36 ACANTHACE® (Clarke). [Acanthus. 
XI. ACANTHUS, Linn. 
Anticous filaments not bifid, i.e. without a process at the top. Style 
without glandular hollows at the base; branches 2, most minute, sub- 
equal. Seeds without hairs, reticulated like brain-coral; otherwise 
as Blepharis or Acanthopsis. 
Usually larger plants with larger flowers than the two preceding genera. 
Species 10; from the Mediterranean to South Africa, South-east Asia and 
Polynesia. 
1. A. ilicifolius (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. ii. 892) ; glabrous, except the 
minutely ciliate calyx ; stems 2-4 ft. long; leaves 4-6 by 2-21 in., 
usually coarsely pinnatifid spinous-toothed like holly-leaves (but 
plants without spines occur); spikes 3 by 1-13 in.; bract and 
bracteo'es }~} in, long, ovate ; calyx 1-2 in. long; corolla 1-12 in. 
long, blue ; capsule up to 12 by 2 in. ; seeds usually 4, 7’. Anders. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 36; C. B. Clarke in Hook. J. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
iv. 481, and in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 108; Lindau in Engl. & 
Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 319. Dilivaria tlicifolia, Juss. Gen. 
103; Nees in Linnea, xv. 363, and in DC. Prod. xi, 268 3 Wight, 
Ie. Pl, t. 459, 
Coast REcion: Uitenhage, Wendemann. Introduced. 
A native of the Seashores of India, Malay Archipelago, and Australia, 
XII. SCLEROCHITON, Hary. 
Bract elliptic or obovate, obtuse ; bracteoles 2, nearly as ong as 
the bract, oblong. Sepals 5, free (or very nearly so), longer 
than the bracts, elliptic or lanceolate, inner narrower. Corolla short- 
tubed, 1-lipped ; lip obovate with 3-5 rounded lobes. Stamens 4 ; 
anthers short, ovoid-triangular, l-celled, a row of short hairs near 
the slit; filaments not branched at the top; pollen minute, short 
ellipsoid with 3 longitudinal chinks, Style without glandular 
hollows at the base; branches 2, subequal, short ; ovules 2 or 1 in 
each cell. Capsule (where known) 2-seeded ; seeds without hairs. 
Without spines ; flowers in spikes, 
Species 9; in Tropical and South Africa. 
1. S. harveyanus (Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 279); undershrub 
2-6 ft. high; branches densely pubescent or hairy ; leaves 1-11 by 
1 in. (or in some examples hardly half so large), elliptic or ovate, 
subobtuse, glabrescent, entire or wavy crenulate; petiole 0-2 in. 
long, hairy ; flowers axillary, solitary, or running into spikes at the 
ends of branches ; bract 2 in. long, elliptic, obtuse ; bracteoles 2 in. 
long, narrower; sepals 2 in. long, rigid, minutely pubescent, obtuse, 
outer 3 obovate or elliptic, inner 2 oblong ; corolla % in. long, 
purplish-blue or white; capsule 4 by % in., ellipsoid, rigid, smooth, 
2-seeded ; seeds without hairs, 7’. Anders. in Journ, Linn. Soe. vii. 
37 ; Harv. Thes. Cap. ii. 28, t. 145; Linday in Engl. §& Prantl, 
