Bai'leria.] xcviii. acanthace.e (clarke). 165 



narrowed at both ends; petiole 0-| in. long. Flowers in terminal 

 strobilate spikes; floral leaves J- J by J in., round-ovate, densely grey- 

 villous, imbricate ; bract | in. long, linear. Posticous sepal J by J^ in., 

 entire, oblong ; anticous calyx-segment J by J in., tip bifid. Corolla 

 1 in. long (S. Moore). Ovary glabrous, style-base hairy ; ovule solitary 

 in each cell or the lower minute. — Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 'M'M. 

 nsozamb. Dlst. Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! 



64. B, vix-dentata, C. B. Clarke. Rambling, with short white 

 and longer tawny hairs; branches up to 16 in. long. Leaves 2 J 

 by 1 in., elliptic, narrowed at both ends, when young villous, when 

 mature more or less glabrate above and with cystoliths; petiole 0-J in. 

 long. Inflorescence of 3-1-flowered short axillary racemes running 

 into dense terminal spikes 4 by 1 in. ; floral leaves § in. long, similar to 

 the lower leaves, much imbricate ; bract i by y\^ in. Posticous sepal 

 f ^y 4"4 ^^'1 elliptic, villous, with few irregular subcrenate teeth on 

 the margin; anticous calyx-segment J in. long, obovate, obscurely 

 toothed, tip of 2 obtuse lobes ; 2 inner sepals J in. long, linear. 

 Corolla-tube exceeding J in. long; lobes fully J in. long. Ovary and 

 style glabrous; ovules 2 in each cell, the lower very small; disc short, 

 margin undulate. Capsule {Scott-Elliot, 7023) J in. long, elliptic-com- 

 pressed, 2-seeded. 



irile Iiand. British East Africa: Uganda, Wilson, 37! Ruwenzori ; Wiini 

 Valley, Scott-ElUoU 7940! Kavirondo, 4000-5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7023! Mau, 

 8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6928! 



The species of Barleria numbered 64 to 76 form a very closely allied series. 

 The plants here combined match ; except Scott-Elliot, 7023, which has tlie 

 inflorescence more axillary and the flowers smaller, and which approaches B. Stuhl- 

 manni below. 



65. B, ruellioideSy T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 30. Plant 

 3 ft. high, young parts yellow-strigose. Leaves up to -IJ by If in., 

 broadly elliptic, attenuate at both ends, when mature with a few scattered 

 small hairs and conspicuous cystoliths ; petiole hardly any, i.e. winged 

 to base. Racemes condensed 3-1-flowered, distant; bract minute, 

 linear. Posticous sepal f by J in., ovate, not acute, with a few minute 

 hairs and conspicuous cystoliths, becoming papery, reticulate, margin 

 minutely toothed ; anticous calyx-segment nearly similar. Corolla IJ in. 

 long, nearly glabrous, blue. Ovary glabrous; ovules 2 in each cell, 

 lower much smaller. Capsule J in. long, elliptic, compressed, 2- 

 seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, Barter, 932 ! 



66. B. Antunesiy Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 116. Branches 

 hairy. Leaves 3^ by | in., oblong, narrowed at either end, when 

 mature nearly glabrate, reticulate-nerved, with cystoliths and many 

 circular sessile glands; petiole 0- ^^ in. long. Inflorescence of 3 or 4 

 flowers approximate in the upper axils, densely softly villous ; bracts 

 I by tjV in., obtuse, soft. Anticous calyx-segment nearly 1 by .| in.. 



