Whitfieldia. | XCVIIT, ACANTHACE (CLARKE). 67 
articulated on the ovary; otherwise as W. longifolia.—W. longifolia, 'l. 
Anders. in Journ, Linn. Soc. vii. 27 partly. W. longiflora, 8. Moore in 
Journ. Bot. 1880, 229 partly. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos, Millen, 141! 181! 195! Old Calabar, Rodd! 
Cameroons; Yaunde, Zenker, 547! Fernando Po, Mann, 198! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Lisha, 3000 ft., Hens, 343! Angola: 
Golungo Alto; Rio de Capopa, Welwitsch, 5151! 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa, Wakefield ! 
5. W. tanganyikensis, ('. 3B. Clarke. Upper leaves 5 by 2 in.; 
petiole up to } in. long. Inflorescence of 3—1 spikes, each 4—5 in. long, 
viscid-pubescent; bracts large, some 1 in. long resembling leaves, 
persistent; bracteoles up to ? in. long, acute, greenish, pubescent, 
Flowers as of W. subviridis. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Buddu, Scott-Elliot, 7528! 
Mozamb, Dist. Tanganyika Plateau, Carson, 22! 
6. W. lateritia, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4155. Shrub 1-10 ft. high. 
Upper leaves up to 7 by 2 in. ; petiole }-? in. long. Raceme terminal, 
simple, 2-4 in. long, pubescent; bracts }-} in. long, linear, deciduous ; 
lower pedicels }-} in. long, pubescent. Corolla red; tube 1 in. long, 
inflated, narrow-campanulate from near the base. Stamens glabrous. 
Style glabrous, articulated on the ovary.—Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 221; 
Benth, in Hook. Niger Fl. 480; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 27; 
Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 306, fig. 110, A. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Lumbaraya, Scott-Elliot, 4933! and without 
Precise locality, Scott-Elliot, 3976! Winwood Reade! Whitfield ! Afzelius! 
7. W. Preussii, (. B. Clarke. Nearly glabrous, except the calyx. 
Upper leaves 7 by 2} in.; petiole 4-1 in. long. Inflorescence 7 by j in., 
raceme with 2 pedicels up to }in. long from a few lower axils (i.e., 
Panicle nearly reduced to a raceme); bracts $-} in. long, linear. Calyx 
; in. long, microscopically pubescent. Corolla yellow (Zindav) ; tube 
In, long, inflated nearly from the base. Anther-cells hairy. Style 
airy; ovary conical at the top, passing continuously into the style.— 
Stylarthropus Preussii, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 12, and in Engl. & 
ntl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 306, fig. 125, A-C. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Barombi, Preuss, 516! 
8. W. Brazzei, C. B. Clarke. Glabrous, except the corolla and 
calyx. Leaf 4 by 1 in., attenuate at each end, willow-like ; petiole } in. 
ong. Panicle with solitary flowers ; bracts ;'; in. long, linear ; bracteoles 
z In. long, broad-elliptic, subobtuse, whitish. Sepals 4 in. long, linear- 
oblong, Sparingly viscous-pubescent. Corolla-tube ? in, long, inflated 
nearly from the base. Capsule (from Thollon’s specimen) } in. long, 
gnbrous, stalked, 2-seeded ; seeds discoid, glabrous, nearly smooth.— 
‘Wlarthropus Brazzei and 8. Tholloni, Baill. in Bull. Linn. Soe. Paris, 
+ [1890], 823; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 306, 
ane'in Engl. Jahrb, xviii. 63, t. 1, fig. 20. ae 
