Tab. 5533. 



LANKESTERIA Bartbri. 



Mr. Barter s Lankesteria. 



Nat. Otd. Acanthace^:. — Diandbia Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-partitus, sequalis, segmentis linearibus. Corolla hypocra- 

 terimorpha, tubo gracili calycem superante, limbo 5-partito subaaquali, lobis ajsti- 

 vatione contortis. Stamina 2, versus apicem tubi inserta ; antherte biloculares, 

 loculis parallelis. Ovarium 4-ovulatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum, 

 subbilobum. Capsula pedicellata. 



Lankestekia Barteri; suffrutex 4-pedalis, foliis ovate oblongis vel oblongo- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis basi angustatis 4-8 -unci ali bus sparse puberulis 

 demum glabrescentibus, spicis terminalibus simplicibus vel compositis, brac- 

 teis imbricatis ovatis acuminatis nervosis puberulis ciliatisque, calycis seg- 

 mentis anguste linearibus longe ciliatis, tubo corollas pubescente dimidio 

 brevioribua. 



This showy species of Lankesteria was sent to us by Dr. 

 Moore, of Glasnevin Gardens, and was raised from seed sent 

 from West Africa by Mr. Milne. It was included by Dr. An- 

 derson under L. elegans, T. A. {Eranthemum elegans, R. Br. ; 

 Nees in DC. Prod. 447), in consequence of Nees omitting to 

 quote the very characteristic plate of that species (t. 50 of the 

 Flore D'Oware). The true L. elegans has broader bracts, much 

 shorter and somewhat broader calyx-segments, and a glabrous 

 corolla-tube. There are specimens of it at Kew, collected by 

 Mann. Though the flowers are represented in the Beauvois 

 plate as rose-coloured, it is not unlikely that they are orange, 

 like those of L. Barteri, as it is well known that the colours re- 

 presented in the « Flore D'Oware ' are not to be relied on. 



Fig. I. Flower. 2. Side view of two-celled anther. 3. Ovary, style, and 

 stigma : — magnified. 



SEPTEMBEK 1ST, 1865. 



