54 ACANTHACES (Clarke). [ Barleria. 
almost rounded at the base, hispid-ciliate on the margins or nearly 
glabrate ; flowers solitary, axillary, or pedicels hardly 4 in. long; 
bracteoles (or rather floral leaves) 3 by 2 in., linear-lanceolate, ciliate 
with clustered hairs on the margins; anticous calyx-segment 1 by 
nearly 4 in., oblong, bifid at the tip into 2 teeth 3, in. long; posti- 
cous sepal 5 by } in., narrow-lanceolate, ciliate on the margins ; corolla 
3-1 in. in total length; pollen globose, honeycombed; ovary 
glabrous. 
“er genmygam Recion: Transvaul; Bosch Veld, at Blands River, Rehmann, 
4968 ! 
24. C. pretoriensis (C. B. Clarke); innovations villous-sub- 
tomentose ; branches 8 in. lung, slender, woody, internodes 1-1 in. 
long; leaves 13 by 4-1 in., narrowly oblong, when mature nearly 
glabrate ; flowers axillary, solitary, more than 1} in. long; posticous 
sepal } by }-1 in., elliptic-lanceolate, entire, hairy, almost white- 
tomentose ; capsule exceeding 3 in. in length, ovoid with lanceolate 
beak, very hairy upwards, 2-seeded, 
ere ReGion: Transvaal; Apies Poort near Pretoria, Rehmann, 
25. B. Wilmsii (Lindau ms.) ; very nearly glabrous; branches 
-1lin. long ; leaves up to 2 by 3 in., sessile, ovate, tip triangular and 
obtuse, base rounded or subcordate ; flowers solitary or a few clustered 
at the tips of the branches ; posticous sepal exceeding 2 by 2 in., 
narrow-elliptic, obtuse, entire, green, glabrous; corolla lilac-purple 
(Galpin), 12 in. long. : 
Kananart Region: Transvaal ; near Lydenburg, Wilms 1217! grassy slopes 
near Barberton, 2800 ft., Gedpin, 863 ! 8» , grassy slop 
26. B. Galpinii (C. B. Clarke); nearly glabrous; branch 1 ft. 
Jong, with 2 lines of minute white pubescence ; leaves 3 by 14-11 in, 
ovate, entire, glabrous, tip triangular-obtuse, base narrowed into a 
petiole { in. long; inflorescence a few-flowered cluster in an upper 
axil; posticous sepal 3—2 in. long, ovate, entire, green, glabrous or 
very nearly so; corolla yellow (Galpin). 
KaLawari Reqion: Transvaal; a 
Rarbertoui, 1900'R: Gutta Vestas t Sheba Battery, in Kaap Valley, near 
Imperfeetly known Species. 
27. B. repens (Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 230); prostrate, 1-2 ft. 
long, young parts yellow-strigose; leaves 1} by 2 in., shortly villous, 
afterwards glabrate, base attenuated sometimes to the base of the 
petiole; racemes scattered, 2-1-flowered; braet minute, linear ; 
2 outer calyx-segments subsimilar, up to + by 3-2 in., ovate, sparsely 
hairy, subentire, ultimately membranous, reticulate ; corolla 1} in. 
long, pink, tube linear ; pistil glabrous; capsule 1-8 in. long, 
2-seeded, or 4-seeded with the 2 lower seeds considerably smaller. 
g B. ae in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 166; Schinz in Mém. Herb. 
oiss, x. 63. ‘ 
