200 XCVIII. ACANTHACEiE (CLARKE). [JllStida. 



42. J. shebelensis, Rendle in Jovrti. Bot. 18()G, 409. Very woody, 

 much-branched undershrab ; branchlets hairy or glabrate. Leaves 

 i by J- J in., obovate, rounded, hairy ; petiole scarcely yV in. long. 

 Flowers 4-1, subsessile in remote leaf -axils. Sepals 5, \ in. long, subu- 

 late, hairy. Corolla J in. long, yellow. Lower anther-cell tailed. 

 Capsule unknown. 



Xrile £and. Soinalilaiid : River Shebele, Donaldson Smith ! 



43. J. heterocarpa, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 4L 

 Annual, 8-20 in. high ; pubescent. Leaves 1 J by |-| in., ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, minutely pubescent or glabrate ; petiole up to ^-f in. 

 long. Axillary clusters dense, of 2-4 or more flowers. Sepals ^ in. 

 long, linear, tips acute white-hairy. Corolla \-\ in. long. Capsule 

 ^-J in. long; seeds 4, tubercled ; abnormal 1-seeded capsules seen in 

 all the examples cited. — C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 531 ; 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 303; Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 373, partly. Hamieria dimorphocarpa^ Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. 

 Fl. Aethiop. 110, 243. 



M-lle Iiand. Nubia : const up to 4000 ft., Bent ! Schweinfurlh , 83 ! 347 ! 

 Eritrea: Mount Ghedem, near Massowa, Schweinfurth Sf Siva, 120! Keren, 

 Steudner, 1505 ! Bogos, Hildehrandt ! Abyssinia : Togcdele, Ehrenberg ! Gageros, 

 4000 ft., Schimper, 162 ! 2300 ! and without precise locality, Schim'per, 1296a ! 

 Somaliland : Hahi, James Sf Thrupp ! Warandab, Keller, 214! British East Africa: 

 on rocks above Lake Elmeteita, Scott-Elliot, 6630 ! 



XVXozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kiliiuanjaro ; Marangu, 4800 ft., 

 Volkens, 900! British Central Africa: Kamboli, Nutt / 



44. J. leptocarpa, Liyidau in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 70. Closely 

 resembles J. heterocarpa, but is rather larger in all its parts. Clusters 

 dense, of many flowers. Sepals \ in. long, linear-lanceolate to linear, 

 acute, green with white margins, white-hairy. Capsule \ in. long, 

 sparsely hairy; abnormal capsules rarely found. — Lindau in Engl. 

 k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 373. 



Vile Iiand. Eritrea : Keren, Steudner, 1505 1 near Saati, Schtoeinfurth Sf 

 Riva, 500 ! 



IMCozaxQb. Blst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Marangu, 2700 ft., 

 Volkens, 2167 ! Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza, Hoist, 8903 ! Plains near Pangani, 

 Volkens, 4:04:1 M ash eua, 5'o^5^, 8799 ! British Central Africa: Ngamiland; Kwebfe, 

 Lugard, 129 ! 



Volkens, 454, appears identical with Steudner, 1505, which Sohns-Laubach marked 

 J. heterocarjja, possibly correctly. But I cannot find an abnormal capsule on these 

 examples. 



45. J. MoUugOy C. B. Clarke. Scabrous hispid. Leaves numerous, 

 up to j by J-i in., oblong. Axillary clusters subcymosely developed ; 

 flowers pedicellate. Corolla scarcely i in. long. Capsules \-}r long, 

 with many-celled hairs on the upper part ; none abnormal.—./, lepto- 

 carpa, Lindau in Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 340, partly. 



Mozamb. I>l8t. British Central Africa : Xyasaland ; Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., 

 Whyte ! and without precise locality, Buchanan! 



