Blepharis.] ACANTHACE# (Clarke). 29 
15. B. villosa (C. B. Clarke) ; glabrescent, except the inflorescence ; 
stems 2—4 in. long, woody, with internodes less than + in, long; 
leaves 1} by 4 in., oblong, sinuate, remotely spine-toothed ; petiole 
0-3 in. long; spikes 1-14 in. long, axillary, 4-8-flowered ; bracts 
1 by } in., villous or pubescent without, obovate, suddenly acuminate 
into a tip with 3-5 simple spines ; bracteoles 2 in. long, linear; 
calyx pubescent without, hairy within; anticous segment 4 in. long; 
posticous sepal 3 in. long, acute; corolla nearly 1 in. long, blue ; 
capsule } in. long, 4-seeded. B. hirtinervia, T. Anders. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. vii. 35 partly. Acanthodium capense, var. 5*, villosum 
subacaule, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 277. A. furcatum, Sonder in 
Linnea, xxiii. 93 partly. 
CentRat Region: Middelburg Div.; ‘‘ Rock Station,” near Middelburg, 
Burchell, 2799/2! between Wolve Kop and Middelburg, Burchell, 2790! Cradock 
Div. ; by the Fish River, near Cradock, Burke ! Zeyher, 1405! 
16. B. marginata (C. B. Clarke) ; nearly glabrous; stem 2-5 in. 
long, woody, branched, internodes mostly less than 3 in. long; leaves 
in tufts, 1 by 1 in., oblong or lanceolate, with 8-14 equidistant 
spines ; spikes ovoid, of 2-4 flowers, very loose; braets * in. long, 
oblong, glabrous, closely resembling the smaller leaves; bracteoles 
% by ~y in., usually ciliate, subspinous ; calyx closely pubescent 
without, densely hairy within; anticous segment 3 in. long ; posticous 
sepal % in. long, acute ; corolla 3-1 in. long, blue; capsule 2 in. long, 
ellipsoid, 4-seeded. Acanthodiwm marginatum, Nees in DC. Prod. 
xi. 275. : 
KALAHARL RxeGion: Griqualand West, Hay Div.; at Griqua Town, Burchell, 
1859! 1902! Herbert Div.; in sandy soil near Backhouse (Douglas), Shaw, 
59! Bechuanuland; between Hamapery and Kosi Fontein, Burchell, 2541! 
17. B. obmitrata (C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 101) ; 
hairy ; branches 10 in. long ; internodes 1—4 in. long ; leaves approxi- 
mated in fours, up to 14 by 4-} in., densely and minutely hairy, 
spinous-toothed ; spines in the axils (i.e. the basal spines of next 
year’s spikes) up to 2 in. long, simple or toothed near the base; 
spikes 2 by * in., rather dense, 6-10-flowered, hairy ; bracts 3-1 by 
1 in., obovate, suddenly acuminate, with 7—9 spines, hairy within and 
without ; bracteoles 3-1 in. long, narrowly linear; anticous calyx- 
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segment scareely } in. long; posticous sepal nearly 3 in. long; 
corolla 1 in. long, blue; ovary crowned by a large pale brown cap, 
below the two hollows filled with glands at the style-base. 
Katanart Reeton: Transvaal: Boschveld, between Eland’s River and 
Klippan, Rehmann, 5049! 
Also in Angola. 
18. B. squarrosa (I. Anders. in. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 35); 
nearly glabrous; branches 6-10 in, long, procumbent rambling, 
internodes 1-3 in. long; leaves mostly approximated in fours, up to 
