Barleria. | XCVIII, ACANTHACEE (CLARKE), 169 
Imperfectly known species. 
77. B. damarensis, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 29. 
Pubescent. Leaves ovate, acute, mucronate, entire, puberulous. 
Bracts ‘broad subulate,” mucronate. Calyx-segments lanceolate, 
mucronulate, entire, puberulous. Corolla-tube equal, twice as long 
as the calyx. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Damaraland; in Dublin Herbarium, 
without collector’s name. 
This species is said to be allied to B. meyeriana and B, lancifolia (supposed = 
B. alata, S, Moore); but as B. meyeriana and B. alata have been referred to 
different groups, this does not assist us to the affinity. 
78. B. acanthophora, ees in DC. Prod. xi. 726. Erect under- 
shrub, 1 ft. high. Leaves small, ovate, entire, opposite, hairy; stipules 
and bracts spinescent. Flower solitary, lateral, peduncled, pale violet. 
Calyx of 2 erect acuminate leaves. Corolla-tube long, filiform, curved 
at the base; limb 5-fid, patent. Stamens 2, exserted. Style short; stigma 
simple, thick. Capsule superior, ovate, 2-celled, many-seeded.—Hran- 
themum spinosum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. [ed. Willd.] i. 24. 2. acantho- 
phorum, Roem. & Schultes, Syst. i. Mant. 154. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: In the suburbs of Mozambique, 
Loureiro, . 
The above is abstracted from Schultes, The many seeded-capsule with long filiform 
corolla-tube and spinous stipules form a combination of characters difficult to find in 
Acanthacea, throwing aside even the calyx. 
79. B. Descampsi, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 318. Whole 
plant villous-hairy. Leaves 24 by } in., ovate, short-petioled. Flowers 
Solitary in the axils, simulating a terminal spike ; bracteoles lanceolate, 
exceeding 4 in. in length. Calyx } in. long; anticous segment 2-toothed. 
Corolla-tube 3 in. long; lobes ? in. long. Ovary hairy at the tip. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Mount Pueto, Descamps. 
37. ERANTHEMUM, Linn. partly ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Pl. ii. 1097. 
Calyx small (usually hardly } in. long), divided to the base; 
Sepals 5, equal, linear-lanceolate. Corolla-tube }-1} in. long, linear, 
hardly dilated at the top; lobes 5, subequal, }-} in. long, elliptic, 
Spreading or recurved, anticous outside in bud. Stamens 2, anticous 
fertile ; filaments glabrous ; anther-cells 2, oblong, parallel, muticous or 
minutely mucronate at the base; pollen globose, with 3 longitudinal 
Smooth depressions, not reaching the pole; 2 posticous stamens rudi- 
Mentary. Pistil glabrous (in African plants); ovary oblong ; ovules 2 
m each cell; stigmas 2, subequal, minute, subcoalescent. Capsule 
4-seeded at the top, on a long solid stalk ; seeds without hairs, com- 
Pressed, one face rugose, the other honeycombed.—Under-shrubs. 
