12S xcviii. ACANTHACE^ (clarke). [Lepidaguthis. 



cally pubescent; floral leaves J by |--J in., imbricated on all sides (not 

 1 -seriate). Calyx nearly J in. long, glabrous or microscopically pubescent ; 

 posticous sepal I in. broad, mucronate ; 2 anticous sepals ^\ in. broad, 

 very shortly connate at the base. Corolla J in. long. Anthers oblong, 

 scarcely acute at the base ; posticous stamens with one anther-cell, the 

 other minutely indicated ; pollen short ellipsoid, subtrigonous, hardly 

 reticulated. Pistil glabrous. — A. Kich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 147 ; Solms- 

 Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. Ill ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. vii. :U. 



irile Xiand. Ab)ssiuii\ : Gageros, on the Tacazze River, 3500 ft., Schimper, 

 131 ! 2190 I Motlat, Schimper, I0i4 ! and without precise lorality, Schimper, 1301 ! 



22. L. glandulosa, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 24o (name only). 

 Young parts minutely pubescent. Branches slender, divided, glabrate. 

 Leaves 2 by | in., elliptic, narrowed at both ends, when mature nearly 

 glabrous, with irregularly scattered cystoliths on the upper surface ; petiole 

 O-J in. long. Spikes axillary and terminal, somevvhat lax ; floral leaves 

 lanceolate, hardly imbricate. Calyx ^-J in. long ; sepals 5, posticous 

 hardly ^.. in. broad, with a few hairs and stalked glands and linear 

 innocuous tip. Corolla ^ in, long. Anthers oblong, obtuse at the base ; 

 posticous stamens with 1 anther-cell, the other hardly indicated; pollen 

 short-ellip.-oid, with :i longitudinal depressions, obscurely reticulated. — 

 A. Kich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 147 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 84. 

 Barleria (/landulosa, Hochst. ex Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 243. 



Xrile Xiand. Abvssinia : Mount Scholoda, near Adowa, Schimper, 44 ! 



28. L. laguroidea, 7\ Andei's. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 34. Young 

 parts very minutely pubescent. Leaves 2 by | in., from ovate to narrow- 

 elliptic, narrowed at both ends, subglabrous; cystoliths irregularly 

 scattered on the upper surface ; petiole 0-;^ in. long. Spikes 2 by J in., 

 terminal, often lax or interrupted at the base, not strobilate ; floral 

 leaves lanceolate-linear, not 1 -seriate. Calyx \ in. long; posticous 

 sepal -jV in- broad, pointed, with a few microscopic hairs and stalked 

 glands. Corolla h in. long. Posticous stamens with anthers 1-celled 

 or sometimes 2-celled ; pollen ellipsoid, with three longitudinal depres- 

 sions, subtubercular rather than reticulate. Pistil glabrous, or with 

 few minute hairs in the lower part. — Teliostachya laguroidea, Nees in 

 DC. Prod. xi. 2(14 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 481. 



Upper Guinea* Sierra Leone: Scarcies River, Scott- IClliut, 4533! 4744! 

 Kambia, 4376 ! and without precise locality, Afzelius ! Smeathmann ! Scott-Elliot, 

 3902 I Gold Coast : Accra. Vogel ! and witliout precise locality, Burton Sf Cameron ! 

 'logoland, Bnumann, 503 ! Niger Territory : Borga ; Oly River, Barter, 746 ! 

 Canieroons: Victoria, PreM.y.s 1109 ! 1197! 



Wile Xiand. Mittu : Mvolo, near the Bahr el Rohl, Schweinfurth, 2790! 



24. Ij. hyssopifolia, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 34. Very 

 slender. Leaves (at most) 1 by \ in. Spikes up to | by \ in. Calyx 

 less than \ in. long ; posticous sepal hardly J^- in. broad ; otherwise as 



