Bcboliwn.] XCVIII. ACANTHACEiE (clarke). 237 



diam., containing 2 thin discoid margined slightly rough seeds. — Boiss. 

 Fl. Or. iv. 526 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 544 ; 

 Schweinf. & Volkens, Liste PI. Somalis, 17 ; Lindau in Engl. <k Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 338, Fig. 135, G, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 371. Justicia Echolium^ Linn. Sp. Plant. 15; Bot. Mag. 1. 1847; Wight, 

 let. 463 ; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 426 ; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. 

 Fl. Aethiop. 111. Eranthemum Ecbolium, T. Anders, in Thwaites, Enum. 

 PI. Zeyl. 235. 



M'lle land. Nubia : coast region, 3000-4000 ft,, Bent ! between Suakin and 

 Berber ; Singat, Schweinfurth, 277 ! and near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 127 ! Eritrea : 

 Massowa, Hildehrandt, 724! Schweinfurth ^ Riva, 110! 210! Habab, 6000 ft., 

 Hildehrandt, 465! Abyssinia: Wadi Togodele, Ehrenherg ! and witbout precise 

 locality, Salt ! Somaliland ; Ahl Mountains, 5000 ft., Hildehrandt, 860 ! Dauadid 

 Torrent, Qhika ! British East Africa : Ukamba, Machakos, Scott-Elliot, 6737 ! 

 Taita; Maungu Mountain, Scoft-Mliot, 6163 ! Lamu Island, Kirk! 



Also in Arabia and India. 



This plant, from the linear corolla-tube, stanaens, and leaves, has been often sorted 

 into Eranthemum^ from which its large bracts should readily distinguish it. 



2. E. amplexicaule) a^. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1894, 136. Leaves 

 5 in. long, sessile, amplexicaul, panduriform-oblanceolate, obtuse, 

 glabrous. Anthers very shortly mucronate at the base. Capsule 

 pubescent ; otherwise as E. linneanum. — Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost- 

 Afr. C. 371. 



Xile Xiand. British East Africa: Sabaki River, 1300 ft., Gregory! Teita- 

 Wanga, Fischer, 489 ! 



ILower Guinea. Angola •. Loanda, Welwitsch, 5203 ! 5124 ! Ambriz, Mon- 

 teiro ! 



3. E. auriculatom, G. B. Clarke. Leaves up to 4J by 1 in., 

 lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, hairy on both surfaces, subsessile, 

 auriculate, ^J in. wide at the base. Corolla-tube 1| in. long, linear to 

 the top ; lobes f in. long ; otherwise as E. linneanum. 



Mozamb> Blst. German East Africa : Mararao, Stuhlmann^ 6987 ! Usambara, 

 Hoist, 608a ! and without precise locality, Hannington ! 



4. E. subcordatum, C. B. Clarke. Leaves up to 3 by 1 J in., 

 subsessile, hairy on both surfaces, base broad, truncate or subcordate. 

 Spike and bracts as of E. linneanum, but more hairy. 



JTlle Xiand. British East Africa : Ukamba (?) Gregory ! Duruma, Hildehrandt, 

 2318! 



5. E. parvibracteatuniy Rendlein Journ. Bot. 1897, 879. Leaves 

 up to 5 by 2 J in., ovate, hairy on both faces, tip shortly acute, base 

 obtuse. Petiole Jin. long, closely white-pubescent. Spike U-lH in. 

 long, rather dense; bracts ^\ in. long, elliptic or oblong; shorter than 

 the calyx. Corolla and capsule as of E. linneanum. 



Xile Xiand. Somaliland : Waggar Mountains, Mr*. Lort-Phillip* ! 



