Sclerochiton.] ACANTHACES (Clarke). 37 
Pflanzenfam. iv, 3B, 316. Sclerochiton (genus), Harv. in Hook. 
Lond. Journ. Bot.i, (1842) 27. 
Sourn Arrica: without precise locality, Drege, 4037 ! 
‘ CENTRAL ReGion: Somerset Div.; on the Bosch Berg, 3500 ft., MacOwan, 
38! 
Katawari Reaion: Transvaal ; in wooded ravines at Moodies, near Barberton, 
40U0 ft., Galpin, 964! 
EastEk&N KEGIon; Transkei, Mrs. Barber, 29! 36! Pondoland; Shaw- 
bury, in forests, 180) ft., Bawr, 200! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 1212! and 
without precise locality, Gerrard, 1678! McKen, 5! 
XII. CROSSANDRA, Salish. 
Bract large, ovate ; bracteoles linear, nearly as long as the bract. 
Calyx 5-partite to the base; 2 anticous segments oblong, acute, 
l-nerved ; posticous segment broader, 2-nerved, often 2-toothed; 
2 inmost segments lanceolate, rather shorter. Corolla orange or red ; 
tube long, linear; limb of 5 segments imbricate in bud. Stamens 
4, subsimilar; anthers L-celled; pollen oblong, with 3 longitudinal 
(often very slender) chinks. Ovary oblong, with 2 ovules in each 
cell; stigma obscurely 2-tid. Capsule oblong-ellipsoid, usually 
4-seeded. Seeds with fringed scales or tufts of hairs which are 
slightly hygroscopic. 
Shrubs; leaves entire ; flowers in strobilate spikes. 
Species 14, African or Mascarene, 1 of these extending to India, 
1. C. Greenstockii (S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 37) ; pubescent ; 
stems 6-12 in. long; leaves usually 4-6 in. long, narrowly elliptic, 
tapering to the base, nearly glabrous beneath when mature ; peduncles 
0-6 in. long; spikes 1-6 by §-1 in. dense; bract ¢ in. long, 
herbaceous, ovate, hairy, margins with several innocuous teeth; 
bracteoles linear, nearly as long as the bract; posticous calyx-segment 
1 in. long, 2-nerved, ending in 2 spinous hairy teeth; corolla red 
(orange to bright scarlet, from notes of collectors) ; tube { in. long ; 
segments } in. long, turned to one side; anthers slightly hairy ; 
pistil glabrous, except for a few hairs towards the base of the style ; 
capsule 2 by } in., 4-seeded. Lindau in Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzen- 
fam. iv. 3B, 319, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370; C. B. Clarke 
in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 118. 
Sourn Arrica: without precise locality, Mrs. Saunders, 167 (t2 Wood Herb., 
3894) ! 
nts dope Reewn; Transvaal; Pilgrims Rest, Greenstock ! near Pretoria, 
MacLea in Bolus Herb., 3388! near Lydenburg, Atherstone! Wilms, 1207! 
Bosch Veld, at Menaars Farm, Rehmann, 4378! near Barberton, 2500-3000 ft., 
Galpin, 491! Crocodile River, 5000 ft., Schlechter, 3978! Olifants River 
District, Hartebeest River, Nelson, 405! Nyl River near Makapans Kraals, 
Nelson, 92! : : 
Eastern Recton: Natal; Tugela River, Gerrard, 1679! 
Also frequent in Tropical East Africa. 
In Gerrard, 1679, the leaves are small (14 in. long), hairy beneath ; the calyx- 
segments are long-aristate at the tip, the posticous segment 2-aristate. This 
plant has been set aside as ‘‘ distinct,” but there are similar (and intermediate) 
torms in Tropical Africa. 
