100 xcviii. ACANTHACE.E (clarke). [Blepkaris. 



1 4. B. linarisefolia, Pers. Syn. ii. 1 80. Small shrub, hairy, after- 

 wards glabrate. Leaves up to 3 by J-V in., entire or sparingly toothed, 

 hardly prickly, sometimes with few very small spines. Inflorescences 

 often in forks of the branches, 3-1 by | in., strobilate ; bracts |-1 in., 

 ovate, suddenly and shortly acuminate, more or less recurved, spinous ; 

 bracteoles .\-§ in. long, linear. Posticous calyx-segment J-§ in. long, 

 ovate ; 2 inner calyx-segments half as long, oblong. Corolla §-1 in. 

 long, blue. — T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 36 ; Zarb in Cat. 

 Spec. Bot. Pfund, 32 ; Lindau in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma vi. 76. 

 B. sindica, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 500 ; C. B. Clarke in 

 Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. iv. 479. B. dichotoma, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. x. 

 260. B. Passaryei, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 117. Acanthodium 

 hirium, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 274 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 151 ; 

 Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 481; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. 

 Aethiop. 102. A. grossum, Wight, Ic. t. 1535, 1536, not of Nees. 



"Upper Guinea. Senegal, Lelievre ! Senegambia, Heudelof, 179 ! Niger 

 Territory: Niipe, Barter, 716! Bornu, Vogel, 58! Caraerooiis : Garua, 800 ft., 

 Pa.ssari/e, 77 a. I 



Wile X.and. Kordofan, Kofschy, 256! Tfund, 15 ! 430 ! 433 ! Ethiopia, Kotschy, 

 58! Gallabat: Matamma, -ScAioeiVj/wrif/i, 73 ! Abyssinia: Sameu ; Jaj a, 3000-6000 ft., 

 Schimper, 302 ! Mai Gibba, Rohlfs Sf Stecker ! Shire, Petit ! and without precise 

 locality, Schimper, 390 ! British East Africa : Lake Baringo, Gregory ! 



Ztower Guinea. Angola : Welwitsch, 2014 ! German South-west Africa : 

 Hereroland, 2600 ft., Marloth, 1251 ! 



Also in South Africa, and extending into South-west Asia. 



15. B. Asteracanthus, C. B. Clarke. Glabrescent except the 

 inflorescence. Stems 1 ft. high, simple, straight, many-angled. Leaves 

 in whoj^ls of 4, subequal, up to 7 by ^-\ in., linear, entire or with very 

 few teeth. Inflorescence a dense compound terminal spinous softly 

 hairy head 2-3 in. in diam. Flower-bract |-1 in. long, lanceolate ; 

 bracteoles J in. long, linear. Posticous calyx-segment J in. long ; 

 2 inmost calyx-segments f in. long, narrow-oblong, acute, mucronate. 

 Corolla 1 in. long, very hairy. — B. acanthodioides, S. Moore in Journ. 

 Bot. 1880, 229 partly. 



Mozamb. Z>ist. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, 5250 ft., Nutt ! 



16. B. Sol, G. B. Clarke. Stem glabrate, with long trailing 

 branches. Leaves in distant whorls of 4 ; inner pair up to 6 by \ in., 

 lanceolate, subsessile, glabrous, entire, without spines. Inflorescence 

 up to 7 in. in diam. ; floral-leaves 32, 3 by J in., spinous, pubescent, 

 spreading radially, surrounding the lax compound short cyme of many 

 one- flowered branches (reduced spikes). Flower-bracts linear-oblong, 

 spinous, pubescent. Two outer calyx-segments exceeding | in. in 

 length, lanceolate ; 2 inner | in. long, narrow-lanceolate. Qorolla 1 in. 

 long, clear yellow, minutely and sparsely pubescent. Pistil glabrate ; 

 2 pits filled with glands at the style-base. 



Mozamb* I>l8t. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Tanganyika Plateau, 

 2000-3000 ft., Whyte ! 



