64 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
stipulis interpetiolaribus perspicuis argute dentatis reflexis ; pani- 
culis axilaribus folis paullo brevioribus; bracteis parvis ovatis 
mox deciduis; pedicellis floribus circiter aequilongis glabris; 
calycis segmentis ovatis obtusissimis puberulis; corollae glabrae 
lobis tubum multo excedentibus obovato-oblongis obtusis ; coronae 
lobis emarginatis; staminum filamentis coronae lobis aequilongis 
crassiusculis compressis; antheris late oblongis quam filamenta 
longioribus ; stylo staminibus breviore ; folliculis ovoideo-oblongis 
obtusis superne paullo angustatis glabris. 
Oban ; nn. 2091, 2074. 
Twining by means of a rather slender chocolate-coloured, when 
dry prominently striated, somewhat verruculose stem. Leaves drying 
brown-green, covered with very short scabrous emergences and 
provided with a vast number of minute glands pellucid in transmitted 
light, mostly 10-13 x 6-8 cm., though occasionally only 7-8 x 4 em., 
the terminal cusp about 1 cm. long; lateral nerves about 7 pairs, 
inserted upon the midrib nearly at a right angle; petioles + 2 cm. 
long. Stipules rigid, chocolate-coloured, about 3 mm. long. Panicles 
7-11 em. long and about 8:5 em. across. Peduncles 3 cm. long; 
pedicels 5-8 mm., and bracts barely 2 mm. Segments of calyx 
1-5 x 1-1'25 mm. Corolla bright purple inside, paler within; tube 
scarcely 2 mm. long; lobes 7 x 8:5 mm. Corona '3 mm. long, its 
lobes erecto-patent, ‘75 mm. long. Free part of filaments *5 mm. 
long; anthers 115 mm. long. Pollinia rhombic, including the stalk 
1:25 mm. in length. Obtusely conical apex of style about "5 mm. 
long. follicles dark brown, 8-8:5 ‘em. long, about 2 cm. broad. 
Seeds 5 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, ovate-lanceolate unilaterally keeled, 
except for the 2:5 em. long (pale brown) coma glabrous. 
Easily distinguished from B. purpurea N.E. Br., hitherto the only 
known species, by the scabrid leaves drying brown, the short in- 
florescences and the much smaller flowers. : 
Var. grandifolia var. nov. A typo discrepans ob folia 
majora, sicca fusca, necnon corollas majores. 
Oban ; n. 68. : 
Stems purplish, warted. Leaves 15 x 9 em.  Corolla-lobes 
10 x 4:5-5 mm. 
This looks very different from the type, and should possibly be 
regarded as a distinct species. 
Seeamone eonostyla S. Moore sp. nov. Planta caule volubili 
subdistanter folioso glabro ; foliis petiolatis ovatis apice breviter 
cuspidulatis ipso acuminatis basi breviter cordatis tenuiter 
membranaceis utrinsecus glabris; cymis ex axillis omnibus 
superioribus oriundis simplicibus dichotomeve paniculatis paten- 
tibus paucifloris; bracteis minimis lanceolatis; pedicellis ut 
pedunculi filiformibus glabris ; floribus quam pedicelli manifeste 
brevioribus ; calycis segmentis ovato-lanceolatis acutis; corollae 
rotato-campanulatae ultra medium divisae lobis ovatis obtusis- 
simis margine crispulis ; coronae phyllis quam columna staminea 
