26 ACANTHACER (Clarke). [ Blepharis. 
6. B. linarieefolia (Pers. Syn. ii. 180) ; pubescent ; stems 4-18 in. 
long; leaves up to 3 by 3 in., entire or oceasionally with a few small 
spines; spikes 3-1 by 4 in., cylindric or ovoid, strobilate ; bracts 
imbrieate, 2-1 in. leng, spinous; bracteoles 3-2 in, long, linear ; 
postiecous calyx-segment 8 in. long; corolla 1 in. long. TT. Anders. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 36; C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 
v. 100. B. sindica, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 500; C. B. 
Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 479. Acanthodium grossum, 
Wight, Ic. Pl. t. 1535, 1536, not of Nees. 
Kabanari Reeion: Bechuanaland; between Mafeking and Ramoutsa, 
Ingard ! 
Frequent in Tropical Africa, extending into South-west Asia. 
7. B. Stainbankiew (C. B. Clarke) ; hairy branches 3-8 in. long, 
slender, rambling; leaves 1-11 by 1—1 in., obovate or oblong, entire, 
without spines, often approximated in fours; petiole 0-1 in. long; 
spikes sessile, axillary, solitary, ovoid, up to 13 by 1 in., of 4-7 
flowers ; bracts 1 by 1 in., with spinous teeth up to + in. long, softly 
hairy ; bracteoles 2 in. long, linear; calyx hairy within and with- 
out; anticous segment +} in. long; corolla. 1 in. long, white (Mrs. 
Stainbank). 
KatanaRi Reeion: Transvaal; Mrs. Stainbank in Wood Herbd., 3661! 
Johannesberg, 5000 ft., Mrs. Galpin in Galpin Herb., 1399! 
8. B. capensis (Pers. Syn. ii. 180); nearly glabrous except the 
calyx and corolla; small harsh shrub (but ‘sometimes attaining 
6-8 ft.,” Niven) ; stem-leaves often approximated in fours whereof 
the lower pair are reduced to 3-7-toothed pinnate whitened spines, 
the upper pair 1-1} in. long, oblong or elliptic, more or less spine- 
toothed ; spikes near the end of the branches, 1-2 by 3—1 in., loose, 
of 4-9 flowers; bracts 1 by 2 in., elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous, white- 
nerved, 3—9-toothed, terminal tooth long, narrow; calyx pubescent 
without, hairy within ; anticous segment 1-1 in. long; corolla % in. 
long, white (or yellow according to Nees); capsule frequently 
4-seeded. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn, Soc. vii. 35; Lindau in Engl. 
§ Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 318; Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 70% 
Acanthus capensis, Linn. f. Suppl.295; Thunb. Prod. 97, and Fl. 
Cap. ed. Schult. 455 ; Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 61, 161 
letter b. Acanthodium capense, Nees in Linnea, xv. 361, and in 
DC. Prod. xi. 276, exel. var. villosa. 
SoutH Avgica : without precise locality, Masson / Oldenburg ! 
Coast Raton : Div.? Rickman’s Kloof, Niven, 90! Riversdale Div. 3 Rivers- 
dale, Pappe! Humansdorp Div.; between Milk River and Gamtoos River, 
Burchell, 4793! and without precise locality, Niven, 23! Fort Beaufort Div.; 
without precise locality, Cooper, 519! Queenstown Div. ; Griffithsville, near 
Queenstown, 3500 ft., Galpin, 1758! 
CenTRAL Rxeton: Jansenville Div.; Zwart Ruggens, on the Karoo Flats, 
2000-3000 ft., Drége ! Somerset Div.; between the Zuurberg Range and Klein 
Bruintjes Hoogte, 2000-2500 ft., Drége / near Somerset, Bowker, 18! 60! Graaff 
