lt XCVIUL. ACANTHACE® (BURKILL). [ Thunbergia. 4 
rounded or acute above, with a conspicuous tooth on each margin, and 
also sinuate, hispid on both surfaces, 1-1} in. long, } in. broad. Flowers 
on peduncles | -2 in. long; bracteoles broad, cordate, acute, hispid. 
Calyx tubular, with 11-12 small teeth. Capsule as that of 7. annua. 
Seeds rugose.— Lindau in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 67. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Harar, Hobecchi, 12. 
A species closely allied to T. annua, differing in its climbing habit, longer peduncles 
and rugose seeds. 
13. T. brewerioides, Schiveinf. in Mihnel, zum Rudolph-See u. 
Stefanie-See, Sonderabdr. 6, d ex Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. Beibl. 
41, 41. A low-lying plant with rather sericeous branches. Leaves 
sessile, elliptic, imbricate, hairy, 7 lin. long, 4 lin. broad. Flowers 
solitary towards the apex of the stem. Calyx 12-toothed. Corolla-tube 
7 lin. long; opencorolla 4 lin. indiam. Anthers acute above, glabrous ; 
lobes spurred below. Stigma 2-lipped. Capsule tomentose with rufous 
hairs, 7 lin. long.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 387 (name only). 
Mile Land. British East Africa: Ndoro, at the foot of Mount Kenia, 6350 ft., 
Hoéhnel, 89. 
An insufficiently known species, said to be allied to 7. Fischeri. 
14. T. sericea, Burkill, Stems short, sericeous, more or less hidder. 
by the leaves, which are slightly longer than the internodes. Leaves 
ovate or elliptic, sessile, acute above, subcordate or more or less 
rounded below, clothed with silky hairs on both surfaces, 9 lin. long, 
4—5 lin. wide. Flowers on short peduncles, which are 2-3 lin. long: 
bracteoles closely resembling the leaves, more hairy outside, finely 
hairy within. Calyx-teeth rather long. Corolla-tube }$ in. long, 
rather narrow; lobes 4 lin. long, apparently white. Anthers obtuse 
above, the posterior pair with one spur below, the anterior with two 
slender spurs one on each lobe ; the margins fringed with hairs. Stigma 
2-lipped, the upper only slightly exceeding the lower, inrolled. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Nandi, in dry places, Scott-Elliot, 6903! 
Lykipia, Gregory, 78! Ukamba; Machakos, Svott- Elliot, 6696 ! 
This species and the preceding may possibly prove to be the same: but the 
anthers of 7. brewerioides are described as acute above and glabrous, while those of 
T. sericea are obtuse and fringed with hairs, 7. atriplicifolia, Drege, closely 
resembles it in some of its forms. 
15. T. Pischeri, Engl. Hochgehirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 387. Stem erect, 
densely woolly. Leaves sessile, oblong, somewhat acute, densely woolly, 
firm, 2 in. long, } in. broad. Flowers presumably stalked ; bracteoles 
lanceolate, 7—8 lin. long, 5 lin. broad. Calyx-teeth lanceolate-subulate, 
somewhat glandular-pilose. Corolla-tube 1 in, long. Anthers with a 
spur on each lobe and long hairs on the margins. Stigma 2-lipped. 
Capsule } in. long, densely pilose. 
Mozamb. Dist. German Fast Africa: on the east shore of the Victoria 
Nyanza, near Igitschu-Kamiana, Fischer, 492. 
Described as closely resembling 7. angolensis, but of the section Euthunbergia. 
The description is not sufficient to enable its exact position in the genus to be fixed 
with certainty. 
