34 ACANTHACEE (Clarke). [ Acanthopsis, 
crowned by 5 narrow-lanceolate spinous teeth 473 In. long, without 
any secondary (apparently inner) spines round the top; bracteoles 
3 in. long, linear; calyx hairy without and within; anticous segment 
% in. long; corolla * in. long. Lindau in Engl. §& Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 319. Aranthus cardutfolius, Linn. f. Suppl. 
294; Thunb. Prod. 97, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 455; E. Meyer in 
Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeoyr. Documente, 69, 91, 161. Aecanthodium 
earduifolium, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 278. Blepharis carduifolia, 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 35. 
Var. 8, glabra (C. B. Clarke): leaves and bracts less hairy, in age glabrescent. | 
Acanthus glaber, E. Meyer in Drége. Zwei Pilanzengeogr. Documente, 67, 161. 
Acanthodium glabrum, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 278. Blephoris carduifolia, var. 
glabra, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 35; Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. 
Branden». xxxi. 200. 
West+RN ReEGion: Little Namaqualand; Kamies Berg and Rood Berg, 
8009-4°00 ft., Dréye! Kaus Mountains, Drége! Calvinia Div.; Hantam, ex 
Nees. Var. 8: Little Namaqualand; Kamies Berg, 3000-4000 ft., Drége ! 
2. A. glauca (Schinz in Verh. Bot, Ver. Brandenb, xxxi. 201) ; 
nearly stemless and glabrous; leaves linear-lanceolate, remotely 
spinous-toothed ; spike terminal, cylimiric, elongate ; bracts obovate- 
cuneate, bearing 3 terminal spines; 2 larger calyx-segments ovate- 
oblong, silky. Lindau in Eng! & Prantl, Pflanzenfam., iv. 3B, 319. 
Acanthus glancus, E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente * 
91,161, and in Linnea, xx. 200, A. glaucescens, E. Meyer in Drége, 
Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 95. Aecanthodinm glaueum, Nees in 
DC. Prod. xi. 277.  Blepharis glauca, T. Anders. in Journ, Linn. 
Soe. vii. 36. 
SoutH AFRIcA: without precise locality. Masson ! 
Western ReGion: Little Namaqualand ; Uitkomst, 2000-3020 ft., Dréye, 
Kook Fontein, 3000-1000 ft., Drage 
3. A. Disperma (Nees in DO. Prod. xi. 278) ; stemless; leaves 
31 by 2 in., sinuate, spinous-toothed, minutely hairy; spikes 3-5, 
sessile on the crown of the root, 24 by 12 in., very dense, resembling 
teazel heads ; bracts (without the teeth + by Lin., primary teeth 5, 
Janceolate, 4-1 in. long, pinnatifid-spinous, with 3-4-celled white 
hairs, secondary teeth up to + in. long apparently forming an inner 
row, spinescent ; bracteoles 2 in, long, linear, hairy; calyx hairy 
. . . 2 
without and within; anticous segment 3 in. long; corolla $ in. long, 
bluish ; lip narrow-obovate, obtusely 3-lobed ; capsule 2 
. : ve 5 in. long, 
ellipsoid, flattened, shining-brown, 2-seeded; seeds covered with 
bundles of long hairs, each spirally thickened within, elastically 
separating when wetted, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 37; 
Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. 201; Lindau in Engl. 
§ Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 319, 281, fig. 110, D. Acanthodium 
dipsaceum, E. Meyer in Driye, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 92, 
161. Acanthopsis ( genus), Harv. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i 
(1842) 28. 
WesTERN Recion: Namaqnaland ; between Holgat River and Oran 
000-1500 ft., Drége ! Groot (Gamtoos) River, Niven, 25! 
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ge River, 
