Crabbea.] xcviii. ACANTHACEiE (clarke). 119 



2. C. hirsuta, Harvey iii Hook. London Journ. Bot. i. (l^iii^) 27. 

 Mature leaves hairy on the lower surface. Heads sessile or nearly so ; 

 outermost floral-leaves hairy. Postieous sepal 'I by J in. ; anticous each 

 I ^y tV ^"' ' lEiner two I by ^^ in. — Nees in DC. Prod. xi. Ui8 ; 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 32 ; Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. f)o, 

 t. 1, tig. 2d>, and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 313, and var. 

 somalensis in Ann. Istit, Bot. Roma vi. (181)('») 71. 



Wile Xiand. Somaliland : Burgi, Riva, 1347 ! 



Tills species differs very little from C. nana. The Somali specimen is said by 

 Lindau to differ from the Cape type by having the "bracts less acuminate, more 

 gliibrate" ; but 1 see no "varietal" difference even. 



3. C. velutina, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1894, 135. Branches 

 2-6 in. long, hairy. Leaves up to 9 by 2 in., oblong-elliptic, hairs on 

 the upper surface scattered, on the lower chiefly along the nerves, 

 cystoliths obscure above but conspicuous beneath, tip subobtuse, margin 

 minutely crenulate, base long tapering ; petiole J-1 in. long. Heads 

 1-H in. in diam. ; peduncles \-\h, in. long; outer floral-leaves 1 in. 

 long, shining, glabrescent, with margined teeth \-}y in. long. Calyx 

 J in. long ; postieous sepal elliptic-lanceolate, more than twice as broad 

 as the others. Corolla white {Lugard). Capsule J in. long, slender ; 

 otherwise nearly as C. nana. — Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 308. 



Srile Ziand, British East Africa : Mombasa, Taylor ! 



Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Shamo, near the mouth of the River 

 ^h\Te, Kirk ! Lower Zambesi; Lupata, Kirk! British Central Africa: Nyasaland. 

 Buchanan, 906! Ngamiland ; Kwebe, Lugard, 131 ! 



4. C. reticulata, C. B. Clarke. Leaves up to 4 by 1 in., narrow 

 oblong-elliptic, hairy on both surfaces, cystoliths obscure, secondary 

 veins prominent on the lower face, margin minutely crenulate, tip 

 subobtuse, base long attenuate ; petiole 0-J in. long. Heads |-1 J in. 

 in diam. ; peduncles \-^h in. long; outer floral-leaves up to 1 in. long, 

 pubescent, marginal spines ^-\ in. long. Calyx scarcely J in. long ; 

 postieous sepal lanceolate, nearly tmce as wide as the others. Corolla 

 f in. long, white. 



•Kile I.and. British East Africa : Ukamba, 4000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 2309 ! 

 Mozamb. 3>lst. German East Africa: Karagwe, 4000-5000 ft., Scott- 

 miiot, 8147 ! 



30. THOMANDERSIA, Baill. Hist. PI. x. 456. 



Calyx-tube ^-\ in. long, wide-cylindric ; lobes 5, subequal, ovate. 

 Corolla I in. long ; tube J in. long, 2-Upped ; anticous :^-lobed lip longer, 

 folded down over the other in the bud. Stamens 4, subsimilar ; anthers 

 of 2 muticous oblong cells at equal height; pollen subglobose, smooth, 

 with 6 slender longitudinal depressions. Ovary and style glabrous ; 

 stigma of 2 short unequal branches ; ovules 2 in each cell, superpo.^ed. 

 Capsule globose-ellipsoid, compressed, very woody, 2-seeded, sometimes 



