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NEW ACANTHACEiE FEOM TBOPICAL AFEICA. 

 By Spencer Le M. Moore, B.Sc, F.L.S. 

 (Plate 343.) 



Homilaeanthus,* Diclipterearum, genus novum. Bracteae 2, 

 omnino liberae, flores 3 (an semper?) bracteasque minores in- 

 cludentes. Calyx alte 5-partitus, segmentis linearibus subaBqualibus- 

 post anthesin elongatis. Corolla? aastivatione bilabiatim imbricatae 

 tubus gracilis, rectus, limbum subbrevem 2-labiatum excedens ; 

 labium posticum aestivatione extimum breviter bilobum, anticum 

 longius et trilobum. Stamina 2, faucibus affixa ; antherae 2-locu- 

 lares, loculo altero altius affixo, ambobus rectis basi ecalcaratis.. 

 Staminodia 0. Discus brevissime cupularis. Stigma obtusum. 

 Ovula quove in loculo 2. Pollinis grana minima, laevia, biporosa. 

 Capsula linearis, brevistipitata, placentis a valvis baud solvendis, 



4- sperma. Semina compressa, suborbicularia, bispidula, retinaculis 

 parvulis fulta. 



Ob placentas baud elastice solvendas nullo pro genere Diclip- 

 terearum nisi pro Peristrophe babendus ; ceterum inflorescentia 

 plantaB nostras singularis, et calycis segmenta bracteas tandem 

 superantia. Corollas labia itaque Peristrophis elongata et integra 

 vel summum bifida. 



Homilaeanthus Gregorii, sp. nov. Caule sat elato subtereti 

 ad nodos tumido secus lineas duas pubescente dein glabro, foliis 

 ovatis breviter ac obtuse cuspidatis basi rotundatis et acutis vel in 

 petiolum breviter decurrentibus fere glabris margine ciliolatis 

 petiolis gracilibus fultis, spicis admodum evolutis folia plus quam 

 duplo superantibus, bracteis ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis acutis vel 

 plus minus acuminatis membranaceis, bracteis interioribus li 

 lanceolatis exterioribus subasquilongis, calyce corollam subasq 

 corollaa labio postico late oblongo, antico obovato, bujus lobis 

 oblongis obtusis, antherse loculis minutis oblongis, ovario oblongo, 

 stylo gracili ovario subasquilongo, capsula acuminata glabra. 



Hab. Ad "lower edge of Bamboo zone," Mt. Kenia, Jun. 24, 

 1893, legit cl. Dr. J. W. Gregory (v.s. in herb. Mus. Brit.). 



Caulis deorsum versus 0-25 sursum versus 0-1 cm. diam., longi- 

 troraum sulcatus, in sicco olivaceus. Foliorum lamina usque 



5- 0 x 3-0 cm., saepe attamen minor, tenuis, utrinque cystolithis 

 et supra pilis paucissimis appressis strigosis munita ; petioli 

 attenuati, ascendentes, pilosi, sub lamina anguste alati, 0-5-2 " 

 long. Spicse usque 12-0 cm. long, et forsan admodum q\ 

 longiores (exemplarii alterius juvenilis 3-0 cm. long.), 1-0 cm 

 intervallis + 0-5 cm. long, bracteata?. Bracteaa 0-8-0-9 cm. 

 0-35-0-5 cm. lat., virentes, obsolete ciliolatse. Bracteolaj 

 0-7 cm. long, (saepe vero minores), circa 0-1 cm. lat., a 

 Calycis segmenta temp, floritionis circa 0-7 cm. long, sub i 



