12 XCVIII, ACANTHACEH (BURKILL). [ 
long, nearly straight, sparingly hairy outside ; lobes violet, 8 lit 
Anthers 2} lin. long, very unequal belowand with a bristly crest pi 
upwards in a row of soft hairs, acute above. Stigma 2-lipped, 
lip 1} lin. long, the upper 2 lin. long and inrolled. Capsule 1 
—S. Moore, Journ. Bot. 1880, 194; Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. ¢ 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 20048! Nia 
Naporruporru, near Aboo Sammat’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, 3233 ! ef 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; near Calolo and Capopa, We 
5181! Casabella, Welwitsch, 5154! Lombe, in primitive forest, Welwitsch, 5109 
without precise locality, Welwitsch, 5113! one hundred miles from Ambriz, 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Kirk! German East Africa, Kirk ! 
Var. pulvinata, 8. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 6. Leaves firmer, and | 
smaller and mucronate; nerves more prominent. Bracteoles usually shorter, often 
hairy on the margin, and beset with small white scales. As the stem becomes woody 
very hairy and large buds develop in the axils of the leaves. Fruit glabrous, 1 in. — 
long. Seeds very slightly reticulated.—Bot. Mag. t. 6975 ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
ser. 2, 11.345. JZ. Holstii, Lindau in Engl, Jahrb. xvii. 95. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Adda Galla, James d& Thrupp! Golis Range, at Darra 
Surry, Miss Cole! Mrs. Lort-Phillips! British East Africa: Mbuyuni, Scott-Elliot, 
6182! Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2749! Mount Maungu, 2000 ft., Johnston? 
Ribe to Galla country, Wakefield! Kinani, Gregory ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara ; Umba Valley, Smith / Duga, 
in scrub, Holst, 3203 | Kumusha Valley, Holst, 543 (ex Lindau). 
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7. T. erecta, 7’. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii.18. Shrub 6-8 ft. 
high ; stems quadrangular when young, glabrous except at the nodes. 
Leaves ovate, on short petioles, acute at the base, acuminate above, with 
usually a blunt tooth (rarely 2) on each margin towards the upper part, 
glabrous on both surfaces, 14-24 in. long, #-1 in. broad ; occasionally | 
short stipule-like thorns at the base of the petiole. Flowers on peduncles 
3_1} in. long; bracteoles very thin, white, obtuse above, } in. long. 
Calyx-teeth 5-9, linear. Corolla-tube 1} in. long; lobes $ in. long, 
purple. Anthers with a spiny crest below and above it a row of soft 
hairs, their bases very unequal. Stigma with the lower lip rather broad. 
—T. Anders. in Journ, Agri-Hort. Soc. India, N.S. i. 266; Meyenia 
erecta, Benth. in Hook. Niger Flora, 476; Bot. Mag. t. 5013. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Sherboro Island, Scott-Elliot, 5856! Gold 
Coast : Cape Coast Castle, Vogel, 141! 83! Lagos, Millen, 190! 
Schweinfurth’s 3545, from Monbutty, may be this species. The figure cited above 
is not quite accurate as regards the stamen. 
8. T. crispa, Burkill. Shrub with glabrous branches, but the 
axillary buds covered with red hairs. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, acute 
below, shortly acuminate above, with the margins crisped, glabrous on 
both surfaces, the veins closely reticulated, 4 in. long and 14 in. wide; 
petioles } in. long. Flowers on long peduncles, 2} in. long, glabrous ; 
bracteoles thin, blunt, 7-8 lin. long. Calyx segments narrow. Corolla- 
tube 1} in. long ; lobes } in. long, purple. Anthers with crests bearin 
rather weak bristles at the base, the base very unequal. Stigma #ith 
the lower lip rather broad. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Zambesiland, Kirk! Nyasaand ; 
Manganja Hills, Waller / Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 27! and without precise 
locality, Buchanan , 866 ! 1156! 1173! 
