Ruttya.'] xcviii. acanthace^ (clarke). 175 



upwards ; lips curved. Filaments glabrous ; anthers J in. long. 

 Capsule 2 in. long, 4-seeded, glabrous ; stalk 1 in. long, stout, .solid. — 

 Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ;J B. 2H8, fig. 112, C. 

 and 340. Ilaplaydhera speciosa, Hochst. in Flora, 1843, 72; Nees in 

 DC. Prod. xi. 308; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 152; T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 51 ; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 

 243. 



NTlle Iiand. Abyssinia : Samen ; Debra Gonnet, Sfeudner, 1538 ! on mountain 

 sides along the banks of the Tacazze River, Schimper, 769 ! and without precise 

 locality, Schimper, 1407 ! Ploioden ! 



2. R. fruticosa, Lhidau in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 45. Leaves 1-2 in. 

 long. Calyx yV~f ^^' ^^^^^ nearly glabrous. Corolla hardly 1 in. long; 

 otherwise as A', speciosa. — Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 

 3 B. 340, in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 372, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. 

 Roma vi. [189G] 81 ; Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 398. 



Nile Iiand. Somaliland : Ahl Mountains, 5000-6500 ft., Hildelrandt, 893 ! 

 Upper Shiekh, Gillett ! Sheikh Husein, Donaldson Smith ! 



IMCozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Kilimaniaro ; at Lake Cbala, Volkens, 

 323. 



Lindau says this species has the capsule 2-seeded, but the capsule is 4-seeded in 

 the two fruitint^ examples at Berlin. 



40. MONOTHECIUM, Hochst. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. ii. 1104. 



Calyx 5-fid to the base; segments equal, linear. Corolla small, 

 2-lipped ; posticous lip emarginate ; anticous 3-lobed. Stamens 2 ; 

 anthers 1-celled, muticous ; pollen globose with 3 stopples ; longitudinal 

 depressions narrow, not reaching the pole. Ovary and style-base hairy ; 

 branches of style 2, equal, very short oblong ; ovules 2 in each cell. 

 Capsule oblong, 4- (or 2-) seeded, lower part contracted ; seeds discoid, 

 wrinkled, without hairs. — Small shrubs. Leaves entire. Spikes dense, 

 many-flowered, terminal ; bracts and bracteoles linear or bristle-like. 



Species 2, one of which extends to India. 



Mature leaves hairy on both surfaces ; bracteoles with 



gland-tipped hairs . . . . . . \. M. glandulomm. 



Mature leaves slightly hairy - bracteoles without gland- 

 tipped hairs 2. M. aHsfafum. 



1. M. glandulosum, Hochst. in Flora, 1843, 74. Hairy; branches 

 up to 18 in. lonj;. Leaves 2J by 1 in., ovate or elliptic, narrowed 

 at both ends, when mature hairy on both surfaces; cystoliths obscure; 

 petiole 0-i in. long. Spikes up to 4 by J in., solitary, often interrupted 

 at the base; outermost bracts (floral leaves) \-^ in. long, lanceolate; 

 bracts and bracteoles \ in. long, linear, hairy, and with many gland- 

 tipped hairs. Corolla (whole length) ^-l in. Capsule \ in. long, hairy, 

 4-seeded.— Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 310; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 152; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 45; Solms - Laub. in 



