Brillantaisia.] XCVIII. ACANTHACEX (BURKILL). 43 
panicle with the flowers somewhat crowded on the ends of the lateral 
branches (the lowermost 1 in. long), covered with a fine pubescence. 
Calyx-segments glandular-pubescent, linear, the uppermost slightly 
longer than, and three times as broad as, the lateral. Corolla-tube 
3 lin. long, glabrous outside, not narrowing to the throat; lips 1 in. 
long, the upper sparingly glandular-pubescent, the lower cleft for a 
quarter of its length into 3 acute teeth. Stamens and staminodes 
sparingly hairy below. Capsule 14 in. long, finely pubescent, each valve 
with about 12 seeds. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Makua Country, Namuli Hills, Last / 
This species and B. ulugurica have in common the broad upper calyx-segment and 
the large few-seeded capsule. They differ markedly in the length of the corolla-tube. 
18. B. ulugurica, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 112, Stem about 
8 ft. high, glabrous below, pilose above. Upper leaves ovate, sessile, 
coarsely jagged towards the base, glabrous. Inflorescence with the 
flowers secund on the smaller branches ; bracts ovate, sessile. Calyx- 
segments unequal, the uppermost slightly longer than, and three times 
as broad as, the lateral, all clad with reddish-brown glandular hairs. 
Corolla-tube 7 lin. long, narrowing upwards, with glandular hairs out- 
side; lips about 11 in. long, the lower cleft for one-third of its length 
into 3 acute teeth. Filaments broadened and hairy towards their 
insertion. Capsule nearly 1} in. long, thickly covered with glandular 
hairs ; seeds about 12 to each valve. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Ukami; Ulugurn, Stuhlmann, 8850, 9224! 
19. B. madagascariensis, 7’. Anders. ex Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. 
xvu. 103. Stem glabrous below, upwards of 8 ft. high. Leaves broadly 
ovate, acuminate above, and prolonged in a wing down the petiole, 
with scattered white hairs on either side, nearly entire. Inflorescence 
a spike; bracts ovate-elliptic, fringed with long hairs. Calyx-seg- 
ments linear, obtuse, densely covered with glandular hairs. Corolla- 
tube 5-6 lin. long; lips 8-11 lin. long, the lower very broad (8 lin.), and 
with three large blunt teeth at the apex, both pilose outside. Staminodes 
sparingly glandular. Ovary with 8-10 seeds in each cell.—7. spicata, 
Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 4. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Lutindi, Holst, 33161 
nja, Holst, 4216 ! in fields and clearings, and without precise locality, Buchwald, 252 | 
Also in Madagascar. 
20. B. verruculosa, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 113, Stem about 
2 ft. high. Leaves ovate, acuminate above, and narrowed into the 
petiole below, glabrous, margins entire or slightly toothed, 4 in. long, 
2 in. wide. Inflorescence a spike, hairy; bracts rhomboidal. Calyx- 
Segments linear, with hairs of 2 forms, long and short, glandular. 
Corolla-tube 5 lin, long, widening upwards; lips 6 lin. long, white, the 
ower sparingly glandular. Stamens with hairs at their base. Ovary 
with 8-10 ovules in each cell, with glandular hairs. Capsule unknown. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, in dry places, Zenker & Staudt, 166. 
The plant has received its name from the warts on the pollen. It and the above 
appear to be very similar. 
