Barleria.l xcviii. acanthace.* (clarke). 161 



the upper axils, apparently a short terminal head ; bract and calyx 

 pubescent and with some bristles; bract J-f in. long, linear-lanceolate, 

 falcate. Posticous calyx-segment nearly | in. long, elhptic-lanceolate, 

 acutely cuspidate ; anticous segment h in. long, broadly lanceolate, 

 acutely cuspidate, obscurely 2-nerved ; 2 inner sepals nearly \ in. long, 

 linear. Corolla-tube 1 in. long, linear, hardly dilated at the top ; lobes 

 ^-J in. long. Ovary glabrous ; ovules 2 in each cell, lower much the 

 smaller ; style glabrous. Capsule § in. long, 2-seeded, beak conic. — 

 Lindau in Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 308. Mrleria, sp. n. 2, T. Thorns, in 

 Speke, Nile Append. 04;]. 



Mozamb. Dist. German Ertst Africa : Usaramo ; at Matamombo on tlie 

 Kingane River, Speke ^ Grant ! 



51. B. ukamensis, Lindau in Engl. PJ{. Ost-Afr. C. SOS. 

 Branches hispidulous. Leaves up to 2 by 1 in., elliptic, triangular 

 at either end, subsessile, when mature minutely hispidulous on the 

 nerves beneath. Heads terminal, IJ by 1 in,, rather dense, sparingly 

 hispid ; bracts J by J in., subobtuse. Posticous and anticous lobes 

 of the calyx i by ^ in., subsimilar, subobtuse, hispidulous on the 

 nerves. Corolla-tube J in. long, lobes § in. long. Ovary and style- 

 base glandular hairy. 



Mozamb. Slst. German East Africa ; Usagara, 700 ft,, Sfuhlmann, 8154 ! 



52. B. Lugardii, C. B. Clarke. Branches woody, IS in. long; 

 innovations minutely white-hispid. Leaves li by h in., narrowed 

 at each end, glabrous, somewhat glaucous ; cystoliths conspicuous ; 

 petiole ^ in. long. Flowers solitary, in opposite axils; bract h in. long, 

 linear. Posticous calyx-segment § in. long, ovate, acutely cuspidate, 

 glaucous, with a few scattered white bristles ; anticous calyx-segment 

 rather shorter with 2 short lanceolate teeth ; inner calyx-segments 

 1 in. long. Corolla white, total length scarcely J in. Ovary densely 

 short hairy in the upper half. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Ci^ntral Africa : Ngamiland ; Kwebe, Lngard, 128 ! 

 This species is near B. violaacens, but the leaves and flowers are much smaller, and 

 the flowers are not all approximated in the upper axils. 



53. B. stellato-tomentosa, S. Moore in Journ. Hot. ISSO, 2(;s. 

 Plant clothed with stellate and simple yellow subpersistent hairs. 

 Stems 15 in. long from a woody root. Leaves 2^ by h-'2 in., varying 

 on one stem from broad-elliptic to narrow-oblong. Inflorescence in 

 very dense hard terminal heads; Horal leaves imbricated, outer ovate, 

 inner spathulate, \ in. long, thick, brown-red, shining, viscid stellate- 

 hairy and yellow-bristly ; bract J by \ in., linear-spathulate. Posticous 

 sepal \ by \-\ in., spathulate-obtuse ; anticous calyx-segment \ by J in., 

 broadly elliptic, 2-nerved, shortly 2-lobed ; 2 inner sepals \ in. long, 

 linear ; whole calyx with stellate and yellow simple hairs, more or 

 less wearing oft'. Corolla violet-blue (/S'. Moore); tube ;/ in, long, 

 linear-cylindric, very slightly dilated at the top; lobes \ in. long. 



