68 XCVIII, ACANTHACEH (CLARKE). | Whitfieldia. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: Bateke Dist. ; in the woods of Osika, Brazza, 
165! near Brazzaville on the Lower Congo, Thollon, 210°! 
9. W. Stuhlmanni, (. B. Clarke. Innovations with stellate hairs. 
Leaves 5 by 13 in., soon glabrate, except the midrib beneath; petiole 
up to 3 in. long. Racemes terminal, short, few-flowered ; bracts }—] in. 
long, lanceolate, green; bracteoles 4 in. long, round-elliptic, short, 
acuminate, whitish. Calyx 3-1 in. long; segments 5, linear-ligulate, 
glandular-hairy. Corolla purple-violet (Lindau); tube }-1 in. long, 
inflated in its upper half. Anther-cells in upper half with very long 
1-celled white hairs. Style sparsely hairy; ovary conical at the top, 
passing continuously into the style-—Stylarthropus Stuhlmanni, Lindau 
in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 11, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 306, 
and in Eng). Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 367. . 
South Central. Congo Free State: Isango River, Stuhlmann, 2963! Lualaba 
River, Pogge, 1144! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, Volkens, 2396 ! Usambara, 
Holst, 2673! 3297! Heinsen, 17! 
Imperfectly known species. 
10. W. Laurentii, (. B. Clarke. Leaves up to 8 by 4 in., ovate, 
acuminate at either end, glabrous. Panicle compounded of racemes; 
bracts } in. long, filiform ; bracteoles 4 in. long, ovate, glabrous. Sepals 
% in. long, glutinous-pubescent. Corolla-tube 14 in. long; lobes { in. 
long.—Stylarthropus Laurentii, Lindau in Eng). Jahrb. xxiv. 317 ; Wild. 
& Dur. Ill. Fl. Congo, i. t. 32, p. 65, sub t. 33 and p. 64, “ explication,” 
sub t. 32. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Upper Congo at Stanley Falls, Zawrent. 
In the text of Wildeman & Durand there are several apparent errors—eJ. 
“ stamens 5,” while the cross section of the ovary is not that of any Acanthaceous 
plant. 
19. SATANOCRATER, Schweinf.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Pl. ii. 1085. 
Calyx tubular, inflated, 5-angular, shortly 5-toothed. Corolla large, 
blue; tube inflated in the upper half; lobes 5, subequal, rounded, con- 
torted in bud. Stamens 4; anther-cells 2, muticous; pollen strongly 
honeycombed. Ovary with 2 ovules in each cell; style-branches one 
linear, the other suppressed. Capsule oblong, 4-seeded ; seeds discoid.— 
Shrubs 2 ft. high. Leaves entire. Flowers solitary, opposite in the 
leaf-axils; pedicels 0-} in.; bract 0 ; bracteoles very small, linear. 
Corolla-tube 14-2 in. long . . : ‘ . 1. 8S. fellatensis. 
Corolla-tube ? in. long . . . 2. 8, somalensts. 
1. S. fellatensis, Schweinf. in Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien, xviii. 
676. Pubescent. Leaves 3 by 1-1} in., elliptic or broad-lanceolate, 
narrowed at both ends; petiole up to 4 in. long. Bracteoles } in. long; 
linear. Calyx 1 by {in.; segments united } their length ; teeth lanceo- 
