Barleria.] xcviii. acanthace.e (clarke). 147 



7. B. Smithii, Bendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 39G. Hairs few, 

 simple, rigid, appressed, mainly on the margins of the leaves and nerves 

 beneath. Leaves up to l]^ by J-l in., obovate, obtuse, mucronate. 

 Corolla blue (Re7idle), total length 1 in. or more, strongly 2-lipped ; 

 tube J in. long, narrow; anticous segment much shorter than the 

 4-lobed posticous segment. — B. Pseudoprionitis^ Lindau in Ann. Istit. 

 Bot. Roma vi. [1800] 73. 



Nile Iiand. Somaliland : between Danna Torrent and Karanle River, Riva, 

 953 ! Ahl Mountains, 6300 ft., Hildehrandt, 857 ! and without precise locality, 

 Donaldson Smith 1 



Lindau gives the flowers in B. Pseudoprionitis as reddish. The dried flowers of 

 B. Synithii are (at least partly) blue. 



S. B. hererorensis, Engl, in E7igl. Jahrb. x. 201. Plant 3 ft. 

 high, everywhere minutely hoary-pubescent. Leaves 1 by J in., oblong, 

 subacute; petiole ^ in. long. Spikes terminal, loose; floral leaves 

 spathulate, bracts, (next the calyx) J in. long, linear, recurved, rigid. 

 Outer calyx-segments broad-elliptic, entire, 3-5-ribbed, densely yellow- 

 glandular. Corolla deep blue, total length IJ in. Capsule -J in. long, 

 oblong, hoary puberulous, 2-seeded. — B. latiloba, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. 

 X, 201. 



liower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland : near Daviep, 1600 ft., 

 Marloth, 1460! near Otyimbingue, 2800 fc, Marloth, 1316 ! 



9. B. erantliexuoides, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append. 64. Nearly 

 glabrous. Corolla-tube 1 in. long, linear to the top, not slit on one 

 side ; limb of 5 patent subequal elliptic lobes J-|^ in. long, not at all 

 2-lipped ; otherwise very like B. Prionitis. — B. hypocrateriformis, 

 Hochst. ex T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 28. B. Prionitis, T. 

 Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 28 partly. B. Prionitis, var. setosa^ 

 Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. 209 ; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. 

 Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 107, 243; Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 309. 



wile Xiand. Eritrea : Massowa, Defiers, 1179 ! Abyssinia : Samen ; Jaja, 

 5000 ft., Schimper, 111 ! 2194 ! and without precise locality. Salt ! Schimper, 759 ! 

 1685 ! Somaliland, James Sf Thrupp ! Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! Miss Edith Cole ! 

 British East Africa : Taita, Bildebrandt, 2388 ! 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, Smith ! Portucruese East 

 Africa : Goa Island, Peters ! British East Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan ! Meller ! 



The type plant of Salt has the anticous calyx-segment bifid at the top ; the Goa 

 plant has the corolla-tube thicker, the anticous calyx-segment bifid at the top; 

 Buchanan's example is very like the Goa plant, but has the anticous calyx-segment 

 entire, cuspidate, 1-spined. 



10. B. quadrispina, Lindciu in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma vi. [1890] 

 72. Harsh and dense shrub, 6-8 in. in diam. Stem stout, densely and 

 minutely hairy, with many small cystoliths. Leaves up to IJ by | in., 

 narrowly obovate, suddenly narrowed, mucronate; hairs simple, rigid, 

 straight, ascending, fuscous or white ; spines A-1 in. long, very numerous, 

 many compound as though 4-partite \ in. above the base — i.e. barren 



