fl. 481. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Scarcies River, Scott-Elliot, 4533! 4744! 
Kambia, 4376! and without precise locality, Afzelius ! Smeathmann ! Scott-Elliot, 
3902 ! Gold Coast: Accra. Vogel! and without precise locality, Burton g Camerom ! 
Togoland, Baumann, 503! Niger Territory : Borga; Oly River, Parter, 746! 
Cameroons: Victoria, Preuss, 1109! 1197! ° 
Wile Land. Mittu: Mvolo, near the Babr el Rohl, Schweinfurth, 2790! 
24. L. hyssopifolia, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 84. Very 
slender. Leaves (at most) 1 by } in. Spikes up to 3 by } in. Caly% 
less than { in. long ; posticous sepal hardly ,3, in. broad; otherwise %& 
