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ALABASTEA DIVEESA.— Part XXI. 

 By Spencer le M. Moore, B.Sc, F.L.S. 



acanthace^ africans nov^.-'' 

 (Concluded from p. 298.) 



Barleria (§ Somalia) Gossweileri, sp. nov. Fruticosa, ra- 

 mosa, ramis cortice sordide albo obductis tandem fere glabris, 

 ramulis foliosis tomento albido pilis brevibus glandulosis inter- 

 mixtis indutis, foliis parvis lanceolato-oblongis obtusis basi in 

 petiolum cuneatim angustatis chartaceis pag. sup. appresse strigoso- 

 pubescentibus pag. inf. pilis simplicibus albo-tomentosis margine 

 pilis glandulosis onustis, fioribus pluribus ad apicem ramulorum 

 subapproximatorum thyrsam glanduloso-pubescentem referenti- 

 bus, bracteis anguste linearibus glanduloso-pubescentibus, calycis 

 glandulosi segmento antico postico subconformi oblongo-obovato 

 apice integro retusove basi obtuso lobis lateralibus ceteris brevi- 

 oribus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, corollae cyanese tubo sub- 

 cylindrico limbi lobis 3 majoribus 3 late obovatis minoribus 2 

 obovato-oblongis omnibus emarginatis, staminibus 2 exsertis, 



staminodiis , stylo exserto glabi'o, capsula ovoidea rostrata 



glanduloso-pubescente 2-sperma. 



Hab. Benguella, Lengue ; Gossiveiler, 4968. 



Folia summum 4 x 1'2 cm., ssepius vero minora; petioli 

 5-fere 15 mm. long. Inflorescentia circa 10 x 5 cm. Bractese 

 5-10 mm. long. Calycis segmentum anticum 15-18 x 7 mm., 

 posticum summum 19 x 8 mm. ; segmenta lateralia 10 mm. long. 

 Corolla saltem 3 cm. long. ; tubus circa 5 mm. lat. ; lobi majores 

 15 X 10 mm., minores 13 X 7 mm. Filamenta saltem 1-5 cm. 

 long., antherge aegre 4 mm. Capsula (rostro 7 mm. long, baud 

 exempto) aegre 2 cm. long. Semina orbicularia, anguste alata, 

 dilute straminea, 5 mm. diam. 



The habit is much that of B. alata S. Moore belonging to 

 § Eu-Barleria. It is quite unlike the other known species of 

 § Somalia. 



The flowers have been partly eaten by insects, so that full 

 measurements of the corolla cannot be given, neither were the 

 staminodes seen. 



Barleria (§ Eu-Barleria) benguellensis, sp. nov. Caulibus 

 pluribus rariramosis fere a basi foliosis subtetragonis bifariatim 

 puberulis demum glabris, foliis subsessilibus sessilibusve lanceo- 

 latis vel anguste lanceolato-ovatis apice mucronatis basi angustatis 

 ipso obtusis utrinque perspicue reticulato-nervosis tenuiter coriaceis 

 glabris, floribus in spicam brevem terminalem digestis foliis flora- 

 libus valde redactis stipatis, bracteolis anguste lineari-lanceolatis 

 acutis quam calyx brevioril)us, calycis segmento postico ovato 

 apicem versus angustato apice acuto basi rotundato segmento 

 antico postico simili nisi paullulum minore bidentato segmentis 

 ambobus radiatim plurinervibus pergamaceis glabris segmentis 



* The specimens described are in the National Herbarium. 

 Journal of Botany. — Vol. 49. [Oct. 1911.] 2 a 



