Barleria. | XCVIII. ACANTHACEX (CLARKE). 161 
the upper axils, apparently a short terminal head; bract and calyx 
pubescent and with some bristles; bract 4—2 in. long, linear-lanceolate, 
faleate. Posticous calyx-segment nearly 3 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, 
acutely cuspidate ; anticous segment 4 in. long, broadly lanceolate, 
acutely cuspidate, obscurely 2-nerved ; 2 inner sepals nearly 4 in. long, 
linear. Corolla-tube 1 in. long, linear, hardly dilated at the top; lobes 
t+} in. long. Ovary glabrous; ovules 2 in each cell, lower much the 
smaller; style glabrous. Capsule 2 in. long, 2-seeded, beak conic.— 
Lindau in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 368. Barleria, sp. n. 2, T. Thoms. in 
Speke, Nile Append. 643. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usaramo; at Matamombo on the 
Kingane River, Speke §- Grant ! 
51. B. ukamensis, Lindau in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 368. 
Branches hispidulous. Leaves up to 2 by 1 in., elliptic, triangular 
at either end, subsessile, when mature minutely hispidulous on the 
nerves beneath. Heads terminal, 1? by 1 in., rather dense, sparingly 
hispid; bracts 3 by 4 in., subobtuse. Posticous and anticous lobes 
of the calyx 4 by § in., subsimilar, subobtuse, hispidulous on the 
nerves. Corolla-tube 2 in. long, lobes 3 in. long. Ovary and style- 
base glandular hairy. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa; Usagara, 700 ft., Stuhlmann, 8154! 
_ 92. B. Lugardii, C. B. Clarke. Branches woody, 18 in. long; 
innovations minutely white-hispid. Leaves 1} by } in., narrowed 
at each end, glabrous, somewhat glaucous; cystoliths conspicuous ; 
petiole { in. long. Flowers solitary, in opposite axils; bract } in. long, 
linear. Posticous calyx-segment #% in. long, ovate, acutely cuspidate, 
glaucous, with a few scattered white bristles ; anticous calyx-segment 
rather shorter with 2 short lanceolate teeth ; inner calyx-segments 
$ in, long. Corolla white, total length scarcely ? in. Ovary densely 
short hairy in the upper half. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Ngamiland; Kwebe, Lugard, 128! 
This species is near B. violascens, but the leaves and flowers are much smaller, and 
the flowers are not all approximated in the upper axils. 
53. B. stellato-tomentosa, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 268. 
Plant clothed with stellate and simple yellow subpersistent hairs. 
tems 15 in. long from a woody root. Leaves 24 by }-2 in., varying 
on one stem from broad-elliptic to narrow-oblong. Inflorescence in 
very dense hard terminal heads ; floral leaves imbricated, outer ovate, 
Mner spathulate, 3 in. long, thick, brown-red, shining, viscid stellate- 
ary and yellow-bristly ; bract % by } in., linear-spathulate. Posticous 
Sepal } by 1-1 in., spathulate-obtuse ; anticous calyx-segment 7 by }in., 
broadly elliptic, 2-nerved, shortly 2-lobed; 2 inner sepals 3 in. long, 
near; whole calyx with stellate and yellow simple hairs, more or 
€8s Wearing off. Corolla violet-blue (S. Moore); tube 3 in. long, 
linear-cylindric, very slightly dilated at the top; lobes } in. long. 
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