Phaylopsis.'] xcviii. ACANTHACEiE (clarke). 85 



cences short-cylindric or ovoid ; lowest floral leaf orbicular, upper 

 elongate elliptic-oblong. Two anticous calyx-segments ligulate-spathu- 

 late ; otherwise as P. parvijlora. — Micranthus angolanus, 0. Kuntze, 

 Rev. Gen. 493. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto, WeUoitsch, 5146, 5175 ! Congo, 

 Smith ! Biiitner, 455 ! 



This differs from the preceding species by the large leaves iind the narrower bracts 

 to the spikes. 



5. P. Poggei, C. B. Clarhe. Leaves up to 4 by If in., sparingly 

 pubescent ; petiole up to If in. long. Inflorescences short-cylindric ; 

 upper floral leaves elongate up to ^-| in. long. Posticous calyx- 

 segment elliptic-oblong, tip triangular acute ; 2 anticous calyx-segments 

 ligulate. Corolla-tube hardly J in. long ; otherwise as P. parvijlora — 

 Micranthus Poggei, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 108, and in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 298. Phauloj^sis Poggei^ Lindau in Engl. 

 ife Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. zu ii.-iv. 305. 



Nile Iiand. British East Africa : East side of Lake Albert Nyanza, Scott-Ulliot, 

 8086 ! 



£ower Guinea. Lower Congo : Stanley Pool, 900 ft,, Sens, 52 ! 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Nyangwe, on the River Lualaba, Pogge, 

 9VS! 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston, 102 ! 

 British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte ! Songwe 

 and Karonga, 1700-2000 ft., Whyte ! Mount Chiradzulu, 4000 ft., Whyte ! 



This species resembles P. angolana in the habit and large leaves ; it differs 

 strikingly on account of the very leafy look of the inflorescences. 



6. P. micropliylla, T. Anders. MS. Innovations and inflorescences 

 hairy, stem and leaves soon glabrescent. Leaves all small, longest up 

 to 1 in. long. Inflorescences ovoid, scarcely f in. in diam., many- 

 flowered, obscurely strobilate ; floral leaves (except a few of the lowest) 

 elliptic or oblong. Calyx : posticous segment oblong-elliptic, 2 anticous 

 segments linear-oblong, slightly spathulate. Corolla \ in. long ; other- 

 wise as P. parvijlora. — Micranthus microphyllus, 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 

 493. M. silvestris, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 107, and in Engl. <fe 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 298. Phaulopsis silvestrisj Lindau in EngL 

 h Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. zu ii.-iv. 305; Cummins in Kew 

 Bulletin, 1898, p. 77. 



Upper Guinea. Ashanti : Assin-yan-Coomassie, Cummins, 71 ! Caraeroons : 

 Buea, Preuss, 701 ! 



l^ower Guinea. Gaboon : Munda ; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 6 ! Gaboon River, 

 Mann ! 



7. P. micrantlia, C. B. Clarke. Weak; leaves up to 3 by IJ in., 

 acuminate at both ends, entire, unequal at the base, sparingly pubescent ; 

 petiole up to If in. long. Inflorescences ovoid, \ in. long, or of very 

 few flowers. Calyx \ in. long ; 2 anticous segments narrowly oblan- 

 ceolate, obtuse. Corolla-tube \ in. long ; capsule -J in. long. — /Etheilema 

 inicranthum, Benth. in Hook. Niger El. 480. 



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