510 ADDENDA. 
united, a little unequal. Capsule linear, 5 lin. long, ? lin. broad, 
8-seeded. 
Mozamb, Dist. British Central Africa: Rhodesia ; Salisbury, Rand, 519! 
la. Brillantaisia subcordata, De Wild. et Durand in Comptes- 
rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 44. Herbaceous. Stem somewhat pilose. 
Lower leaves cordate, acuminate, decurrent on the petiole in very narrow 
wings, pilose on both sides, entire, 14-3 in. long, }-2 in. broad ; the 
uppermost elliptic and sessile; petiole of the lower leaves about 1{ in. 
long. Inflorescence many-flowered, glandular; bracts linear-ovate, 
pilose, the uppermost about 24 lin. long and } lin. broad. Calyx 
segments about equal, narrowly linear, sparingly clad with glandular 
hairs, 5 lin. long. Corolla violet; tube about } in. Jong; Jips 9-10 lin. 
long. Capsule 1 in. long.—De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, 
i. fase. 2, 47. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Bokakata, Dewevre; Bangala, on the 
River Congo, Dameuse. 
Var. macrophylla, De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. fase. 2, 47. Herb, 
13-2 ft. high. Leaves larger than in the type, 45-7 in. long, 2}-5} in. broad ; 
petiole 4 mn. long. 
South Central. Congo Free State: New Antwerp, Duchesne ! 
Very nearly allied to B. Lamium, Benth. 
l4da. Brillantaisia Dewevrei, De Wild. et Durand in Comptes- 
rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxviii, 45. Stem woody, 3-6 ft. high, tetra- 
gonous, pilose. Leaves ovate, 2-8 in. long, 14-4? in. broad, acuminate 
at the apex, somewhat cordate at the base and prolonged downwards in 
broad coarsely-toothed wings along the petiole, with white hairs ; 
margins coarsely toothed; petiole 2 in. long, including the wings 
5-14 lin. broad. Inflorescence racemiform, with glandular hairs, 
8-11 in. long, bracteate. Calyx-segments linear, slightly broadened 
at the apex, the posterior 11 lin. long, the others 8 lin. long. Corolla 
with the upper lip white and about 13 lin. long; the lower lip purple, 
13 lin. long; tube 4 lin. long. Stamens 10 lin. long. 
South Central. Congo Free State: by the River Congo, between Lukolela 
and Gombi, Dewevre, 
Related to B. patula, T. Anders., and B. vogeliana, Benth. 
5. Mellera Briartii, De Wild. et Durand in Comptes-rendus 50. 
Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 210, Leaves 1 by } in., ovate, spathulate, 3-lobed 
at the tip, glabrous above, thinly hairy beneath. Flowers ir terminal 
panicles ; peduncle } in. long, hairy; bracts 2, lanceolate, glandular- 
hairy. Calyx # in. long, deeply 5-lobed. Corolla nearly 1 in. long; 
tube cylindric; lobes 5, round, nearly equal. Anthers oblong, not 
spurred ; pollen striate. Capsules tetragonal. 
South Central. Congo Free State : Katanga; Nzilo Rapids, Briart. 
The number of ovules is not mentioned, nor the wstivation of the corolla, nor 
whether it is 2-lipped. It does not appear to belong to Wellera. 
