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Reinet Div. ; hills near Graaff Reinet, 2900 ft., Bolus, 427! Murraysburg Div. ; 
near Murraysburg, Tyson / Colesberg Div.; vley near Sea Cow (Zeekoe) River, 
Shaw ! Middelburg Div.; at “ Rock Station,” near Middelburg, Burchell, 2797 ! 
9. B. Ecklonii (C. B. Clarke) ; bracts 4 by } in., obovate, villous 
on undersurface of the nerves, tip short spinous ; otherwise nearly 
as B. capensis, Pers. B. hirtinervia, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
vil. 35, partly. Acanthodium capense, Sonder in Linnea, xxiii. 93. 
A, capense, rar. B, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 276. Blepharacanthus 
capensis, Drége in Linnea, xx. 200. 
Coast Rra@ion: Riversdale Div.; 500 ft., Schlechter, 2012! Humansdorp 
Div. ; by the Gamtoos River, Bowie, 23! Uitenhage Div.; on the Karoo-like 
hills by the Sunday River, Ecklon § Zeyher, 148! Grassrug, 500-1000 ft., 
Zeyher, 1406! Algoa Bay, Bowie ! 
Noted 8 ft. high ; the upper branches + in, in diam. 
10. B. mitrata (C. B. Clarke) ; glabrescent, exeept the inflores- 
cence ; stems 2-6 in. long, harsh; leaves often approximated in 
fours, the lower pair reduced to pinnate spines, the upper pair 1-12 
by 4-4 in., oblong or elliptic, sinuate, remotely spine-toothed ; petiole 
0-1 in.; spikes 1 in. long, ovoid, subsessile, of 2-5 flowers ; bracts 
1 by + in., obovate, puberulous glaucescent without, with 7-9 
marginal spines; bracteoles } in. long, linear-lanceolate; calyx 
pubescent without, hairy within; anticous segment 1 in. long; 
posticous sepal } in. long; corolla $ in. long, pale blue; ovary 
surmounted by a large ovoid cap, hollow with a ring of long white 
hairs inside near the top. B. hirtinervia, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc, vii. 35, partly. Acanthus furcatus, var.a, E. Meyer in Drege, 
Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 62, 161. Blepharacanthus fur- 
catus, Presi, Bot. Bemerk. 98. Acanthodium capense, Nees in DC. 
Prod, xi. 276 partly. 
CentraL Reeion: Carnarvon Div.; at the northern exit of Karree Bergen 
Poort, near Carnarvon, Burchell, 1563! Albert Div.; near Weltevrede, by the 
Ganka River, Drége / 
11. B. hirtinervia (T. Anders. in Journ. Linn, Soe. vii. 35, excl. 
syn.) ; branches 10 in. long, stout, pubescent upwards ; leaves often 
approximated in fours, the lower pair reduced to pinnate whitened 
spines, the upper 1} by 4-3 in., subentire, spine-toothed, when 
mature nearly glabrous ; spikes often terminal, up to 32 by 11 in., 
hairy ; bracts 14 by { in., villous; anticous calyx-segment * in. long ; 
posticous sepal 1 in. long ; corolla 13-1} in. long, blue in the dried 
state (Nees says yellow). Acanthodium hirtinervium, Nees in DC. 
Prod. xi. 277 ; Sonder in Linnea, xxiii. 93. 
Coast Recion: Port Elizabeth Div. ; on the sand-hills, near Port Elizabeth, 
Drege, 7932 ! 
Crentrat ReGion: Somerset Div. ; near Somerset East, Bowker / 
Katanarit Region: Transvaal; Magalies Berg, Burke / 
12. B. uniflora (C. B. Clarke); pubescent ; stem 12 in. long, 
rigid, branched ; leaves mostly approximated in fours, 1 by 3 in., 
