88 XCVIII. ACANTHACE® (BURKILL). [ Brillantaisia. 
** Srenantuium. Inflorescence a spike. oo. 
Leaves with scattered hairs. . . . . . 19. B. madagascariensis. 
Leaves glabrous. . . . . . . . 20. B. verruculosa. 
1. B. Lamium, Benth. in Hook. Niger Flora, 477. Herbaceous, 
3-4 ft. high (Mann). Stem somewhat pilose. Leaves cordate or 
cordate-ovate, acuminate, forming a small wing to the upper end of the 
petiole, pilose on both sides, entire or nearly so; the uppermost sessile. 
Inflorescence a lax panicle, glandular-pubescent ; lower bracts ovate. 
Calyx-segments equal, acute, rather sparingly clad with glandular hairs. 
Corolla deep blue; tube } in. long, slightly exceeding the calyx-seg- 
ments ; lips 7-8 lin. long. Staminodes densely glandular. Capsule 
1} in. long, glabrous, with about 20 seeds to each valve.—Leucorhaphis 
Lamium, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 97. Brillantaisia owariensis, Hook. 
(partly), Bot. Mag. t. 4717, fig. 8; Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. vii. 339; 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 21 (not of Beauv.). B. Palisotit, 
Lindau in Engl. Jahrb, xvii. 99; and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 
iv. 3B. 296, fig. 119 (not typical) ; Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 146. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Kortright Hill, Preuss (ex Lindau), and without 
recise locality, Afzelius (ex Lindau)! Liberia: Cape Palmas, Ansell! Gold Coast, 
urton d& Cameron! Togoland: Misahéhe, Baumann, 67! Bismarckburg, Bittner, 
231 (ex Lindau). Lagos: near Otto, Dlillen, 7! Abeokuta, Zrving! Lower Niger : 
Onitsa, Barter, 103! Niger Delta: Nun River, Vogel, 17! Cameroons: Bipinde, 
Zenker, 1104! Rio del Rey, Johnston! Mungo, Buchholz (ex Lindau). 
Lower Guinea. Princes Island, Rattray! Mann, 1142! Island of St. Thomas: 
Rio de Ouro, Sandade, Quintas, 88 (ex Henriques), Blublu, Nova Moka, 2800 ft., 
Moller (ex Henriques). 
South Central. Lunda: Bashilange; Lulua River, Pogge, 1123 (ex Lindau). 
2. B. Emini, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 103. Stem tall, pilose 
above. Lower leaves unknown, uppermost cordate, sessile, acuminate, 
entire, pilose, thin. Inflorescence a loose panicle, glandular. Calyx- 
teeth acute, nearly equal, glandular. Corolla-tube } in. long, with 
glandular hairs outside ; lips violet, 1-14 in. long, with glandular hairs 
outside ; teeth of the lower lip small. Staminodes densely glandular. 
Capsule 1% in. long, glabrous, with 16 seeds to each cell. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe; Bukoba, Stuhlmann, 3644! 
3995. 
It is very doubtfully distinct from B. Lamium. The upper leaves of this and B. 
Lamium ave very similar ; in the loose panicle and long capsules they agree very 
closely ; the only obvious point of difference between them is in the size of the glandular 
corolla, and it will be granted that this is a very unsatisfactory one. Ihave only seen 
a very small fragment. ° 
3. B. pubescens, 7’. Anders. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 125. 
A low very aromatic herb, Stem densely covered with long white 
glandular hairs, pale in colour. Leaves ovate, contracted gradually to 
both extremities, or the upper ones obtuse at the apex, pilose above, 
pubescent below, entire, 4 in. long, 14 in. wide; petiole 4 in. long, 
pilose. Inflorescence very much branched, like the stem glandular 
pilose ; bracts spathulate. Calyx-segments linear subspathulate, covered 
with glandular hairs. Corolla-tube narrow, curved in large flowers, 
