156 xcviii. ACANTHACE/E (clarke). [BavUria. 



capsule). Capsule \ in. long, silky, 2-seeded, the linear-conic beak \ in. 

 long, forming half the capsule, seeds altogether of the genus. — Balf. f. 

 in Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin. xxxi. 214; Lindau in Engl. &l Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 815. B. schweinfurthiana, Lindau in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xx. 26, in Engl, ik Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 8 B. 315, and in Engl. 

 Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 369. B. diffusa, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. 3 B. 315; Eendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 398. B. yemensis, 

 Lindau in Engl, tk Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 315. B. jucunda, 

 Lindau in Ann. Istit. J5ot. Roma vi. [1896] 75. B. Philli^jsece, Rendle 

 in Journ. Bot. 1897, 378. Somalia diffusa, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 

 1528, and in James, Unknown Horn. Afr. 321, t. 3; Schweinf. in 

 Hohnel, Zum Kudolph-See und Stephanie- See, Sonderabdr. 1892, 6. 



Nile Iiand. Somalilaiid, James ^ Thrupp ! Darar, Donaldson Smith ! Yafir, 

 6500 ft., Hildehrandt, 860c ! German East Africa : Usambara ; West of the Pare 

 Rangf , 600-2500 ft., Hohnel, 6 ! 



An example bearing the MS. name Oossypiospermum, Schioeinfurth, 1977a, at 

 Kew, contains the present ])lant and Ruellia patula, Jacq. 



In B. jucunda, Lindau, tlie capsule is glabrous or very nearly so ; the upper part 

 of the young ovary is glandular and hairy. 



36. B. parviflora, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. A2)pend. 65. Branches 

 with closely adpressed white hairs. Leaves up to IJ by | in., ovate- 

 elliptic, obtuse, rounded at the base, sessile, when young with some 

 medifixed hairs on the margin, when mature nearly glabrate. Cymes 

 lax, 1-3-flowered ; bract nearly J in. long, broad-lanceolate. Two outer 

 calyx-segments exceeding ^ in. long, ovate, acute; posticous notched. 

 Corolla (whole length) J in., or scarcely more. Ovary with 2 ovules in 

 each cell, lower minute. Capsule J in. long, 2-seeded, pubescent, 

 beaked. — T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 29 ; Lindau in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. • 315. B. Harnierii, Solms-Laub. 

 in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 106, 242. B. paucijiora, Lindau in 

 Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 315. B. cordifolia, Hochst. 

 ex T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 29. 



Wile Iiand. Nubia : Mount Erkowit, near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 255 ! Eritrea : 

 Habab. 5000 ft., llildehrandt, 453 ! Abyssinia : mountains near Gageros, 3500 ft., 

 Schimper, 11! 2291! and without precise locality, Schimper, \Z^Z\ 1627'! Somali- 

 land, Rira, 1680! 



37. B. Hochstetteri, Xees in DC. Prod. xi. 231. Hairs and 

 habit as of B. aryentea. Leaves up to 1| by J in., elliptic, obtuse, 

 narrowed into a petiole \-\ in. long. Cymes few-flowered, lax ; pedicel 

 often \ in. long, that of a lateral flower sometimes w^th minute linear 

 bracteoles. Two outer calyx-segments nearly J by J in. ovate, entire, 

 subequal. Corolla-tube J in. long, lobes \-\ in. long. Ovary with 2 

 ovules in each cell, lower minute. Capsule exceeding J in. long, 2-seeded. 

 minutely hairy, beaked. — Wight, Ic. t. 1528 ; T. i^nders. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. vii. 29 ; Zarb, Cat. Spec. Bot. Pfund, 32 ; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. 

 Beitr. FL Aethiop. 107, 243 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 

 483; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 315, fig. 125 



