Petalidium.] xcviii. ACANTHACEiE (clarke). 89 



to If by f in., obovate-oblong, obtuse with minute mucro, base tapering ; 

 petiole 0-J- in. long. Flowers few, loosely approximate or solitary 

 on the upper part of the branches ; " yellow and chocolate " {Lurjard) ; 

 bracteoles ^ by J in. Calyx J- in. long ; two anticous segments connate 

 f their length. Corolla yellow; tube more than |- in. long; slightly 

 funnel-shaped at the top. Filaments sparsely hairy ; anthers at the 

 base mucronate, hardly tailed. — Pseudobarleria latifolia, Schinz in 

 Verhandl. Bot. Yer. Brandenb. xxxi. 197. 



Ito-wer Crulnea. German South West Africa : Amboland ; Oshando, ScJiinz, 

 88 ! Dammaraland, Een ! 



nXozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Ngamiland, Kwebe, Ijiigard, 121 ! 



2. P. englerianum, C. B. Clarke. Low shrub, covered densely 

 with stellate hairs which disappear from the older parts. Leaves up to 

 IJ by J in., obovate-oblong, obtuse, with minute mucro, base tapering; 

 petiole 0-J in. long. Flowers 3-7 in loose short spikes near the middle 

 of a branch ; bracteoles f by \ in. Calyx \ in. long ; 2 anticous 

 segments connate 4 their length. Corolla-tube -| in. long. Capsule 

 more than \ in. long. — Pseudobarleria engleriana^ Schinz in. Verhandl. 

 Bot. Yer. Brandenb. xxxi. 197. 



iMOvrer Guinea. German South West Africa : Hereroland ; Omapiu, Schinz, 

 67! 



This looks as if it might be a small example of P. latifolium ; but the bracteoles are 

 much smaller. 



3, P. physaloides, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 225, 228, t. 212, 

 fig. 2. Innovations densely tomentose with white stellate hairs which soon 

 disappear ; branches erect, quadrangular, rather slender. Leaves up 

 to 2 by 1 in., narrowed at both ends, glabrous when mature, tip acutely 

 triangular ; petiole 0-J in. long. Flowers solitary or 2 approximated 

 towards the upper part of the branches ; bracteoles J by J in., veined, 

 stellate hairs more or less persistent. Calyx J in. long ; two anticous 

 segments connate | their length. Corolla orange-red {S. Moore) ; tube 

 J in. long, slightly widened at the top, Filaments (free portion) nearly 

 glabrous. Capsule exceeding \ in. long, often 2-seeded. — Pseudo- 

 barleria physaloides, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 

 299. 



ILower Guinea. Angola : Mossamedes, Welwitsch, 5000 ! 



4. P. -VSTelwitschii, .S'. Mom-e in Journ. Bot. 1880, 227, 228, t. 212, 

 fig. 1. Procumbent shrub, innovations densely tomentose with white 

 stellate hairs which soon disappear more or less. Leaves up to H by 1 in., 

 tip obtuse triangular, base suddenly narrowed ; petiole J- J in. long. 

 Flowers 3-12 in loose axillary compound spikes, interspersed with 

 many barren branchlets 2-3 in. long carrying distant linear-oblong 

 bracts -J-J in. ; bracteoles J by J in. Calyx J in. long ; two anticous 

 segments connate more than f their length. Corolla blue {S. Moore) ; 

 tube f in. long, inflated in the upper J. Filaments glabrous except 

 near the base; anthers minutely tailed. Capsule ] in. long or more, 



