XCII. ACANTHACER. 283 
lute. Capsule ovate, acute, dorsally-compressed, 4-2-seeded. 
Seeds tomentose, with a hyaline margin, mucilaginous when 
moistened.—TZ. Anders. in Linn. Soc. Journ. vii. Bot. p. 26. 
P. hirsuta, T. A., is a halfshrub, clothed with spreading hairs. Leaves 
petioled, broadly ovate ; flowers in lateral cymes. — West Coast, beyond the 
frontier, Curror in Herb. Hook. 
6. PHAYLOPSIS, Willd. 
Calyx 5-parted, the upper segment very large, bract-like. 
Corolla 2-lipped, upper lip 2-fid, lower 3-fid or subringent, the 
upper lip entire or 2-dentate. Stamens 4, didynamous, in- 
cluded; anthers 2-celled, with parallel cells. Capsule 2- 
celled, 2-valved, 4-seeded at base, with membranous sides, the 
septum separating in 2 seed-bearing lamelle.—AXtheilema, 
DC. Prod. xi. p. 261. 
Leafy branching, herbaceous plants. Spikes axillary and terminal, leafy, 
subsessile.—Natal. 
Suporper 3. Acanthidez. (Gen. 7-23.) 
7. BARLERIA, Linn. 
Calyx cruciately 4-parted, the upper and lower lobes much 
larger and broader than the others. Corolla funnel-shaped, 
the tube long or short, dilated in the throat; limb 5-parted, 
the upper lobe shorter. Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted 
near the base of the tube, the longer ones equalling the 
corolla-tube, the shorter sometimes without anthers ; anthers 
linear, 2-celled, cells parallel, pointless. Stigma funnel- 
shaped, truncate. Capsules conical-acuminate, 4—-2-seeded at 
base ; septum entire, adnate.—DC. Prod. xi. p. 223. 
Herbaceous or shrubby, of various habit. Flowers axillary or spiked, 
with wide or narrow bracts, handsome, mostly blue.—13 South African 
species, Northern and Eastern. 
8. CRABBEA, Harv. 
Calyx 5-parted, subequal, the segments subulate. Co- 
rolla tubular or bell-shaped ; limb 5-parted, the 3 upper seg- 
ments rather smaller. Stamens 4, included ; anthers 2-celled, 
cells contiguous, unequal at base, bristly. Stigma funnel- 
shaped, 2-lipped, 1 lip short, narrow, the other dilated, ovate. 
Capsule terete, 6-8-seeded.— D0. Prod. xi. p. 162; Thes. Cap. 
t. 64, 
Dwarf undershrubs, often procumbent, with densely crowded leaves. 
Spikes axillary, subsessile, capitate, imbricated with large, rigid, veiny, 
spine-bordered or rigidly ciliate bracts.—4 or 5 species, in Caffraria and 
Natal. 
