Petalidium.'] xcviii. acanthace^ (clarke). 91 



8. P. glandulosum, S. Mocn-e in Journ. Bot. 1880, 226. Innova- 

 tions with small hairs, many gland-tipped. Leaves up to 1 J by J in., 

 ovate ; petiole up to -J^ in. long. Inflorescences few-flowered, very lax, 

 both near the base and the top of a branch ; bracteoles § in. long, ovate, 

 reticulate-veined, glandular-pubescent. Calyx j in. long ; two anticous 

 segments connate almost to the tip, posticous segment narrow-oblong 

 from an ovate ba.se. Corolla-tube f in. long, moderately inflated in the 

 upper half. Style thinly hairy, branches nearly equal. — Psevdobarleria 

 glandulosa, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 299. 



iMOvrer Guinea. Angola : Benguela, Welwitsch, 5047 ! 



9. P. Currori, aS'. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 226, 228. Stout 

 undershrub, subpersistently glandular-pubescent all over. Leaves up 

 to 3^ by \\ in., ovate; petiole up to \ in. long. Inflorescences of 1-5 

 flowers, loose, scattered ; bracteoles 1 by J in., subacute, reticulately 

 veined. Calyx \ in. long ; segments acute, 2 anticous united nearly to 

 the tip. Corolla-limb of 5 subequal ovate segments, about J in. in 

 diam. Filaments glabrous except at the base; anthers at the base 

 mucronulate, hardly spurred. Style thinly hairy, branches 2 linear, 

 unequal. Capsule nearly \ in. long, 4-2-seeded. — Pseudoharleria 

 hirsuta, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 20). P. Currori^ Lindau in 

 Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 300. 



liower Guinea. Angola, Curror ! 



10. P. spiniferum, C. B. Clarke. Hairy with simple and gland- 

 tipped hairs. Leaves (only some on young shoots seen), 1 by \ in., 

 narrowly elliptic. Flowers 1 or 2 on very short axillary branches 

 ending in stout spines f in. long ; bract obsolete ; bracteoles | by i in., 

 narrowly elliptic-oblong, hairy, not strongly veined. Calyx : posticous 

 segment J in. long, 2 anticous segments connate nearly to the tip. 

 Corolla-tube f in. long, nearly equally cylindric ; lobes \-}f in, long. 

 Anthers, pollen and stigmas of the genus. Capsule J in. long ; seeds of 

 the genus. — Petalidii sp. nova, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 228. 



IiOwer Guinea. Angola : Chella Mountains, Johnston ! 



Var. ohtusa, C. B. Clarke. Leaves obovate- elliptic very obtuse. Corolla rather 

 smaller. 



JaO-wer Guinea. Angola : Mossamedes, Welwitsch, 4998 ! 



11. P. huillense, C. B. Clarke. Hairy with simple and gland- 

 tipped hairs ; branchlets 6 in. long. Leaves J by \ in., oblong-elliptic. 

 Flowers 1 or 2 on very short axillary branches ending in spines ^ in. 

 long ; bracts obsolete ; bracteoles ^-§ by J in., narrowly elliptic-oblong, 

 not hairy. Calyx: posticous segment J in. long, 2 anticous segments 

 connate nearly to the tip. Corolla-tube ^-J in. long, inflated upwards ; 

 lobes \ in. long. Anthers, pollen, and pistil of the genus. 



IiOwer Guinea. Angola : Chiviqua, and banks of the River Cunene, lieicton ! 

 This can hardly be a small-flowered form of P. spiniferujn ; but no difierence 

 except size and shape of corolla can be stated. 



