<>4 xcviii. ACANTHACE.^ (clarke). [Acanthopale. 



from the base. Filaments glabrous ; anther-cells glabrous, rounded at 

 the base. Style hairy, with one linear-oblong branch ; cells of the ovary 

 2-ovulate. — Strobilanthes sp. nova, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. ii. P>45. 



XWCozamb. Bist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 6000-7000 ft., Johnston, 

 12! 



•i. A. albosetulosa, C. B. Clarke. Innovations and bracts with 

 white bristly hairs. Leaves up to »U by 1 in. (only upper seen) long, 

 tapering at the base, nearly glabrate ; cystoliths small, prominent on 

 both surfaces; petiole 1-14 in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary, those 

 near the end of branchlets approximate; bract ^ by \ in., spathulate- 

 obovate ; bracteoles | in. long, linear-oblong, slightly widened at the top. 

 Sepals o, 1| in. long, subequal, linear-lanceolate, minutely scabrous. 

 Corolla \\ in. long ; tube funnel-shaped nearly from the base. Filaments 

 glabrous ; anther-cejls glabrous, rounded at the base, slightly glandular 

 on the back. Style hairy, with one linear-oblong branch; ovary 

 glabrous; ovules 2 in each cell. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Njasaland ; Masuku Plateau, 6500- 

 7000 ft., Whyte! 



5. A. pubescenSy C. B. Clarke. Branches, leaves on both surfaces, 

 and inflorescence hairy. Leaves 3 by 1 in., entire acuminate, decurrent 

 at the base; petiole |-J in. long. Flowers 1-3 on small axillary 

 branches, with reduced floral leaves (or bracts) J-1 in. long, spathulate. 

 Calyx I in. long, divided to the base ; sepals equal, very narrowly oblong, 

 hairy. Corolla-tube 1 in. long, widely funnel-shaped from the base ; 

 mouth subequally 5-lobed. Stamens 4 ; anthers similar, 2-celled ; cells 

 parallel, oblong, muticous ; pollen strongly echinate ; filaments slightly 

 hairy. Style hairy ; stigma of one branch. — Dischistocalyx puhescens, 

 Lindau ex Engl, in Gotzen, Durch Africa, Sonderabdr. 9. 



South Central. Congo Free State : in forest on Kirunga Volcano, north of 

 Lake Kivn, 8000 ft., Gotzen, 58 I 



Strohilanthes madagascariensU, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 220, is verv 

 close to (if not identical with) this. 



6. A.confertiflora, C. B. Clarke. Thinly hairy. Leaves up to 1) 

 by 4 in., suddenly narrowed at both ends, acuminate, obscurely crenulate ; 

 petiole 1 in. long. Heads of flowers 1-1 1^ in. in diam., subglobose, 

 axillary and on short axillary branches; bract J in. long, obovate; 

 bracteoles J in. long, oblong. Calyx J in. long; segments linear- 

 lanceolate, hairy. Corolla-tube | in. long, funnel-shaped nearly from 

 the base. Filaments glabrous; anther-cells glabrous, rounded at the 

 base. Style hairy. — Dischistocalyx confertijlorus, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. 

 XX. 13, in Engl, t Prantl, Pflanzenf. iv. 3B. 307, and in Engl. Pf . 

 Ost-Afr. C. 308. 



wile Ziand. British East Africa : Upper Ituri River, 3400 ft., Stuhlmann, 2687 ! 

 Mozamb. Blst* Njasaland, Buchanan, 22 ! 



7. A. Buchholziiy C. B. Clarke. Shrub. Leaves up to 8 by 2J in., 

 acute at either end, crenulate, nearly glabrous; petiole -^IJ in. long. 



