Lepidagathis.] xcviii. acantuace^ (clarke). 123 



2. L. angustifolia, C. B. Clarke. Stellately tawny tomentose. 

 Branches woody, very slender. Leaves lJ-2 by y\ in. Inflorescence 

 terminal, 1 by |^ in., ovoid-oblong, softly hairy, not spinous. Sepals 5 ; 

 posticous ^ by yV in., softly hairy. Corolla f by J in., altogether as of 

 Lepidagathis. Posticous stamens with 2-celled anthers (narrower than 

 those of the anticous stamens). Ovules and pollen of the genus. 



Tmovrer Guinea. Angola : Cunene River, Johnston ! 



3. Ij. radicalis, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 255. Branches pubescent. 

 Leaves up to 2 by J ii)., sessile, subobtuse at both ends, hardly 

 3-nerved ; primary lateral nerves raised beneath, prominent, hairy ; 

 upper surface hairy and with transverse cystoliths. Inflorescence 

 radical up to 2-3 in. in diam., of several softly hairy heads. Posticous 

 sepal nearly f by ^ in., broadly lanceolate, softly white-hairy. Corolla 

 ^f in. long, appearing when dried yellow with purple palatal spots 

 (as is common in the genus). Posticous stamens with 2 anthers ; 

 pollen rather long, ellipsoidal, very imperfectly reticulated. Ovary 

 hairy in the upper half. — A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 148 ; T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 33 ; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 

 244 ; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 313, and in Engl. 

 Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 368. Russegera collina, Endl. Iconogr. t. 94. 



ITile Iiand, Eritrea: Hamasen, Steudner, 1528! Abyssinia: near Adowa, 

 Sckimper, 1072 ! near Axum, Schimper, 1525 ! Wodjerat, Petit ! 



Steudner, 1528, agrees closely with Schimper's collections, and is the plant above 

 described. The Wodjerat plant has narrower, more glabrous leaves, approaching 

 much L. Fischeri at first aspect, but the leaves are not 3-nerved. 



4. Ij. Schweinfurthii, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 16. Leaves 

 up to 4J by \-\ in., sparingly hairy, sub-3-nerved ; marginal nerve 

 continuous nearly to the tip ; primary lateral nerves slender. Pollen 

 short-ellipsoid ; otherwise as L. radicalis. — Lindau in Engl. 6: Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 313. 



wile I.and. British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2339 ! 



5. L. axnpliata, C. B. Clarke. Leaves 1 J by J in., very slightly 

 hairy, not 3-nerved, widened above the middle, lower elongate-obovate ; 

 otherwise as L. scariosa. 



wile Xiand. British East Africa : Kavirondo, Scott-Elliot, 7072 ! 



This plant is very near the two preceding. It hardly difters from some examples 

 of L. hamiltoniana. Wall, (from British India), except in that the leaves are more 

 shining. 



6. Ii. Fischeri, C. B. Clarke. Sterile branches long, slender, 

 glabrous. Leaves 2 by J in., glabrous, 3-nerved. Inflorescences 2-3 

 in. in diam., dense, of many heads, near the top of the creeping stem 

 (it creeps 4 in. with nodes only J in. apart). Posticous sepal h in. long, 

 woolly, straight in fruit. Otherwise as L. radicalis. 



XMrozam'b. Sist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi ; I'suri. Fischer, •i90 ! 



