Barleria.] xcviii. acanthace^ (clarke). 157 



F. ; Rendle in Jourti. Bot. 1896, 395. B.Rivctei^ Lindau in Ann. Istit. 

 Bot. Roma vi. [189G] 74. B. Pirottaei, Lindau in Ann. Istit. Bot. 

 Roma vi. [] 89fi] 75. Jiarlerites Ilochstetteri, Orsted in Yidensk. Meddel. 

 Kjob. 1854, 137. 



Iflle ]Land. , Dalac Archipelago, Sleudner, 1512 ! Eritrea : near Saati, Schwein- 

 furtk ^ Riva, 581 ! Nubia : betvveen Suakin and Berber, Schtveinfurth, 122 ! 426 ! 

 Cordofan : Mount Arasch Cool, Kotschy, 159 ! and without precise locality, Kotschyy 

 1191476! Ffund,^\'i\ 426! Darfur, iyMwc?, 418 ! Abyssinia : Togodele, i:Ar6H/yer^\' 

 Somaliland : Okoti, Donaldson Smith! Danna Torrent, Riva. 819! Daua River, 

 Riva, 1082 1 



B. aucheriana, Nees, united with this species by T. Anderson, I.e., has snbsessile, 

 narrower leaves, and may be B. argentea. Nees' example is a fragment. 

 Extends eastwards to Scinde. 



38. B. orbicularis 9 Uochst. ex T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 

 92. Cymes dense, unilateral, or many reduced to 1 flower. Two outer 

 calyx-segments J in. long and broad, tip rounded, base conspicuously 

 cordate ; otherwise as B. Hochstetteri. — Lindau in Engl, it Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 315. B. cardiocalyx^ Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. 

 Beitr. FJ. Aethiop. 105, 242. B. chlamydocalyx, Lindau in Ann. Istit. 

 Bot. Roma vi. [189G] 73. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia : Mountains near Gageros, 3300 (t., Schimper, 129 ! 

 2189 ! and without precise locality, Schimper^ 1270 ! 1630 ! Somaliland, Riva, 1464! 



B. chlamydocalyx is said by Lindau to differ by having gland-tipped hairs ; but 

 there are gland-tipped Lairs on the young brandies of Schimper^ 2189. 



39. B. glandulifera, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 22. Small 

 much-branched shrub, in all parts puberulo-tomentose and glandular. 

 Leaves i by J in., round-elliptic ; petioles up to -J in. long. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary ; bracts nearly \ in. long, spathulate. Exterior calyx- 

 segments \ in. long, oblong. Corolla-tube \ in. long ; lobes \ in. long. 

 Ovary hairy, 2-ovulate ; style hairy towards the base. Capsule r in. 

 long, 2-seeded. — Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 314. 



Nile Iiand. Somaliland : Ahl Mountains, 6300 ft., Hildebratidt, 860e ! 

 The capsule is altogether that of sect. Somalia, but the hairs are spreading ; I 

 see no stellate or basifixed hairs. 



40. B. polyneura, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 2G6. Glabrous 

 except two opposite lines of minute white hairs on the branches. 

 Leaves 2 J by IJ in., ovate, reticulate-nerved, subsessile. Flowers 

 approximated in the upper axils ; bract § by ^-^ in., liueiir-spathuhite. 

 Posticous sepal l\ by | in., cordate-ovate, entire j anticous calyx- 

 segment nearly 1 in. long, tip of two depressed-triangular teeth ; 

 two inner sepals J in. long, glabrous. Corolla white ; tube purplish 

 {S. Moore), |-1 in. long, funnel-shaped ; lobes scarcely \ in. lon<:. 

 Capsule I in. long, glabrous, 2-seeded, tip conic. — Lindau in Engl. 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 314. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola ; near I.ake Ivantala, Welwitsch, 5029 ! 



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