148 xcviii. ACANTHACE.« (clarke). [Bavleria. 



shoots often with 2 pairs of decussate reduced leaves. Floral leaves 

 linear, § by -^jj in. ; bracts J in. long, subulate, not rigid. Calyx- 

 segments j^Q in. in diam., ovate ; posticous segment including the 

 spinous tip ^ in. long. Corolla 1 in. long, or rather more, yellow (?), 

 2-lipped ; tube J in. long ; posticous lip of 4 segments connate for ^^ in. 

 Capsule (immature) very small. — 7j. setigera, var. pumila, Rendle in 

 Journ. Bot. 1806, 31)G. /;. linear i folia, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 180G, 807. 



»ril© Z<and. Abvssinia : Ankober, Roth, 487 ! Somallland : Turfa, Donaldson 

 Smith : Harar, Rohecchi, 10 ! Milmil, Riva ! 



11. B. setigera, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 189G, 395, exclud. var. /3. 

 Nearly glabrous. Stems much-branched, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves up to 

 1 J by J in., subobtuse, mucronate ; petiole hardly any ; interpetiolar 

 'spines f-J in. long, straight, slender, often 4 together. Inflorescence 

 mainly in loose' terminal panicles 1-3J in. long ; lateral racemes 

 developed, 1-2-flowered; sterile bracts 1 by ^V ^'^•j almost foliaceous; 

 fertile bracts J— J in. long, linear, flat, hardly spine-like. Calyx as of 

 B. Prionitis. Corolla nearly 1 in. long, rather slender, narrowly funnel- 

 shaped upwards, but slit down on one side. 



arile Zaand. Somaliland : Darar, Donaldson Smith ! 



Var, (?) brevispina, C. B. Clarke; leaves larger, up to 4 by 2^ in., often 

 acuminate ; spines less than ^ in. long, curved, deflexed, rather stout, red ; corolla 

 exceeding 1 in. long in R. Brown's example, sometimes 1^ in. long. — B. brevispina, 

 R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append. 64 (name only). 



MTlle £and. Abyssinia, Salt ! British East Africa : Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 

 2002b ! 



MEozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Usaramo ; Dar-es-Salaam, Hilde- 

 brandt, 1223 ! Stuhlmann, 471 ! Kirk, 12 ! Usambara ; Pangani, VolJcens, 482 ! 



12. B. waggana, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1897, 377. Long-hairy, 

 very woody, branched undershrub. Leaves 1 by ^ in., elliptic, obtuse, 

 narrowed to the base, hairy, soft; interpetiolar spines ^-§ in. long, 

 needle-like, white, glabrous, 2 or 4 together. Inflorescences in terminal 

 dense heads 1-1 J in. long; sterile and fertile bracts very numerous, 

 |_1 by -}^ in., flat, green, soft with long white simple hairs, so that the 

 heads appear feathered. Calyx J-§ in. long ; segments 4, consisting of 

 a lamina hardly \ in. in diam., terminating in a plumose bristle. 

 Corolla I in. long. Capsule J in. long, rostrate. 



irile Xiand. Somaliland : Golis Range and Waggar Mountains, Mrs. Lort- 

 Phillips ! 



13. B. triacantha, Nees in DC. Prod. 2d. 240. Small harsh shrub ; 

 nodes of branches short, minutely and densely hairy. Leaves J by J in., 

 obovate, subsessile, obtuse with a mucro, when young densely hairy, 

 when mature with scattered hairs on the faces. Fertile bracts J-| in, 

 long ; spines, some simple, many with 1 or 2 lateral spines on each side ; 

 flowers all apparently solitary, axillary. Posticous calyx-segment J-| 



