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ENUMERATIO ACANTHACEAEUM HEEBAEII 



WELWITSOHIANI ANGOLENSIS. 



Auctore S. Le M. Moore. 



(Continued from p. 238.) 



Barleria, L. 



B. Prionitis, L., var. — Calycis seguientis parvis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis brevitcr acuniinatis. 



Hab. Circa Loanda sine loci inclicatione. (Nos. 50G7, 5090) 

 itaque circa Loancla. 



B. cyanea (sp. nov.) — Caule ramoso tenui obsolete quad- 

 rangulari puberulo niox glabro albiclo striato, foliis parvis lineari 

 oblanceolatis obtusis brevissinie petiolatis scabriusculis subcoriaceis, 

 floribus solitariis breviter pedunculatis, bracteis minimis linearibus 

 juxta medium pedunculum insertis puberulis, calycis laciniis ex- 

 terioribus fere sequalibus ovato-lanceolatis obtusiusculis integris 

 decoloribus eximie nervosis appresse strigoso-pilosulis basi pube- 

 scentibus interioribus comparate magnis lanceolatis acutis nervosis 

 appresse strigoso-pilosulis, corollie tubo limbum sub&quante tenui 

 basi parum ampliato extus et intus basin versus pubescente limbi 

 patentis lobis subsequalibus obovatis crebre nervosis extus 

 puberulis, staminibus 4, 2 minimis et filamenta subulata basi 

 pubescentia coronantibus staminodio filamenta staminum minorum 

 aequante ac iis consimili, capsula . 



Hab. In dumetosis arenosis rupestribusque prope Quitibe de 



Cima prope Bumbo distr. Mossarnedes. (No. 5002.) 



Species nulli affinis forsan cum B. acanthoidi, Vahl comparan 

 debet, ab ea vero multis de notis abhorret. 



Fruticulus deeumbenti-ascendens rigide elasticus. Folia vix 

 usque ad 2-5 cm. long., plerumque circiter 2-0 cm. Braeteie 

 0-3 cm. longitudine, rigidiusculse. Calycis lacinne exteriores 1-2 

 cm. et interiores circiter 0*8 cm. long. Flores intense c&rulei. 



B. Kirldi, T. And. , „ 



Hab. In dumetis sylvaticis inter Lopollo et Catumba. (Wo. 



5048.) J 



The bracts of our specimen are smaller and less deeply incised 



than those of the type, but I think the plant must be referred 



here. 



B. violascens (sp. nov.)— Caule subtereti prater secus duas 

 taeas oppositas glabro, foliis vix sessilibus lanceolatis acutis 

 coriaceis crebre reticulato -nervosis glabris, floribus in axillis 

 superioribus solitariis necnon in glomerulam brevem termmalem 

 dispositis sessilibus, br cteis linearibus quani calyx brevioribus, 

 calycis laciniis exterioribus subiequalibus ovato-lanceolatis glabris 

 et precipue apicem versus ni<no-punetatis lacinia antica brcvitor 



2-lob5, L>h; t , JLa: • ...x. ~ ° \i,:i^ a lomniis hiteralibus lineari- 



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