376 NEW AND INTERESTING ACANTHACE.E. 



Barleria (§ Eubarleria) Hildebrandtii S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 

 1877, GO. Wagga Mouutaiu, facing south, 5000 ft., Mrs. E. Lort 

 Phillips. 



A \evy fine specimen, 66 cm. high, with a stem reaching 1 cm. 

 in diameter at the base, and leaves larger than iu the type (to 

 2*5 cm. long by 1-6 cm. broad), with the same stellate tomentum, 

 and scattered long yellow strigose hairs. In the following I am 

 able to supplement the original description : — Flowers mauve. 

 Fruit glabrous, one-third shorter than the large outer calyx- 

 segments, and slightly exceeding the inner narrow sepals, 1 cm. 

 long and half as broad ; compressed ellipsoid narrowing abruptly 

 at the apex to a short stout beak. Seecls one in each chamber, 

 orbicular with a subcordate base, barely '5 cm. long and broad, 

 with a dense appressed woolly covering. 



The type-plant was collectedby Hildebrandt on the " Ahlgebirge," 

 Somali-land, at a height of 1500 to 2000 metres. 



Barleria (§ Eubarleria) rotundisepala, sp. n. Fruticulosa 

 caule ramisque cinereo-pubesceutibus et minute glanduligeris ; 

 foliis breviter petiolatis ellipticis, interdum oblongo- vel ovato- 

 ellipticis, dense appresso-pilosis ; iioribus inter mediocres in ramulis 

 brevibus dichasialibus vel abortu solitariis, pedicellis brevibus, 

 bracteis foliaceis vel minoribus ; sepalis 2 exterioribus maguis 

 orbicularibus, dorso appresso-pilosis, inargine minute glanduli- 

 geris, 2 interioribus triplo minoribus crassiusculis lanceolatis 

 acutis ; corolla inconspicue bilabiata, lobo antico obovato integro, 

 lobis 4 posticis altius counatis obovatis interioribus angustioribus, 

 retusis, tubo subcylindrico superne subampliato ; staminodiis 3 

 minutis, postico altius aftixo ; ovario ovato pubescente. 



Hab. Wagga Mountain, Mrs. E. Lort Phillips. 



A small shrub, 25 cm. high, with short irregularly patent and 

 ascending branches, and a stout reddish brown main root with 

 slender reddish branches. Leaves generally between 2 and 3 cm. 

 long by 1 to 1-75 cm. broad, excluding tlie petiole of 3-5 mm. long; 

 apex rounded, base rounded or very blunt. Bracteoles small sub- 

 oblanceobite about "5 cm. long, hairy like the leaves. Flower- 

 pedicel 5 mm. long. Posterior sepal generally 11 mm. long and 

 broad, sometimes slightly ovate, and scarcely as broad as long ; 

 anterior sepal slightly smaller ; lateral sepals completely hidden by 

 the outer, scarcely 4 mm. long. Corolla-tube 1 cm. long, slightly 

 constricted at the insertion of the stamens, 2-5 mm. above the 

 base, about 2 mm. in diameter at the constriction, widening very 

 gradually to nearly 4 mm. at the mouth. Anterior lobo 9 mm. long 

 by 7 mm. broad; outer (lower) posterior lobes 7 mm. by 6 mm., 

 inner 7 mm. by 4-5 mm. Filaments of stamens 1*5 cm. long, 

 anthers 2 mm., staminodes less than 1 mm. Filiform style 1.5 cm., 

 sparsely hairy at the base. Ovary 3 mm. long, covered with a 

 sliort pubescence. 



Near the Abyssinian B. orbicularis T. And., which, however, is 

 less hairy, has narrower papery leaves, cordate outer sepals, and 

 shorter corolla lobes. 



