24 : ACANTHACE® (Clarke). [ Blepharis. 
Leaves linear to linear-oblong : 
Leaves spine-toothed, the 
lower pair subequal ... (25) procumbens. 
Leaves remotely toothed, the 
lower pair often smaller : 
than the upper... ... (26) ineequalis. 
Leaves pinnatifid ; elongated 
branches without flowers ; 
spikes terminal on short 
basal branches... .»» (27) sinuata. 
1. B. boerhaaviefolia (Pers, Syn. ii. 180); scabrous, and with 
some long white hairs; stems 6-24 in. long, much branched, pro- 
cumbent ; leaves up to 11 by 4—2 in., oblong or elliptic, obtuse, entire, 
scarcely petioled, without spine-teeth; reduced spikes (1-flowered) 
scattered, axillary, solitary or 2-3 together; empty lower bracts 5-8, 
upper gradually larger, uppermost supporting the flower 1—1 in. long, 
spathulate, strongly veined, with long marginal retrorse scabrous 
bristles; bracteoles 0; posticous sepal 3 in. long; 2 inner sepals 
+ in. long; corolla 3 in. long; capsule + in. long or rather more, 
ovoid, usually 2-seeded. Wight, Ic. Pl. t.458; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 
266 ; Sonder in Linnea, xxiii. 92; T, Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
vii. 34; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 478, and in Dyer 
Fil. Trop. Afr. v. 96; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 
3B, 316, fig. 126, B—H ; Schinz in Mém. Herb. Boiss. x. 63. B. 
Togodelia, Solms-Laub, in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 108, 243 ; 
Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 369. Acanthus maderaspatensis, 
Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 892. 
EASTERN ReEeion: Natal; Umzinyati Falls, Wood, 944! and without precise 
locality, Gerrard, 1677! Delagoa Bay, Monteiro, 18! Jwnod, 265, Kuntze. 
Also plentiful in Tropical Africa and India, and to Java. 
2. B. molluginifolia (Pers, Syn. ii. 180); leaves oblong or linear, 
usually less than 1 in. broad; bracteoles $-¢ in. long, linear- 
lanceolate, mucronate, sometimes spathulate, boat-shaped at the top, 
more or less spinous on the margin; otherwise as B. boerhaaviefolia, 
Pers. Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 266; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. ix. 
500; C. B, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 479, and in Dyer, FI. 
Trop. Afr. v. 98. B. saturejefolia, Pers. Syn. ii. 180; Nees in 
Linnea, xv. 360, and in DC. Prod. xi. 265; Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 
(1840) 126 ; Drége in Linnea, xx. 200 ; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. vii. 34; Lindau in Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 317, 
in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 369. B. integrifolia, E. Mey. in Drége, 
Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 49, 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, 168 ; 
Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 70. B. boerhaaviefolia, var. micrantha, 
Sonder in Linnaa, xxiii. 92, ex descr. B. Gueinzti, T. Anders. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 34, ex deser. Acanthus integrifolius, Linn. f. 
Suppl. 294; Thunb. Prod. 97, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 456. 
Soutn Arrica: without jag locality, Zeyher, 1410! 
Coast Rea@ion; Riversdale Div. ; Riversdale, 400 ft., Schlechter, 1799! 
