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2. THUNBERGIA OBLONGIFOLIA, Oliv., sp. nov. Caule erecto, obtuse 4-angulo, 4-sul- 
cato, parce precipue in nodis pilosulo ramoso ; ramis erectis; foliis oblongis v. oblan- 
ceolato-oblongis, sessilibus obtusis v. late acutatis, integris, penninerviis, margine subtus- 
que pilosulis; floribus majusculis, axillaribus, solitariis, breviter peduneulatis; calyce 
brevissimo, obtuse 7-8-erenato-lobulato; capsula velutino-puberula, rostrata, bracteas vix 
superante. | LM š 
Caulis 11-9 ped., parce trichotome ramosus. Folia 1-1} poll. longa, 3 poll. lata. Pedunculi adscen- 
dentes, 1-2 poll. longi; bracteæ (fructiferæ) 1 poll. longæ, capsulam subæquantes. Corolla aurantiaco- 
flava, ut videtur 14-2 poll. longa. Capsula basi dilatata, 4-5 lin. lata. 
Hab. Bast-coast range, alt. 4700 feet, 6° 38' S. lat. (7. atriplicifolia, App. Speke's Journ. 
643). 
With the habit of 7’. atriplicifolia, E. Mey., it differs in its penniveined leaves. 
[From 12 to 20 inches high. Found on the east-coast range at an altitude of 4700 feet, 6° 38 S. lat., 
in December. Flowers orange-yellow.—J. A. G.] 
Plate CXXIII. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open ; fig. 8. Stigma. 
| 3. NELSONIA CAMPESTRIS, В. Br. ; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 548.— N. tomentosa, Dietr. Sp. 
Plant. i. 419; App. Speke's Journ. 648. 
Hab. 7° 9 S. lat., in waste ground, alt. 1290 feet, Col. Grant! 
A BRILLANTAISIA ALATA, Т. Anders. MSS. in herb. Kew. Саше erecto, 4-angulato, 
glabro (v. nodis setosis); foliis ellipticis v. ovato- v. obovato-ellipticis, late acutatis apicu- 
latis v. obtusis, deltoideo-dentatis, basi in petiolum late alatum angustatis; paniculis 
terminalibus amplis; pedunculis glabris v. puberulis; pedicellis brevissimis; calycis 
laciniis anguste linearibus, obtusis, glandulosis ; corollæ tubo ealycem æquante, limbo 
amplo. ‘ 
Caulis 6-8-pedalis, inferne cystolithiis dense notatus. Folia inferiora ampla, lamina 8-10 poll. longa, 
6—7 poll. lata, basi sæpius in petiolum late alatum abrupte angustata ; folia superiora minora, glabra v. 
sparse hirsuta, in sicco cystolithiis notata. Panicula ampla, 1-12 ped. longa; ramulis dichotomis v. 
superioribus unilateralibus indivisis ; bracteze herbaceæ, ovales v. oblanceolate, 1-1 poll. longe. Саул 
$ poll longus. Corolla 14-21 poll. longa, labio inferiore breviter 3-lobato, 3-1 poll. lato. 
_ Hab. Uganda and Unyoro, Sept. 1862 ( Brillantaisia no. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 645). 
Col. Grant! Also in West Tropical Africa. 
Very nearly allied to B. owariensis, P. de Beauv. (Bot. Mag. 4717), which seems to differ chiefly 
in being more hirsute, in its smaller flowers and bracts, and more narrowly winged petioles. 
[A rare plant, with an erect, square stem, 6 to 8 feet high, from 4 to 6 inches in circumference. 
Uganda and Unyoro (September). Stem much knotted where the leaves are given off. Leaves firm, one 
to two spans long, with the petiole winged to the base. Flower-branches bent down. Тһе upper lip of 
the flower is yellow, prettily spotted with Шас; the other, of three teeth, is Шас. А handsome showy 
plant.—J. A. G.] 
Plate CXXIV. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open. 
5. BRILLANTAISIA PUBESCENS, T. Anders. MSS. in hb. Kew. Aromatica: caule erecto, 
piloso, obtuse 4-angulo; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, acutiusculis, subintegris v. obscure 
erenato-dentatis, lamina basi in petiolum angustata; panicula ramosissima, terminali 
glanduloso-pubescente et pilosa; bracteis obovatis rotundatisve, petiolatis; floribus 
