Barleria.] xcviii. acanthace^ (clarke). 169 



Imperfectly known species. 



11. B. daxnarensis, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 29. 

 Pubescent. Leaves ovate, acute, mucronate, entire, puberulous. 

 Bracts " broad subulate," mucronate. Calyx-segments lanceolate, 

 mucronulate, entire, puberulous. Corolla-tube equal, twice as long 

 as the calyx.. 



Xiower Guinea. German South-west Afiicii : Damaraland ; in Dublin Herbarium, 

 without collector's name. 



This species is said to be allied to B. meyeriana and B. lancifolia (supposed = 

 B. alata, S. Moore) ; but as B. meyeriana and B. alata have been referred to 

 different groups, this does not assist us to the affinity. 



78. B. acanthophora, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 726. Erect under- 

 shrub, 1 ft. high. Leaves small, ovate, entire, opposite, hairy; stipules 

 and bracts spinescent. Flower solitary, lateral, peduncled, pale violet. 

 Calyx of 2 erect acuminate leaves. Corolla-tube long, filiform, curved 

 at the base ; limb 5-fid, patent. Stamens 2, exserted. Style short ; stigma 

 simple, thick. Capsule superior, ovate, 2-celled, many-seeded. — Eran- 

 themum spinosum, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. [ed. Willd.] i. 24. E. acantho- 

 phorum, Roem. & Schultes, Syst. i. Mant. 154. 



IMEozamb. X>i8t. Portuguese East Africa : In the suburbs of Mozambique, 

 Loureiro. 



The above is abstracted from Schultes. The many seeded-capsule with long filiform 

 corolla-tube and spinous stipules form a combination of characters difficult to find in 

 AcanthacecB, throwing aside even the calyx. 



79. B. Descaxnpsi, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xxiv. 318. Whole 

 plant villous-hairy. Leaves 2J by J in., ovate, short-petioled. Flowers 

 solitary in the axils, simulating a terminal spike ; bracteoles lanceolate, 

 exceeding J in. in length. Calyx f in. long ; anticous segment 2-toothed. 

 Corolla-tube § in. long; lobes | in. long. Ovary hairy at the tip. 



Soutli Central. Congo Free State : Mount Pueto, Descaynps. 



37. ERANTHEMUM, Linn, partly ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. ii. 1097. 



Calyx small (usually hardly \ in. long), divided to the base ; 

 sepals 5, equal, linear-lanceolate. Corolla-tube j-1^ in. long, linei\r, 

 hardly dilated at the top; lobes 5, subequal, \-}, in. long, elliptic, 

 spreading or recurved, anticous outside in bud. Stamens 2, anticous 

 fertile ; filaments glabrous ; anther-cells 2, oblong, parallel, muticous or 

 minutely mucronate at the base ; pollen globose, with o longitudinal 

 smooth depressions, not reaching the pole ; 2 posticous stamens rudi- 

 mentary. Pistil glabrous (in African plants) ; ovary oblong ; ovules 2 

 in each cell; stigmas 2, subequal, minute, subcoalescent. Capsule 

 4-seeded at the top, on a long solid stalk ; seeds without hairs, com- 

 pressed, one face rugose, the other honeycombed. — Under-shrubs. 



