IIG xcviii. ACANTHACE.E (clarke). [Crossandra. 



lax, with many long white silky hairs. Bracts J by ^-J in., elliptic, 

 with a long innocuous point, silky white-hairy; bracteoles J in, long, 

 linear. Calyx J in. long, of 5 distinct sepals, all silky white-hairy at 

 the tips; posticous 2-nerved, shortly 2-toothed. Corolla | in. long; 

 lips rather large. Stamens and pollen of the genus ; filaments glabrous. 

 Pistil glabrous. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 31)1; Lindau in 

 Engl, ct Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 319, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 C. 370. 



Nile Iiand. British East Africa : Leikipia, 6000 ft., Hohnel, 75 ! 



1>. C. mucronata, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 35. Very sparingly 

 pubescent. Branches up to 10 in. long. Leaves up to 4 by H in., 

 tapering at both ends; petiole 0-| in. long. Peduncles up to 2^ in. 

 long ; spikes 1-4J by | in. ; bract f in. long, elliptic, entire, thinly 

 hairy towards the margin, tip triangular and sometimes mucronate ; 

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

 ovate, acute, 2-nerved, tip 2-toothed. Corolla as of C. nilotica, but 

 rather smaller. Anthers hairy ; pollen oblong, square-headed, 3-ribbed. 

 Style nearly glabrous. — Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370 ; Rendle in 

 Journ. Bot. 1896, 398. 



Wile Iiand. Somaliland : Sheik Husein, Donaldson Smith. British East 

 Africa : east side of Lake Albert Edward, Scott-Mliot, 8091 ! Lake Victoria 

 Nyanza, at Berkeley Bay, Scott -JElliot, 7105 ! 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Usambara ; Nyika country, Hoist, 571 ! 



10. C. subacaulis, C. B. Clarke. Stem hardly any. Leaves 

 crowded, basal, up to 6 by 2 in., narrowly obovate, obtuse ; petiole 

 hardly any. Peduncles 0-5 in. long; spikes up to 4 in. long, usually 

 much looser than in C. nilotica; bracts with 5-9 prominent subparallel 

 nerves, almost plicate ; otherwise as C. nilotica. — G. nilotica^ var. 

 OAiumiiiata, S. Moore ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 345 ; 

 Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 370 partly. 



Nile Iiand. British East Africa: Jur, Schweinpiirth, M2\)\ Bongo, Schioein- 

 furth, 1447 ! 2213 ! Moru ; village of Wary Mary, Petherick ! Upper Nile, Freeman 

 ^ Lucas, 76! Ukamba, Scott-Mliot, 6461.! Hildehrandt, 2716! Sabaki River, 

 Gregory ! Nyika country, Gregory ! Lanjora, 2000 ft , Johnston ! 



Mozamb. Slst. German East Africa : Fischer, 253 I 481 ! Kilinianjiiro, 

 2000-5000 ft., Volkens,\md\ 2130! Johnston! Smith! Portuguese East Africa: 

 Boror, Peters ! 



11. C. primuloides, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 36. Innovations 

 pubescent. Leaves 4 by 2 in., elliptic, tips rounded, very obtuse, base 

 narrowed; margin obscurely undulate, crenate; upper surface with 

 many minute round glands ; petiole 0. Peduncles 3-4 in. long ; spikes 1 J 

 by f in.; bracts |rbyi in., obovate-oblong, very obtuse, softly pubescent, 

 not plicate, nerves obscure. Calyx scarcely J in. long, hairy ; posticous 

 sepal bifid at the tip. Corolla clear-red ; tube f in. long ; segments of 

 limb J in. long. 



Zio-wer Guinea. Angola: Malange, ilfec^ow, 271 ! 



