Dicliptera.] xcviii. acantiiace.« (clarke). 257 



1. D. aculeata, (\ B. Clarke. Stems hispid, prickly on the 

 angles. Leaves (upper only seen) 2 by \ in., oblong, acute, scabrous or 

 nearly glabrato, base obtuse; petiole short. Heads ovoid, of 'l-\'l 

 spikelets, terminal and on short axillary peduncles, sparsely and 

 minutely hispid. Lower bract to the spikelet up to '\ by ^.r in., 

 linear-lanceolate, long mucronate, nearly glabrous. Calyx | in. long. 

 Corolla § in. long. Filaments hairy ; one anther-cell completely over 

 the other ; stopples of pollen very large. Pistil glabrous. 



nZozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaluid ; Nyika Plateau, 4000- 

 7000 It., W/n/te ! Fort Hill, 4300-4600 ft., IVhi/ie ! 



2. D. Carvalhoi, Lindau in En<jl Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. .'571. Branches 

 hairy oi pubescent on the angles. Leaves up to 3! by \ in., acute at 

 both ends, softly hairy or glabrate ; petiole I in. long. Spikelets in 

 clusters, running into quasi-terminal oblong spikes ; two bracts to the 

 spikelet narrow, unequal, lower § by jV in., linear with parallel sides, 

 suddenly narrowed into a linear mucro ; upper bract much shorter. 

 Corolla slender. Capsule of Dicliptera. — Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 

 ;523. 



XUXozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : between tlie lower nnd niiihUe 

 Z-unbesi, Carvalho ! Britisli Central Africa : Xyasiiland ; between Mpata and 'I'an- 

 ganyika Plateau, 2000-3000 ft., Whyte ! Tanganyika Plateau at Fort Hill, nityte ! 



3. D. lingulata, C. B. Clarke. Branches glabrate. Leaves 2\ 

 by 1 in., elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate, glabrate ; petiole j-^ in. 

 long. Spikelets rather closely panicled towards the tips of the branches ; 

 two bracts \-}t by yV~TV ^^•' hnear-lanceolate, with green points, 

 minutely thinly hispid. Calyx \ in. long, minutely hairy. Corolla 

 hardly exceeding i in. in length. Filaments very sparsely hairy ; one 

 anther-cell completely over the other. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Xyika Plateau, 6000- 

 7000 ft., 'WJn/te, 192a ! 



4. D. xnaculata, Xees in DC. Prod. xi. 485, excl. var. ,]. Stem 

 2-3 ft. long, glabrous or hairy (in adjacent internodes). Leaves :\\ 

 by l\ in., ovate- lanceolate, cuneate at the base, glabrous or sparsely 

 minutely hairy; petiole often 1 in. long. Peduncles axillary and 

 terminal, often l-:5 in. long; pedicels many, \-'l in. long, outer bract 

 to the spikelet ^-\r in. long, elliptic, obtuse, pubescent, some long white 

 hairs sometimes" added. Calyx {■ in. long, minutely pubescent. Corolla 

 §-f in. long. Filaments nearly glabrous; one anther-cell completely 

 above the other.— A. Ptich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. l.")'.); Engl. Hwh- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 394; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 47; 

 Lindau in Engl, k Prantl, P6anzenfam. iv. 3 li. 333. Jusdcia biralns, 

 R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append. ^2 (?) Peristrophe maculata, Hoc-hst. ex 

 Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 485. 



Wrile Iiand. Ethiopia, Kofsc/ii/, 476 ! Abyssinia, .Tclaioranno. Schimper, 701 : 



and witliout precise locality, Plon-dcn ! Schimptr, 1138 1 



