Barleria.] XCVIIL ACANTHACEA! (CLARKE). 165 
narrowed at both ends; petiole 0-} in. long. Flowers in terminal 
strobilate spikes; floral leaves 4-3 by 4 in., round-ovate, densely grey- 
villous, imbricate ; bract ? in. long, linear. Posticous sepal } by ;}; in., 
entire, oblong; anticous calyx-segment } by } in., tip bifid. Corolla 
1 in. long (S. Moore). Ovary glabrous, style-base hairy; ovule solitary 
in each cell or the lower minute.—Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 368. 
Mozamb. Dist. Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! 
64. B. vix-dentata, (. B. Clarke. Rambling, with short white 
and longer tawny hairs; branches up to 16 in. long. Leaves 24 
by 1 in., elliptic, narrowed at both ends, when young villous, when 
mature more or less glabrate above and with cystoliths; petiole 0-4 in. 
long. Inflorescence of 3-1-flowered short axillary racemes running 
into dense terminal spikes 4 by 1 in.; floral leaves 2 in. long, similar to 
the lower leaves, much imbricate; bract } by ,!; in. Posticous sepal 
% by 1-1 in, elliptic, villous, with few irregular subcrenate teeth on 
the margin; anticous calyx-segment $ in. long, obovate, obscurely 
toothed, tip of 2 obtuse lobes; 2 inner sepals 4 in. long, linear. 
Corolla-tube exceeding 4 in. long; lobes fully § in. long. Ovary and 
style glabrous; ovules 2 in each cell, the lower very small ; disc short, 
margin undulate. Capsule (Scott-Hiliot, 7023) 4 in. long, elliptic-com- 
pressed, 2-seeded. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Uganda, Wilson, 37! Ruwenzori; Wimi 
Valley, Scott-Elliot, 7940! Kavirondo, 4000-5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7023! Mau, 
8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6928 ! 
The species of Barleria numbered 64 to 76 form a very closely allied series. 
The plants here combined match; except Scott-Elliot, 7023, which has the 
inflorescence more axillary and the flowers smaller, and which approaches B. Stuhl- 
manni below. 
65. B. ruellioides, 7’. Anders. in Journ. Linn, Soc. vii. 30. Plant 
3 ft. high, young parts yellow-strigose. Leaves up to 44 by 13 in., 
broadly elliptic, attenuate at both ends, when mature witha few scattered 
small hairs and conspicuous cystoliths ; petiole hardly any, Le. winged 
to base. Racemes condensed 3-1-flowered, distant; bract minute, 
linear. Posticous sepal 2 by 4 in., ovate, not acute, with a few minute 
hairs and conspicuous cystoliths, becoming papery, reticulate, margin 
minutely toothed ; anticous calyx-segment nearly similar. Corolla 1} in. 
long, nearly glabrous, blue. Ovary glabrous; ovules 2 in each cell, 
ae much smaller. Capsule 34 in. long, elliptic, compressed, 2- 
Seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, Barter, 932! 
66. B. Antunesi, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 116. Branches 
hairy. Leaves 3} by 3 in, oblong, narrowed at either end, when 
Mature nearly glabrate, reticulate-nerved, with cystoliths and many 
Circular sessile glands; petiole 0-,', in. long. Inflorescence of 3 or 4 
Owers approximate in the upper axils, densely softly villous ; bracts 
¢ by z'y in., obtuse, soft. Anticous calyx-segment nearly 1 by § in, 
