Crossandra.^ xcviii. acanthac^.e (clarke). 117 



12. C. guineensis, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 281. Young parts 

 densely short-hairy. Stems G in. long, simple, with 1 terminal spike. 

 Leaves 5 by '2\ in., ovate, glabrescent, obtuse, margin undulate, base 

 narrowed, suddenly contracted into the petiole ; petiole ^- J in. long, 

 rusty-villous. Spike subsessile, up to 5 by \ in. ; bract J by \ in., 

 lanceolate, minutely toothed towards the top, nearly glabrous ; 

 bracteoles J in. long, linear. Calyx white {G. Mann) ; posticous 

 segment \ in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, 2-nerved, glabrous, margin 

 toothed, tip with 2 points. Corolla lilac or white ; tube § in. long ; 

 lobes J in. long, obovate. Pollen narrow-oblong, square-headed, o-ribbed. 

 Style glabrous, a few hairs at the apex of the ovary. Capsule \ in. 

 long, broad-lanceolate, 4-seeded, glabrous, seed-bearing nearly from the 

 base; seeds very strongly tubercled, without hairs. — Benth. in Hook. 

 Niger Fl. 481 ; Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 634G ; Lindau in Engl, k Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 819, and in Engl. PQ. Ost-Afr. C. 370. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Victoria, Preuss, 1349! Buchholz ! Barombi, 

 Preuss, 371 ! 499 ! Bipindi, Zenker, 1054 ! Lolodorf, Statidi, 360 ' Yiiunde, Zenker 

 ^ Staudt, 408 ! Fernando Po, 2000 ft., Mann, 50 ! 



ZiO^^er Guinea. Gaboon: Munda ; Sibange Farm, iSof/awx, 396 I ^[^03^, Bates, 

 546 ! Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1694 ! 



This plant has sometimes, when wild, beautifully white-veined leaves and browu- 

 red bracts. 



13. C. puberula, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Jfossamb. 214. Young 

 parts pubescent. Branches G-15 in. long. Leaves up to G by 2 in., 

 elliptic, glabrescent, margin entire or undulate, tip obtuse, base 

 decurrent sometimes to the base of the petiole ; petiole 0-1 -^ in. long. 

 Peduncles lateral, 0-9 in. long ; spike up to 4J by J in. ; bract J in. 

 long, lanceolate, entire, glabrescent (bracteoles and calyx-segments with 

 a linear scabrous mucro) ; bracteoles J in. long, oblong. Posticous 

 calyx-segment J in. long, or rather more, ovate, 2-nerved, tip 2-toothed. 

 Corolla-tube J in. long ; lobes J in. long. Pollen narrow- oblong, square- 

 headed, 3-ribbed. Style very thinly hairy. Capsule J by J in., 

 4-seeded. — Lindau in Engl. &, Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 319, 

 and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370 ; C. pubescens, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise 

 Mossamb. 213; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 310, 

 and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370. 



XMozamb. Bist. German East Africa: Dar-es-Salaain, Kirk.' Portuguese 

 East Africa: Lower valley of the River Shire, Meller ! Morambala Mountain, 

 Waller ! Lower Zambesi, at Boror, Peters ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; 

 Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Manganja Hills, Kirk! River Shire, Kirk! 

 and without precise locality, Buchanan, 860 ! 



Var. ? Smithii, C. B. Clarke. Stem and leaves nearly glabrous. Leaves hardly 

 exceeding 1 in. in length. Peduncles long ; heads 1^ by f in., laxly few-Howered. 

 Bracts f by ^^ in., upper part triangular-lanceolate, obtuse or apiculate, texture 

 herbaceous, 3-5-ribbed with few long hairs. 



Wile Xiand. East Tropical Africa, Donaldson Smith ! British East Africa : 

 Leikipia, Gregory ! 



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