6 : XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (BURKILL). [A fromendoneta. a 
1. AFROMENDONCIA, Gilg ex Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii, 111. 
Calyx cupular, minute, obsoletely and unequally 5-lobed. Corolla- — 
‘tube somewhat broadening upwards; limb distinctly bilabiate, with 5 
spreading rounded lobes, or the upper two shorter, broader and reflexed. 
‘Stamens 4, didynamous, included, or the longer slightly exserted ; 
anthers glabrous, subcordate at the base, apex more or less apiculate, 
cells slightly diverging below, dorsally affixed. Disc annular or eushion- 
like, fleshy, often half as long as the ovary. Ovary sessile, composed 
of two united carpels, 1-celled, 2-ovuled ; ovules ascending from the 
ibase but affixed by the ventral suture nearly to the apex of the cell. 
Fruit drupaceous. Immature capsule oblong or roundish-oblong.—Tall 
woody climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite and decussate. Flowers in 
axillary fascicles. Bracteoles 2, petaloid or subfoliaceous, ovate or 
sometimes very broadly ovate.—Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 
iv., 3B, 291. Ziraya, Pierre in Bull. Mus. d’Hist. Nat. Paris, ii. 340, 
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Bracteoles glabrous. } 
Bracteoles 4 lin. long . A, lindaviana. 
Bracteoles 7-8 lin. long . A. Horibunda. ) 
Bracteoles villous. 
Leaves ovate-oblong, not rugose . . . . . 38. A. gilgiana. 
Leaves broadly ovate or suborbicular, rugose . . . 4. A. phytocrenoides 
noe 
1. A. lindaviana, (Gilg ex Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 112, 
‘woody climber, “30 ft. high” (J/ann). Stems twining, glabrous of 
sometimes pilose at the nodes, slender when young, when old 3- 
in. diam., twisted, sulcate and slightly canescent. Leaves petiolate} 
elliptic or oblong, cuspidate-acuminate, slightly undulate, somewha 
coriaceous, glabrous, light reddish-purple beneath, 2}—44 in. long, 1-2in 
broad ; lateral nerves 3—4 pairs, anastomosing near the margin ; petiole 
3-lin.long. Fascicles of flowers arising from axillary protuberances on 
the old leafless stems; pedicels slender, glabrous, 6—7 lin. long; 
teoles 2, ovate, acute, glabrous, enclosing the flower, 4 lin. long. Calyx 
very shortly cupulate; limb obsoletely crenulate. Corolla scarcely 
twice as long as the bracteoles ; tube short; lobes spreading, rounded, 
Stamens adnate to the upper part of the tube, the two longer slightly, 
exserted ; anthers cordate-oblong, shortly apiculate, somewhat unequal 
at the base. Style glabrous, slightly exserted, minutely bifurcated ¢¢ 
the apex.—Oliv. in Ic. Pl. t. 2426; Gilg in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Gesellsch, 
xi. 351. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 965! 
Lower Guinea. (iaboon: Corisco Bay, Mann, 1849! Munda; Sibange Fatn, 
Soyaux, 156! | 
2. A. floribunda, Burkill. Leaves cuneate-obovate, cuspidate, 
obtuse at the base, glabrous above, hairy on the nerves beneath ; laterg] 
nerves about 8 pairs; petioles short. Flowers 4—6, in short axilla 
racemes, 2-5 lin. long; pedicels 8-9 lin. long; bracteoles 2, elliptiy, 
acute glabrous, rather thick, nerved, about 6 lin. long. Calyx annular, 
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