Thunbergia. | XCVIII, ACANTHACEE (BURKILL). 19 
Anthers obtuse above, pubescent, each lobe with a spur below. Stigma 
with 2 very unequal lips, the upper slightly 3-lobed, larger, with acute 
lateral angles; the lower trifid. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Kwa Mshuza, in bush, 
5000 ft., Holst, 9092 ! 
27. 'T’. kirkiana, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 19. (Not 
T. Kirkii, Hook. f.) Stem erect, 1-14 ft. high, pilose. Leaves ovate, 
hastate, 5-7-nerved, pilose, rounded and mucronate at the apex, 
3 in. long, 14 in. broad; petiole about 1 in. long. Flowers on 
peduncles 2-24 in. long; bracteoles narrow, lanceolate, very acute, 
pilose outside. Calyx-teeth narrow, slightly pilose. Corolla-tube rather 
narrow, 1 in. long, white; lobes 4 in. long, white. Anthers obtuse at 
the apex, each with two spurs below, pubescent. Stigma 2-lipped; 
the upper lip truncate above with rounded angles; the lower triangular, 
acute, Capsule ? in. long, pubescent.—S. Moore in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
ser. 2, iv. 29; Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 366. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : between Unango and Mtonia, Johnson / 
British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, Carson, 61! 108! Nyasaland; near 
Mount Sochi, 3000 ft., Atrk! Blantyre, Buchanan, 83! Manganja Hills, Waller! 
Mount Mlanje, Whyte! Zomba, 2500-3500 ft., Whyte! and without precise locality, 
Buchanan, 495! 640! 
28. T. subalata, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. Beibl. 41, 41, and 
xx. 3. Stem fairly thin, straggling, pilose. Leaves ovate or nearly 
round, subcordate below, rounded above, with a few hairs on the mid- 
rib only on each side, reaching 24 in. in length and 2} in breadth; 
petiole scarcely } in. long, pilose. Flowers on long pilose peduncles, 
which reach 4 in. in length; bracteoles ovate, obtuse above, cordate 
at the base, pilose outside, glabrous within. Calyx-teeth very acute, 
pubescent. Corolla-tube 1 in. long; lobes 7 lin. long. Anthers pubes- 
cent, obtuse above; the lower pair with two spurs below, the upper 
with a spur to the lower lobe, the upper lobe being larger. Stigma, 
as in 7’. kirkiana, with the lower lip triangular, acute, the upper 
longer, truncate, and obtuse. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Zomba, 3000 ft., 
Whyte! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 238 ! 
29. T. Hanningtonii, Burkill. Stem slender, with scattered, 
adpressed hairs. Leaves narrowly elliptical, rounded at both ends, 
mucronate at the apex, scabrid on both surfaces, 3 in. long, 10 lin. 
wide, 5-nerved at the base; petioles short, strigose,} in. long. Flowers 
on peduncles 1} in. long; bracteoles lanceolate, 7 lin. long at flowering, 
with abundant short hairs outside, glabrous within. Calyx-teeth 5, 
narrow, strigose. Corolla-tube 1 in. long, not widening except near 
the base; lobes $ in. long. Anthers mucronate above, hairy, and 
with a spur to each lobe below. Stigma 2-lipped; the upper lip broad, 
rounded, with acute angles; the lower triangular, acute above. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Urambo, Hannington ! 
