Phaylopsis.] xcviii. acanthace^ (clarke). 87 



identical with the example of P. togoensis communicated by Lindau. Barter 913 has 

 very large leaves (not scabrous), and is like Schweinfurth's 2520, which has leaves up 

 to 7 in. long. 



11. P. lankesterioides, C. B. Clarke. Leaves l|-by | in., hairy ; 

 petiole \ in. long. Inflorescences 2 by IJ in., dense, substrobilate ; 

 bracts i-| in. in diam., orbicular. Two anticous calyx-segments, I in. 

 long, linear^ not widened upwards. Corolla pale-red ; tube |— l" in. 

 long, linear, not inflated at the top. — Micranthus lankesierioides, Lindau 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 9, and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 298, 

 fig. 120, G-H. Phaulopsis lankesteHoides, Lindau in Engl. &:, Prantl, 

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



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Malange, Buchner^ 156 ! Katete Berg, Buchner 

 630! 



12. P. glandulosa, C. B. Clarke. Branches slender, woody. 

 Leaves up to IJ by J in., lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, subsessile, 

 when mature very thinly hairy. Spikes 1-2 by 1 in., rather dense, 

 hairy ; bracts f in. long, narrow-elliptic ; bracteoles 0. Posticous calyx- 

 segment h by ^^ in., other 4 segments subequal, J in. long, linear, 

 pubescent. Corolla-tube exceeding 1 in. in length, linear to the top ; 

 lobes 5, obovate, J in. long. Stamens 4, subsimilar ; anthers exserted, 

 short, ovate, microscopically pointed at the base; pollen ellipsoid, 

 trigonous, longitudinally ribbed. Style hairy, branches one short and 

 linear-oblong, the other suppressed. — Micranthus glandulo^ts, Lindau in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 115. 



&ower Cuinea. Angola : Huilla ; Chella Mountains, Johnston ! Antunes, 117 ! 



24. PETALIDIUM, Nees; Benth et. Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 1081. 



Calyx small; segments lanceolate or linear, 2 anticous connate J 

 their length or (in most African species) nearly to the tip. Corolla 

 small (or in P. coccineum 1 in. long) ; tube straight or curved, dilated 

 in the upper half or only funnel-shaped at the very top ; segments 5, 

 contorted in bud, nearly equal (or in P. vaHahile unequal), two-lipped 

 or not. Stamens 4, subsimilar ; filaments nearly glabrous except at the 

 base; anther-cells parallel, subequal, base short-tailed apiculate or 

 muticous ; pollen ellipsoid, longitudinally few ribbed, stopples 8, with 

 (nearly always) 1 tubercle above and below each stopple. Style 

 thinly hairy ; stigmatic arms linear-oblong, subequal or unequal, rarely 

 one obsolete. Ovary with 2 ovules in each cell, glabrous. Capsule 

 small, commonly \ in. long, sessile, ovate or ellipsoid, compressed, hard, 

 brown, shining, woody throughout, placentae with seeds rising elastically 

 from the base of the capsule. Seeds 4 or more often 2, with numerous 

 hygroscopic hairs. — Small, shrubby. Leaves entire. Pedicels to flowers 

 very short ; inflorescence of contracted monopodial cymes, often 

 reduced to single flowers, of which many branches are often sterile 

 and carrying linear (often long ciliate) bracts. Bract smaU, narrow, 



