Blepharis. | ACANTHACEH (Clarke), 33 
shortly acute, hairy, with 11 marginal spines }—1 in. long; bracteoles 
$ in. long, linear ; anticous calyx-segment } in. long; posticous sepal 
¢ in. long, hairy within ; corolla 1 in. long, blue. 
KaLavARr ReGtion: Transvaal; Houtbosch Berg, Nelson, 419! Krans Kop, 
near Modimulle, on the Nyl River, Nelson, 126! Vietersburg, 4700 ft., 
Schlechter, 4352 ! 
27. B. sinuata (C. B. Clarke); minutely pubescent; barren 
branches 7 in. long, with internodes 1-4 in. long; leaves often 
approximated in fours, subsimilar, 1-2} by 4 in., narrowly oblong, 
sinuate-pinnatifid, spinous-toothed; spikes 2 by 14 in., on short 
peduncles near the crown of the root, ovoid, 3—5-flowered ; bracts 
1} by 4 in., ovate, shortly acuminate, puberulous, with 11 spines up 
to in. long; bracteoles nearly 1 in. long, linear; anticous calyx- 
segment 2 in. long; posticous sepal 1 in. long; corolla 14 in. long, 
blue. Acanthodium sinuatum, Nees in Linnea, xv. 362, and in DC, 
Prod. xi. 274. Acanthus humilis, Vahl ex Nees in DC. Prod. l.c. 
Coast Recion: Albany Div.; Grahamstown, Ecklon; Flats near Grahams- 
yadit eens Mey MacOwan, 215! Bothas Berg, near Grahamstown, 800-1000 ft., 
uur, . 
X. ACANTHOPSIS, Harv. 
Bract obovate, truncate, terminated by 5-3 narrow-lanceolate 
toothed or compound spines. Ca/yxz-segments: anticous of 2 sepals 
connate nearly to the tip, ovate-triangular, 10-nerved ; posticous 
ovate-triangular, ll-nerved. Stamens 4; 2 anticous filaments with- 
out a process at the top. Style with 1 linear branch, the other very 
small or 0; no hol'ows at the style-base ; otherwise as Blepharis. 
Small, prickly ; leaves linear-oblong, toothed, spinous; spikes dense ; capsule 
generally 2-seeded, 
Species, the 7 following, endemic in South Africa. 
Branches short ; internodes less than } in. long: 
Bracts without secondary spines at the top 
Within: 
Bracts 5-fid at the top ... ie .. (1) carduifolia. 
Bracts 3-tid at the top ... one ... (2) glauca. 
Bracts with secondary spines at the top 
within: . 
Bracts with white hairs, not viscid .., (3) Disperma. 
Bracts viscid with gland-tipped hairs ... (4) hoftmannseggiana. 
Branches 6-12 in. long; internodes up to 1 in. 
long : 
Spikes cylindric : : 
Bracts 5-tid at the top, softly hairy ... (5) horrida, 
Bracts 3-fid at the top, sparingly ‘ 
hairy ... vs Sue te ... (6) trispina. — 
Spikes globose ... Hee a eed ... (7) spathularis. 
1. A. carduifolia (Schinz in Verh, Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. 
200); villous (but see var. 8); stem 1 in. long, woody, densely 
leafy ; leaves 3 by + in., pinnatifid, doubly spinous-toothed ; spike 
2-3 by 3 in. ; bract (without the spines) } by { in., obovate, truncate, 
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