248 xcviii. ACANTHACE.t: (clarke). 



H.ciliata, Lindau, is described as having the calyx divided only half-way down, 

 but I find it divided to tlu; base in the type speciinen. K. adocnsis, Solm3-Laub. in 

 Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. Ill, is said to be Diclipicra roxljurghiana , Nees. This 

 latter is a typical Diclipfera, abundant in Indin, and though not yet known from 

 'JVopical Africa, several of the Tropical African Dirliptercs are very near it. If, 

 however, Hiipoextes (idoeusis^ Solnis-Lauh., was really one of these, it was not con- 

 generic even with Hypoeslcs aducn.sis, A. Rich. 



8. H. phaylopsoides, >S'. Moore in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Hot. iv. 

 84. Two outer bracts of the spikelet unequal, lower often 2 ^Y \ ii^-j 

 elongate-obovate, upper \ in. long, otherwise as H. trifora. — Lindau in 

 Eng. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. o71. //. kilimandsdiarica , Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xix. Leibl. No. 47, 47, and in Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 'M\. 



XMEozamb. Blst. Gennan East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 3300 ft., Volkens,\^Q'i ! 

 British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Masuka Plateau, 6500-7000 ft., JVhi/te ! Mount 

 Mlanje, mij/te, 126 I 



This species is very near the large-leaved states of //. injlora, but the lower 

 bract to spikelet is broader and leaflike. 



9. H, rosea, JJeauv. Fl. Oioar. ii. (57, t. 100, Jic/. 1. Sparsely hairy 

 or glabrate. Upper leaves Ih by | in., ovate, acuminate, short- 

 petioled ; lower leaves up to (Ji by 2| in. with a petiole Ij in. long. 

 Heads of 1-5 1 -flowered spikelets, terminal or axillary, sessile or 

 peduncled ; floral leaves narrow oblong, usually much shorter than the 

 spikelet, sometimes ^ by ^^^ in. Outer 2 bracts of spikelet free, J- A in. 

 long, oblong, narrowed in the upper half. Corolla | in. in total length, 

 rose ; otherwise nearly as JI. trijiora. — Nees in L)C. Prod. xi. 500 ; 

 Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 484. //. conscmgulnea, Lindau in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xx. ."iO, and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ;» B. ?>?)?>. 



Upper Guinea. Togoland, Bilttner, 315! Klin<j. 180! Benin, Beain-ois. 

 Cameroons: Buea, Preuss, 599 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Don ! 



Bentham says that G. Don's example has no flowers, and refers it here with 

 a query. But it has good buds and inflorescences. It shows some linear-oblong 

 floral leaves outside the head of spikelets ; throughout Hiipoestes the absence or 

 prominence of these reduced leaves varies much on one plant. 



10. H. microphylla, Xees in DC. Prod. xi. 5(»4, not of Baker. 

 Small, woody, much-branched, viscous hairy. Leaves J by i in., sub- 

 sessile, toothed. Spikelets 1 -flowered, l-o together, scattered, sub- 

 sessile ; bracts free, '1 outer -J- in. long, oblong, obtuse. Sepals ^ in. 

 long, nearly free. Corolla A in. in total length. Capsule scarcely |-in. 

 long, viscous hairy; seeds 4, tubercled. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 1 (14. //. unijioo-a, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 48 ; Hochst. in 

 Flora, 1S4]. i. Intell. :^4, name only. 



ZTile Ziand. Abyssinia: Amba Sea, ScJdmper, 573 1 Mount Sholoda, near 

 Adowa, Schimper, 400 I and without precise locality, Schimper, 1623 ! 



11. H. strobilifera, S. iMoore in Joum. Bot. 1S80, 40. Closely 

 pubescent. Stems l-i^ ft. long. Leaves h^ by h in. linear-oblong, base 

 often rounded ; cystoliths on both surfaces many, prominent ; petiole 



