28 ACANTHACE® (Clarke). [ Blepharis. 
oblong, nearly glabrous, with few irregular teeth, searcely spinous ; 
spikes (reduced to 1 terminal flower, with all the lower bracts 
empty), axillary, solitary; flower-bract 2 by } in., with 5 spinous 
teeth ; braeteoles 4 by ;); in.; anticous calyx-segments 2 in. long; 
posticous sepal $ in. long; corolla L in. long. 
Katanari Reeion: Transvaal; Makapans Berg, at Streyd Poort, Rehmann, 
5440! 
Extends to the Tropical Transvaal. 
This differs from B. pungens, T, Anders., from Mozambique, by the presence of 
bracteoles, 
13. B. inermis (C. B. Clarke); glabrescent, very spinous ; stems 
9 in. long, thick, harsh, branched ; leaves 1 by + in., lanceolate, 
spine-toothed, with numerous simple spines }—2 in. long in the axils 
(which form the lowest bracts of the spike developed the next year) ; 
spikes (with all the lower bracts empty, the uppermost containing 
a flower), axillary, 1-3 together; flower-bracts 2-} in., lanceolate, 
spine-tipped ; lateral teeth 0 or minute and obscure; bracteoles 
4-2 in. long, linear; posticous sepal 2 in. long; corolla 3 in. long; 
capsule 1 in, long, 2-seeded. B. capensis, T. Anders. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. vii. 35, partly. Acanthodium capense, var. inermis, 
Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 277. 
Soura Arrica: without precise locality, Thom, 370! 375! 
14. B. furcata (Pers. Syn. ii. 180); sparingly hairy, very 
spinous ; stems 4—6 in. long, woody, branched, rigid, with short 
internodes ; leaves 1-14 by ;-1 in., lanceolate or nearly linear, 
with few spinous teeth ; petiole 0-1 in. long ; spines in the leaf-axils 
(the basal bracts of the next year’s spikes) 1-1 in. long, mostly 3-fid 
or pinnate near the base; spikes axillary, 3-1 by + in., ovoid, few- 
flowered ; bracts 2 by } in., nearly glabrous, terminated by a long 
rigid 3-fid or pinnate spine; bracteoles } in. long, linear-lanceolate ; 
calyx minutely pubescent without, hairy within; anticous segment 
scareely 1 in. long; posticous sepal exceeding +} in. in length, acute ; 
corolla $in, long, bluish ; ovary with 3 glands at the top below the 2 
hollows at the style-base ; capsule + in. long, 2-seeded. ‘’, Anders. 
in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 35, excl. the Port Natal example. Acanthus 
Surcatus, Linn. f. Suppl. 295; Thunb. Prod. 97, and Fl. Cap. ed. 
Schult. 455. A. integrifolius, var. e, E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflan- 
zengeogr. Documente, 93,161. A. macer, E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei 
Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 67,161. Blepharacanthus integrifolius, 
Presl, Bot. Bemerk.98. Acanthodium furcatum, Nees in DC. Prod. 
xi. 276 ; Sonder in Linnea, xxiii. 93, partly. A. macrum, Nees in 
DC. Prod. xi. 276 ; Sonder in Linnea, xxiii. 93. 
SoutH AFkIcA : without precise locality, Masson ! 
CentRaL RecGion; Calvinia Div.; Springbok Kuil River, 2000-3000 ft., 
Zeyher, 1408! Prince Albert Div. ; Gamka River, Burke / 
Western Reoion ;: Little Namaqualand ; by the Orange River, near Verlept- 
pram, Drége / 
Katanari Recion: Prieska Div.; near the Orange River, between “ Gariep 
Station and Shallow Ford,” Burchell, 1650! 
