Phaylopsis.'] xcviii. acanthace.e (clarke). 83 



Corolla-tube less than \ in. long, somewhat funnel-shaped 

 upwards. 

 Inflorescences strobilate, many, cylindric. 



Anticous 2 calyx-teeth linear-ligulate, acute . . 1. P. parviflora. 



Anticous 2 calyx-teeth linear-spathulate . . 2. P. longifolia. 



Anticous 2 calyx-teeth oblong-falcate . . .3. P. falcisepala. 



Inflorescences short-cylindric, hardly strobilate. 



Bracts hardly so long as flowers . . . . 4. P. angolana. 



Bracts longer than flowers ; spike leafy . . 5. P. Poggei. 



Inflorescences ovoid, not strobilate. 

 Heads of flowers scattered. 



Leaves less than 1 in. long, subentire, glabre- 



scent . . . . . . . fi. P. microphylla. 



Leaves up to 3 in. long, oblique, entire, pubescent 7. P. micrantha. 

 Spikes very small, leaves crenate-serrate . . 8. P. ohliqua. 

 Leaves and inflorescences subterminal on lateral 



branchlets 9. P. Johnstoni. 



Corolla-tube \ in. long, subcampanulate in the upper 



part 10. P. Barteri. 



Corolla-tube ^ in. long or more, linear to the top. 



Leaves ovate ; bracts round ; corolla-tube ^ in. long . 11. P. lanJcesterioides. 

 Leaves lanceolate; bracts narrow ; corolla-tube, 1 in. 



long . . . . . . . . 12. P. glandulosa. 



1. P. parviflora, Willd. Sp. PI iii. 842. Stem 1-2 ft. high, 

 branched, decumbent or suberect, hairy, becoming glabrescent below. 

 Leaves up to 3 by IJ- in. (many on the same stem only J-1 in.) long, 

 those of one pair sometimes very unequal, acuminate at both ends, 

 pubescent, some often very unequal and oblique at the base, nearly entire ; 

 petiole up to IJ in. long. Inflorescences some cylindric up to 2^ by 

 § in., dense, strobilate (some examples have nearly all the inflorescences 

 ovoid); lower floral leaves J by |^ in., rounded subtruncate; upper 

 floral leaves of the same inflorescence are J by J in., ovate, triangular, 

 subacute at the tip. Calyx \-^ in. long, hairy, scarcely glandular; 

 posticous segment ovate, two anticous segments narrowly linear-ligulate, 

 not dilated at the subacute tip. Corolla J in. long, white or purplish ; 

 tube cylindric, narrow-funnel-shaped at the top. Ovary glabrous, 

 sparingly glandular close to the top only. Capsule \-\ in. long. — T. 

 Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 26 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind, iv. 417. P. longifolia^ Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2433. Ruellia imbricata, 

 Forsk. Descr. ^gypt.-Arab. 113 ; Vahl, Symb. ii. 73. Micranthus 

 oppositifolius, Wendl. Bot. Beobacht. 39 ; Lindau in Engl, k Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 298, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 367. M. lonyifolkts 

 & M, ionhricatuSj 0. Kuntze, Kev. Gen. 493. jEtheileryia iTubricatum, 

 R. Br. Prod. 478 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 480 ; Nees in DC. Prod, 

 xi. 262 partly ; not of A. Rich. ^. reniforme, Nees in Wall. PI. As. 

 Par. iii. 94, and in DC. Prod. xi. 261 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1533; Benth. in 

 Hook. Niger Fl. 480. Phaulopsis oppositifoliius d' P. longifoUus, Lindau 

 in Engl, ct Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. zu ii.-iv. 305. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Perrotfef, 6Z1\ Senegambia, Heudelof, 585 ! Gambia, 

 Brown- Lester, 11 ! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Smeathman ! Don ! Scott-FAliot, 5693 I 

 4426 ! 



