40 XCVIII, ACANTHACEE (BURKILL). [ Brillantaisia. 
panicle, almost glabrous ; bracts ovate. Calyx-segments nearly glabrous, 
the posterior broadly spathulate above. Corolla-tube 5 lin. long; lips 
nearly 1 in. long, the teeth of the lower about 2 lin. long. Capsule 
over 1} in. long, with 16-20 seeds, hairy ; retinacula large. 
Nile Land. West side of Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., Stuhlmann, 2301. 
8. B. lancifolia, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb, xvii. 98. Stem herbaceous, 
glabrous below. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 3 in. long and 3} in. wide, 
glabrous on both surfaces, entire or nearly so. Inflorescence a large 
raceme, glandular-pubescent. Calyx-segments linear, the uppermost 
slightly enlarged towards the apex, fringed with glandular hairs. 
Corolla-tube 4 lin. long ; lips 9—11 lin. long, purple, glabrous. Staminodes 
with a very few glandular hairs. Capsule 10 lin. long, with a few 
glandular hairs, and 18—24 seeds to each valve. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1688 ! 
9. B. owariensis, Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. 68, t. 100 (not of Hook.) 
Stem 10-12 ft. high (Jann), glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, gradually narrowed into the petiole, 9 in. long, 3 in. wide, 
glabrous, evenly serrate on the margins. Inflorescence a loosely 
thyrsiform panicle, glandular-pubescent ; bracts lanceolate, falling off 
early. Calyx-segments linear, acute. Corolla-tube 4 lin. long; lips 
10-11 lin. Staminodes glandular. Ovary pubescent, 20-24-ovuled.— 
Belantheria belvisiana, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 97. 
Upper Guinea. Benin: Agathon, Beauvois; Cameroons, at 3000 ft., Mann, 1959 ! 
Preuss, 600! 
Under this name Lindau has placed specimens which I refer to B. vogeliana and 
to B. patula. As his and other authors’ views of species differ from mine, it has been 
necessary to reject any statement which could not be tested, and only in the case of 
B. Lumiuwm—a species which can scarcely be confused—are localities cited on the 
word of other writers. 
10. B. vogeliana, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 477 (partly). Stem 
4-5 ft. high, erect, pale. Leaves varying from elliptic to cordate, the 
petiole winged in the upper part, sparingly pilose on both sides, at least 
when young, the margins of the larger leaves coarsely serrate, of the 
smaller sinuate. Inflorescence a lax panicle, often much branched, 
glandular-hirsute; bracts ovate to lanceolate. Calyx-segments linear, 
slightly broadened at the apex, blunt, fringed with long glandular hairs. 
Corolla varying in size, violet, frequently orange towards the base, tube 
13-2} lin. long; lips 5-8 lin. long. Staminodes somewhat glandular. 
Capsule 7-8 lin. long, pubescent, with 18-28 seeds to each valve.— 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 21. B. Preussii, Lindau in Engl. 
Jahrb. xvii. 100. B. Molleri, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 99 ; Henriques 
in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 146. Leucorhaphis vogeliana, Nees in DC. Prod. 
x1, 97. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Buea, 3200 ft., Preuss, 998! Barombi, Preuss; 
320! Efulen, in open places, Bates, 216! Yaunde, Zenker, 513! and without precise 
locality, Preuss, 1029! Fernando Po, Vogel, 179! Mann, 36! 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas: Monte Cafe, Roca, S. Nicolau, 2300 ft.; 
Moller, 87; Don! 
B. Molleri appears to differ from more typical specimens in nothing but the fewer 
seeds to the capsule. 
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