—— 
Barleria.| XCVIII, ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). 149 
by } in., ovate-lanceolate, spinous on margin; anticous calyx-segment 
subsimilar; two interior hardly half so long, not spinous. Ovary 
glabrous, enclosed more than half its length in the large cup-like disc, 
glandular-hairy at the tip. Capsule 4-1 in. long, narrow-ellipsoid, 
acute, 2-seeded.—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. 145; Zarb,Cat. Spéc. Bot. Pfund, 
32. B. acanthoides, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 27, not of Vahl. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Adegunna, Schimper, 1004! Somaliland: Berbera, 
Perry ! 
Corolla said to be “pale-mauve to white” (Perry), This species is near 
B. candida, which has entire calyx-segments, The capsule is not half the size of that 
of B. acanthoides, the inflorescence and -toothed calyx-segments are quite unlike, the 
capsule is only 2.seeded. But the species nevertheless appears on the whole more 
allied to B. acanthoides than to the subgenus Prionitis. 
14. B. grandicalyx, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 25. Branches up 
to 1 ft. long, hispid. Leaves up to 2 by 1 in., tip obtuse-triangular, base 
narrowed, with short white and long 1-celled tawny hairs; petiole } in. 
long ; interpetiolar spines 4 in. long, simple, hairy, straight or curved 
near the top. Flowers solitary ; bracts } in. long, as simple spines, hairy. 
Posticous sepal 3 by 4 in., coarsely spinous-toothed in the upper half. 
Corolla oblique, hardly 2-lipped, pale blue; tube ? in. long, slightly 
widened upwards. Ovary glabrous, tip minutely hairy; ovules 2, 
subsimilar in each cell. 
Nile Land. Bongo: Gir, Schweinfurth, 2512! 2572! Jur, Schweinfurth, 24. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Urundi; Ruvuvu River, 4000-5000 ft., 
Scott-Elliot, 8132! 
Var. vix-dentata, C, B. Clarke. Leaves smaller, usually 1 in. long. Posticous 
sepal > by tin., hardly at all toothed. Corolla rather smaller, intense blue.—B. Kirkit, 
8. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 265, not of T. Anders. 
‘ Wile Land. Mittu: at the River Rohl, Schweinfurth, 2846! Upper Nile, 
Freeman § Lucas, 88! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Humpata, Johnston ! Catumbs, Welwitsch, 
5048 ! and without precise locality, Antunes / 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, Smith ! 
The differences between B. grandicalyx and its var. are greater than those 
between some species hereabout. This plant is very near, and has been regarded as 
equal to B. Gueinzii, Sonder, from Natal; which differs by having the leaves 
rounded at the base. In the Angolan example, the two interior sepals are % the 
length of the outer, lanceolate-linear. 
15. B. mucronata, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 24. _ Leaves up 
to 14 by } in. Posticous sepal 3 by } in., strongly spine-toothed. 
Capsule 3 jin. long, +-seeded ; otherwise as 2. grandicalyx.—Lindau in 
Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 369. B. kilimandscharica, Lindau in Engl. 
Jahrb. xx. 26, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 315, and in 
Eng. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 369. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 3500 ft., Volkens, sete 
17534! 21411 91 42! 7000 ft., Meyer, 57! Usambara ; Nyika Steppe, Holst, 3916! 
Mascheua, Holst, 8853 ! ; 
BZ. mucronata, Lindau, has grey hairs, and B. kilimandscharica tawny ; B. grandi- 
