512 ADDENDA. 



long; limb l\ in. in diam. Capsule ^— J by J in. — Harv. Thes. Cap. ii. 

 27, t. 148. 



ZiO\(rer Guinea. Damaraland, Misi- Elliot. 



Also in extra-tropical Xamnq>>aliin(l. 



1. Blepharis boerhaavisefolia, Pers. Add: B. boerhaaricf 'folia, 

 var. nif/ro-i'emilosa, De Wild, tt Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. fasc. 

 1, 46. ' 



Xiower Guinea. Lower Congo : Moanda, Vanderyst. 



This variety is not new ; it is S'ckweinfurfk, 2761, mentioned on p. 96. 



7a. Blepharis tenuirainea, *S'. Moore i7i Jourtt. Bot. lOOO, 20.'). 

 Branches 2 in. long, slender, erect, much-dividing, strigose, finally 

 glabrous. Leaves 1-2|- in. long, narrow-linear, spinous-acuminate, 

 approximated in very unequal pairs, rarely spinous on the margin. 

 Flower-branches very short, closely clustered near the ground, 1 -flow- 

 ered ; floral leaves lanceolate-oblong ; bract oblanceolate, spinous on the 

 margin ; bracteoles 0. Corolla A-§in. long. Cells of the ovary 1-ovuled, 

 Capsule ^ in. long, ellipsoid. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Xyasaland, Buchanan, 387. 



29. Blepharis grossa, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 'Mk 

 Scabrous hairy. Branches G-lO in. long, bearing no spikes except close 

 to the base. Leaves 1 J by | in., entire, many approximate in fours. 

 Spikes clustered close to the crown of the root, 2 by 1 in., 2(>-8()- 

 flowered, densely hirsute ; bracts 1 by \ in., sub-4-ranked, rigid, with 

 spinous teeth ; bracteoles \ in. long, linear. Calyx hairy within and 

 without; anticous segment J in. long. Cap.sule Jin. long, flattened, 

 2-seeded. — Acanthodium grossuni^ Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 274, not cf 

 Wight. 



liower Guinea. Angola, Curror ! 



1. Thomandersia laurifolia, Baill. Add : 2'. Ilensii, De Wild, tt 

 Durand in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 108. 



Soutb Centi^al. Congo Free State: Coquilhatville, Dewerre; Bangala, ifen.y, 

 C. 113! 



2. Thomandersia congolana, I)e Wild, et Durand in Comptes- 

 rendus Soc. Bot. Belrj. xxxviii. 107. Corolla red-brown ; tube J in. long, 

 lobes yV in. long ; otherwise as T. laurifolia, Baill. 



ZiO\irer Guinea. Lower Congo, Cabra. 



South Central. Congo PVee State : between Salembao and Leopoldville, 

 Dewerre. 



9rt. Barleria Randii, ,S'. Moore in Jourv. Bot. 1900, 203. Plant 

 glabrescent. Leaves elliptic, spinous-acuminate, cuneate at the base, 

 hyaline on the margins; floral leaves similar to the others; interpetiolar 



