246 xcviii. ACANTHACE^ (clarke). [Ili/poestes. 



Ukairba, 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6485! West of Lake Albert, Stuhlmann, 

 3009! 



ItCozaml). Blst. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 6000 it., Johnston, 165! 

 Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza, HoLst, 8918 \ British East Africa : Nyasaland ; between 

 Mpata and Tangranyika Plateau, 2000-3000 ft., Whyte ! Kondowe to Karonga, 

 2000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Masuka Plateau, 6500-7000 ft., Whyte, 307 ! Nvika Moun- 

 tains, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte! 



Also in South Africa. 



S. Moore says that in Hildehrandt, 2563, the seeds are tuberculate ; I find them 

 smooth. 



o. H. insularis, 1\ AncUrs. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 49. Very 

 sparsely hairy. Branches 15 in. long. Leaves G hy 2 J in., thinly 

 hairy on the nerves and margin ; petiole | in. long. Heads globose, 

 axillary, distant, of numerous 1 -flowered spikelets; upper heads hardly 

 running into oblong inflorescences. Spikelets with 4 bracts ; 2 outer 

 opposite, \ in. loilg, with a subulate scabrous tail \ in. long. Sepals 

 nearly free. Corolla 1 in. in total length, purple. Filaments thick, 

 nearly glabrous, minutely scabrous. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Kio del Rey, Johnston! Cameroon Mountain, 

 2500 ft., Mann, 1931 ! Fernando Po, Mann, 179 ! 



Xio^rer Guinea. Gaboon ; Como River, Bates, 482 ! 



Closely allied to //. aristata, K. Br. 



4. H. Staudtii, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xxii. 122. Leaves 5 by 

 2 in., nearly glabrous. Heads numerous, approximated in the upper 

 part of the branches. Corolla about f in. long. Capsule nearly 

 glabrous ; seeds 4, smooth ; otherwise as H. insularis. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yaunde, 2500 ft., Zenker Sf Sfaudt, 36 ! 

 Possibly a variety of H. insularis, T, Anders. 



5. H. Barter!, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 49. Minutely 

 pubescent. Leaves up to by 2J in., glabrate or minutely hairy on the 

 nerves ; petiole up to | in. long. Spikes simple or panicles linear, 

 axillary and terminal, often 2 J by J in. and lax, sometimes 5 by | in. com- 

 pound, denser and long-peduncled. Spikelets of 2 bracts, 2 bracteoles 

 and 1 purple-red flower; 2 bracts opposite, free, | in. long, oblong, with 

 a subulate tail ^ in. long. Sepals free. Corolla | in. long. Filaments 

 and pistil glabrous. — Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 

 333. LI. triticea, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 51, and in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. ?)33. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos: Eppah, on the Kradu Lagoon, Barter, 3285! and 

 without precise locality, Millen, 35 of 1896 collection ! Cameroons : Victoria, Buch- 

 holz ! Preuss, 1164! 



6. H. cancellata, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. oUo. More or less hairy. 

 Stems up to 2 ft. long, geniculate. Leaves up to 2 by J" in., oblong, 

 narrowed at either end ; cystoliths transverse, not conspicuous ; petiole 

 0-J- in. long. Heads mainly terminal (a few axillary added) up to li 

 by I in., very dense, in congested panicles, prominently yellow-hispid ; 



