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both surfaces, or at least fringed on the margin, with soft hairs, about 
14 lin. long, 4 lin. broad. Flowers on short peduncles; bracteoles 
lanceolate, rough with short brown hairs. Calyx irregularly toothed. 
Corolla orange-yellow; tube 1} in. long; lobes 4 in. long. Anthers 
with a mucro above, the lower pair with a spur on one lobe, pilose 
below. Stigma triangular, funnel-shaped, barbellate. Fruit 1 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German Kast Africa: Usagara ; Robeho Mountains, 4700 ft., 
Speke & Grant! Lake Tanganyika, Cameron! Higher Plateau, North of Lake Nyasa, 
Thomson ! 
Var. glaberrima, Burkill. Glabrous in all its parts, leaves lanceolate or linear- 
lanceolate. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between Lake Nyasa and Lake Tan- 
ganyika, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson! British Central Africa: Urungu ; Fwambo, 
Carson, 87 ! 
48. T. parvifolia, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 90. Stem herba- 
ceous, finely hairy. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, rounded above, 
up to 2} in. long and 2 lin. broad, entire, finely hairy below. Flowers 
on pedicels up to 10 lin. long; bracteoles lanceolate, acute, micro- 
Scopically hairy outside, 5-nerved, not reticulated, 14 in. long, } in. 
broad. Calyx very short, truncate, or toothed. Corolla-tube nearly 
1} in. long; lobes } in. long, 3 in. wide, deep violet. Anther-lobes 
blunt, unequal, hairy below. Stigma funnel-shaped, triangular, bar- 
bellate.—Dewévre in Comptes-rendus Soe. bot. Belge, xxxiii. 104. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: River Quango, Pogge, 311, 312. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Upper Congo, Katanga, Cornet. 
49. 'T. lancifolia, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 19. Stem 
erect, 2-3 ft. high (Bryce), sulcate when dry, glabrous, except at the 
nodes. Leaves varying from linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate, narrow- 
ing to, or sometimes auriculate at, the base, sessile, acute or obtuse 
above, glabrous and shining on both surfaces, upwards of 4 in. long. 
Flowers on pubescent or glabrous peduncles about } in. long; bracts 
ovate, acute, glabrous or pubescent like the peduncle. Calyx-teeth 
short, irregular. Corolla-tube 1} in. long; lobes 9 lin. long, deep 
purple. Anthers with a spur above, hairy below; the ventral pair 
each with a usually straight spur below. Stigma funnel-shaped, tri- 
angular, barbellate or not. Capsule covered with a fine pubescence, 
1} in. long.—S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 195. Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 
Trop. Afr. 8387; S. Moore in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, iv. 30; Lindau 
in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 366; Dewevre in Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. 
Belg. xxxiii. 104. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; Izanga, in thickets, Welwitsch, 
5161! Pungo Andongo ; Sobati de Quilombo, on rather dry hillsides, Welwitsch, 5110! 
Malange, Marques, 11. 
Mozamb, Dist. Kavala Island, in Lake Tanganyika, Carson! German East 
Africa : hills north-east of Lake Tanganyika, Scott-HUiot, 8229! between Lake Nyasa 
and Lake Tanganyika, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson! British Central Africa: Nyasalan ; 
Mount Chiradzulu, Meller! Magomero, Meller! Blantyre, Scott / Buchanan, 134! 
Shibisa (Chickwawa) to Tshinmuze, 2000-4000 ft., Kirk! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 
135! 136! Mount Zomba, Whyte! Blantyre, Descamps (ex Dewevre) ; Mashonaland ;, 
Inyati River, Bryce! 
