1C6 xcviii. ACANTHACE^ (clarke). [BarUria. 



ovate, entire, densely villous, notched -^jj in. down. Corolla-tube f in. 

 long ; lobes large, round. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Hn'iWa, Antunes, \^h\ Capello, Id \ 



67. B. Holstii, Liiulau in Eityl. Jahrh. xx. ID. Straggling 2-3 

 ft. long, young parts yellow-strigose. Leaves up to 7 by If in., elliptic, 

 attenuate at both ends, when mature with scattered hairs and conspi- 

 cuous cystoliths; petiole 0. Inflorescence of 3-1-flowered condensed 

 unilateral racemes in distant axils ; bract f by I in., lanceolate, falcate. 

 Posticous sepal up to 1 by J-| in., ovate-triangular, acute, minutely 

 toothed; anticous calyx-segment hardly | in. long, ovate, 2-nerved, 

 truncate, emarginate. Corolla l\ in. long, purple-blue. Ovary and 

 style glabrous ; ovules 2 in each cell. — Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 C. 8GH. 



Mozamb. Dlst. , German East Africa : Usambara ; Mascheua, Hoist, 3516 ! 



(>8. B. neurophylla, C. B. Clarke. Nerves (primary and secondary) 

 very conspicuous beneath the leaf. Posticous calyx- segment J-| in. 

 long, ovate, obtuse, scarcely toothed ; otherwise as B. Ilolsiii. 



XWozamb. Blst. Lake Tanganyika ; Kavala Isles, Carson ! 



Possibly a form only of B. Holstii ; but from only one branchlet of each it is 

 difficult to form an opinion concerning specific separability. 



G9. B. repens, iVees m DC. Prod. xi. 230. Prostrate, 1-2 ft. long, 

 young parts yellow-strigose. Leaves 1 J- by | in. (larger in cultivated 

 examples), shortly villous, afterwards more or less glabrate, tip triangular, 

 base attenuate sometimes to the base of the petiole. Racemes scattered, 

 2-1 -flowered; bract minute, linear. Two outer calyx-segments sub- 

 similar, up to J by J-| in., ovate, sparsely hairy, subentire, ultimately 

 membranous reticulate, tip triangular. Corolla IJ in. long, pink; tube 

 linear, narrowly funnel-shaped upwards. Ovary and style glabrous. 

 Capsule ?>-J in. long, 2-seeded, or 4-seeded wdth the 2 lower seeds con- 

 siderably smaller. — T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 31 ; Hook. f. Bot. 

 Mag. t. G954 partly; Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 3G9. 



IMCozamb. I>lst. Zanzibar, Kirk ! Pemba Island, Bojer ! Kilwa Island, Kirk ! 

 Portuguese East Africa ; Inhambane, Scott ! 



70. B. querimbensis, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamh. 205. 

 Branches strigose with erect simple hairs. Leaves 1 J by | in., broadly 

 elliptic, triangular at either end, when young yellow-strigillose, when 

 mature glabrate ; petiole J in. long. Flowers 1 (rarely 2) in the upper 

 axils, very shortly pedicelled ; bracts linear, minute. Posticous sepal 

 1 by ^ in., ovate-triangular, acute, apiculate, cordate at the base, soon 

 becoming scarious, reticulate, glabrate (young nerves yellow:-strigillose). 

 Corolla rose; tube 1 in. long, funnel-shaped at the top; limb J in. 

 long. Capsule J in. long, 4-seeded, glabrous. — Lindau in Engl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 368. 



