Tsoglossu. | XCVIII, ACANTHACEZ (CLARKE). 231 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Sheik Husein, Donaldson Smith ! 
8. I. somalensis, Lindau in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. (1896) 82. 
Leaves up to 44 by 1} in., ovate, pubescent; petiole 1 in. long. 
Panicle terminal, 8 by 14 in., very minutely hairy; bracts scarcely 
tz in. long. Sepals nearly 4 in. long, linear, puberulous. Corolla 
puberulous ; tube 4 in. long; lips } in. long. One anther-cell far below 
the other. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: between Alghe and Oi, Riva, 1293! 
“* Allied to I. lactea”’? (Lindau) ; and does not differ much, except that the leaves 
are minutely hairy on the upper surface. 
9. I. strigosula, (. B. Clarke. Branches terete, with one or two 
hairy lines or glabescent ; cystoliths many, small, longitudinal. Leaves 
up to 13 by ? in., acuminate at either end, strigose-hairy on the nerves 
beneath; petiole } in. long; many upper leaves smaller, subsessile. 
Panicles terminal and many axillary, loose, slender ; pedicels 0-} in. 
long. Calyx 4-4 in. long, subequally 5-partite nearly to the base ; 
segments linear, minutely scabrous-hairy. Corolla 4 in. long; very 
hairy without; tube about as long as the lips. Filaments glabrous ; 
anther-cells muticous, one completely below the other ; pollen lenticular, 
a stopple on each face. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Masuka Plateau, 6500- 
7000 ft., Whyte, 288 ! 
Allied to I. lactea, but more pubescent. 
10. I. mossambicensis, Lindau in Hngl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 372. 
Branches glandular-pubescent. Leaves up to 4 by 1 in., elliptic-lanceo- 
late, with glandular many-celled hairs near the basal margin and con- 
tinued down the petiole. Spikes axillary and terminal, 1 in. long, about 
10-flowered; floral leaves 4} in. long, ovate or obovate, acuminate. 
Sepals {—1 in. long, glandular-hairy. Corolla 3 in. long, glabrous ; tube 
hardly 4 in. long. Anther-cells muticous, divaricate, one somewhat 
above the other.—Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pilanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 344, 
and in Engl. Jahrb, xxiv. 324. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Gorongoza, Carvalho: 
This differs from its neighbours principally in the broad (though small) floral 
leaves. 
11. I, runssorica, Lindaw in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 56. Stem with 
many longitudinal cystoliths, hairy along two lines or glabrate. — heaves 
6 by 2} in., acuminate at either end, nearly glabrous ; petiole 0-1 2 in. 
long. Panicle branches 6 by } in., pubescent; flowers in distant 
clusters ; bracts less than } in. long, linear, glabrous. Calyx rz-4 in. 
long, divided nearly to the base, scarious, subpetaloid ; segments linear- 
lanceolate, with minute hairs but no cystoliths, Corolla } in. long. 
Anther-cells one above the other ; pollen lenticular, with one stopple on 
