8G xcviii. ACANTHACE^ (clarke). [Phaylopsis. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Efulen, Bates, 259 ! 282 ! 

 lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Don! Moller, 90! 



8. P. obliqua, *S'. Moore in Journ. Hot. 1880, 229. Leaves up to 

 2 by 1 in., acuminate, at both ends, regularly crenate-serrate, unequal 

 at the base, sparingly pubescent ; petiole up to | in. long. Flowers in 

 axillary clusters \ in. in diam., not at all strobilate. Calyx J in. long ; 

 2 anticous segments linear. Corolla scarcely \ in. long. — Micranthus 

 obliquua, 0. Kuntze, Kev. Gen. 403 ; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 298, and in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 147. M. Ilensiiy 

 Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 114. Phaulopsis ohliquus, Lindau in 

 Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. zu ii.-iv. 305. 



Slower Guinea. Gaboon River, Mann, 1008 ! Lower Congo : Stanley Pool, 

 1000 ft.. Hens, 29 ! Angola : Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 5115 ! 



9. P. Johnstoni, C. B, Clarke. Small, twiggy, branched, glabrescent. 

 Leaves and flower-clusters mostly at the ends of branches, glandular- 

 pubescent. Leaves up to 1^ by J in., narrowed at both ends, entire, 

 mostly sessile ; petiole occasionally ^ in. long ; leaves often passing 

 gradually into lower bracts. Clusters of flowers approximate, not 

 strobilate. Two anticous calyx-segments linear. Corolla nearly \ in. 

 long. Filaments sparsely hairy ; anther-cells all strongly tailed. 

 Ovary with hairs and glands nearly to the base. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Huilla, Antunes, A. 117 ! by the river Cunene, John- 

 ston ! Quita ; Gambos, Neicton ! 



10. P. Barter!, T. Anders, in Journ, Linn. Soc. vii. 27. Stems 1-3 ft. 

 high (at the least). Leaves up to 4|- by 2-1 in., acuminate at both 

 ends, ovate or elliptic but more often oblong, entire, glabrescent or 

 minutely scabrous ; petiole in the type examples 0-|- in. long, some- 

 times IJ in. long. Spikes in the type 2J by 1 in., dense strobilate; 

 lower bracts depressed-orbicular. Posticous calyx-segment elliptic or 

 oblong, two anticous free very nearly to the base, linear, spathulate. 

 Corolla-tube \ in. long, upper half inflated funnel-shaped or almost 

 campanulate. — Micranthus Barteri, 0. Kuntze, E-ev. Gen. 493 ; Lindau 

 in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 298. M. togoensis, Lindau 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 8. Phaulopsis Barteri^ Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. zu ii.-iv. 305. 



Upper Guinea. Togoland : Bismarckburg, Kling, 186 ! 193 ! 194 ! Biittner, 

 177 ! 336 ! Baumann, 364 ! Niger Territory : Nupe, Barter, 913 ! Lower Niger : 

 Onitsa, Barter, 845 ! Cameroons : Victoria, Preuss, 1208 ! 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa: Bongo; Addai, Schweinfurth, 2520 I Jur; 

 Dirao, Schweiiifurth, 4267 ! 



ZiOwer Guinea. Gaboon River, Mann, 1010 ! 



T. Anderson founded this species, by uniting Barter 845 and 913, and ascribing to 

 them the character " two anticous calyx-segments connate more than half-way up," which 

 is not the case ; in both of them, and in all the material brought here, these segments 

 are (as throughout the genus) nearly free. Barter 845, with scabrous leaves, is 



