222 xcviii. ACANTHACE,« (clarke). [Ad/uitoda. 



Fl. Abyss, ii. 155; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 242. 

 ,/usticia schimperiana, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 38 ; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsti. Trop. Afr. 392 ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 

 ii. 345; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 348, fig. 131), 

 E-J, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C 373. Gendmiissa schimpeonana, 

 Hochst. in Flora, 1841, i. Intell. 24, name only. 



Wile I.and. Eritrea : near Acrur, 6000 ft. Schweinfurth Sf Eiva 741 ! 1067 ! 

 Habab, 6000 ft., Rildebrandt, 457! Abyssinia: Tigre, 5000 ft., Schimper, 702! 

 mountains near Axum, Schimper, 1549! near Adowa, Schimper, 27! Dembea ; 

 Gondar, Steudner, 1502 ! and without precise locality, Salt ! Schimper, 888 ! 930 ! 

 Qvariin Dillon <^ Petit, 292! British East Africa: Duruma, Hildebrandt, 2341 \ 

 'J'aita; Maungu Mountain, 2000 ft., Johnston! 



Mozamb. X>lst. German East Africa : Fischer^ 164 ! 



From Lindau's figure it might be supposed that the ovary is glabrous ; it is very 

 hairy. 



2. A, engleriana, C. B. Clarke. Shrub. Leaves up to 14 by 5 J 

 in., tapering at both ends, with 12-10 pair of nerves, glabrate or 

 pubescent on the midrib beneath ; petiole up to J in. long, or (even in 

 the middle stem leaves) petiole winged to the base, auriculate. Spikes 

 up to 7 by 2 in., dense, strobilate ; bracts somewhat 4-ranked, up to 1 

 by § in., ovate, triangular-tipped, thinly hairy, green, with 5-1) dark 

 veins. Sepals 5, :| in. long, or rather more, oblong, acute, pubescent. 

 Corolla |-1 in. long; lips f in. long. Filaments glabrous; anther-cells 



2 at nearly equal height, the lower very shortly tailed ; pollen ellipsoid, 

 banded with 2 stopples, a row of spots (or almost depressed tubercles) 

 on each side of each stopple. Ovary shaggy, hairs many, gland-tipped ; 

 style sparsely hairy at the base. Capsule 1 in. long, hairy, 4-seeded ; 

 base for J in. solid, hardly narrowed ; seeds i in. in diam., circular, 

 thin, brown, shallowly rugose-foveolate, opaque. — Juusiicia eiigleriana, 

 Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 62, and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 



3 B. 349, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 374. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Usambara ; Masheua, Hoist, 3491 ! 

 Magila, KirJc ! KiHmanjaro, Volkens, 506 ! 



3. A. orbicularis, C. B. Clarke. Shrub, 12ft. high; innovations, 

 densely tawny-hairy. Leaves up to 11 by 4 J in., elliptic, acute, when 

 mature pubescent on the nerves, base triangular; petiole J-lf in. long. 

 Spikes up to 10 by | in., strobilate; bracts h in. broad, ^-J in. long, 

 round, green, plicate, pubescent ; bracteoles J in. long, oblong-linear. 

 Sepals 5, subequal, J in. long, oblong-linear. Corolla ^ in. long. 

 Filaments hairy ; one anther-cell slightly below the other, mucronate, 

 hardly tailed ; pollen ellipsoid, longitudinally banded, with single rows 

 of spots on each side of each stopple. Ovary very hairy ; style-base 

 hairy ; branches 2, equal, narrow-oblong. — Duvernoia orbicularis, Lindau 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 123, and in Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 

 339. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yaunde, Zenker Sf Staudt, 41 ! Fernando Po, 

 3fa«n,1435 ! 



