40 ACANTHACEH (Clarke). [ Crabbea. 
on the margins; otherwise as C. hirsuta, Nees. Harv. Thes. Cap. 
1. 40, t. 64; 7’. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc, vii.32; Engl. in Engl. 
Jahrb. x. 263. @. undulatifolia, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. x. 263; 
Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 313. 
South Arrica: without precise locality, but probably from the Magalies - 
Berg, Zeyher, 1412! 
Katanart Recion: Griqualand West; Groot Boetsap, 4000 ft., Marloth, 
965! Bechuanaland ; Mafeking, 4200 ft., Bolus, 6413! Groot Fontein, 400J ft., 
Marloth, 1079; Transvaal ; Magalies Berg, Burke, 495! 
5. C. pedunculata (N. E. Brown); stems 2-6 in. long; leaves 
2-5) in. long, narrowly or broadly elliptic, obtuse, narrowed to 
the base, when mature nearly glabrous beneath ; petioles O-1 in. 
long ; peduncles 1-4} in. long; outer floral leaves 1 by 4-2 in., 
ovate, acute, more or less hairy, without marginal spines; flowers 
nearly as in C. nana. 
Eastern Reaion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 365! Krantz Kloof, 5000 ft., 
Schlechter, 3210! and without precise locality, Sanderson, 466! 
6. C. Galpinii (C. B. Clarke) ; branches 3 in. long; leaves 2 by tin., 
linear ; peduncle 1 in. long; heads small; outer floral leaves 3 by 
3 I., ovate, acute, sparsely hairy, without marginal spines; corolla 
white, scarcely 2 in. long. 
Katauari Reeion: Transvaal, Barberton, 2800 ft., Galpin, 1148! 
This may possibly prove to be a variety of C. pedunculata from which it differs 
as C. angustifolia differs from C. hirsuta. The heads, floral leaves, and flowers are 
considerably smaller than in any other species of Crabbea, but the single branch 
perhaps is only a ‘‘ depauperated ’”’ example. 
XV. GLOSSOCHILUS, Nees. 
_ Calyx 5-partite to the base; segments linear. Corvlla medium- 
sized ; tube gradually enlarged from the base much swollen at the 
top; limb of 5 segments (not contorted in the bud) evidently 
2-lipped ; anticous lip 3-lobed, the central lobe ovate, twice as broad 
as the lateral. Stamens 4; anther-cells 2, one much below the 
other, both minutely mucronate at the base ; pollen nearly globose 
with 2 large pores and indistinct bands. Ovary with 2 ovules in 
each cell, glabrous except near the style-base ; style-branches 2, 
subequal. Capsule narrowly-ellipsoid, shortly stalked, 4-seeded. 
Seeds much flattened, smooth, the thickened margins without hairs, 
A small shrub; leaves narrow, glabrescent 
approximated towards the ends of the branch 
reduced upper leaf; bracteoles 0. 
Species 1, endemic, 
The material is small, and the wstivation of the corolla not sallow th 
é ugh, fid 
Bentham, not contorted) ; the anticous lip is probably wholl seh pra — 
shee gens eins by he ng nee from Ruelliopsis and Ruellia, and by its 
seeds from Dyschoriste. 1€ corolla should reall 4 v1 
cannot be placed in any one of these genera, really prove to be contorted it 
3 flowers solitary, axillary, a few 
es ; the bract, or floral leaf, is a 
