ACANTHACER (S. Moore) 77 
D. Buchholzii, a species referred by Clarke to Acanthopale on account 
of its having but 2 ovules in each cell of the ovary. 
Disehistoealyx obanensis S. Moore sp. nov.  Fruticulus 
ramulis subteretibus glabrescentibus ; foliis longipetiolatis amplis 
ellipticis apice acutis breviterve cuspidulato-caudatis basi acutis 
membranaceis supra glabris subtus in nervis minute fulvo-pubes- 
centibus pag. utraque cystolithis minutis creberrime indutis ; flori- 
bus spicatis spicis axillaribus terminalibusve oppositis vel alternis 
plerisque breviter pedunculatis quam folia multo brevioribus ; 
bracteis amplis late obovatis obtusissimis glanduloso-puberulis, 
bracteolis minutis subulatis ; calycis puberuli segmentis oblongis 
obtusis anticis quam postica 3 alte connata majoribus ; corollae 
majusculae tubo triente inferiori cylindrico superne gradatim 
dilatato glabro lobis suborbicularibus tubo plane brevioribus ; 
staminibus inclusis antherarum loculis apice mucronulatis ; ovario 
cylindrico glabro ; stylo puberulo superne incrassato necnon glabro, 
ovulis quove in loculo circa 10. 
Oban ; nn. 73, 1485. 
Leaves at most 17 x 6°5-7 cm., usually + 10 x 6 cm., becoming 
dark in drying, very faintly shining; petioles 2—4*5 em, long. Spikes 
4-7 x 1'5 cm., their peduncles from nearly nothing to 15 mm. in 
length. Bracts about 18 x 18 mm.; bracteoles about 1 mm. long. 
Front segments of calyx obtuse, 14 x 3-4 mm. ; hind segments acute, 
14 x 2-2:25 mm., the free part only 3 mm. long. Corolla pale violet, 
4:5 cm. long; tube 2-3 mm. in diameter below, 15 mm. at the 
throat; lobes about 1 cm. long. Anthers 4mm. long. Ovary 3 mm. 
Style 24 mm. long; stigmatic branch 4 mm. long. Capsule 11 mm. 
long. Seeds dark, 1:5 x 1 mm. 
This differs from D. grandifolius Clarke chiefly in the bracts and 
the smaller calyx with lobes united nearly to the top. 
Lankesteria thyrsoidea S. Moore sp. nov. Frutex caule 
erecto subdistanter folioso fulvo-pubescente ; foliis breviter petio- 
latis obovatis obtusis vel obtusissimis ad medium usque gradatim 
amplificatis basi obtusis tenuiter membranaceis supra glabris 
subtus ad nervos pubescentibus ; floribus albis vel dilute lavandu- 
laceis in panicula anguste thyrsoidea piloso-hirsuta dispositis ; 
bracteis anguste lineari-lanceolatis longe acuminatis ut calycis 
segmenta linearia superne longe extenuata piloso-hirtis; corollae 
tubo filiformi calycem excedente extus puberulo lobis aliquan- 
tulum obliquis obovatis obtusissimis nonnunquam emarginatis ; 
antherarum loculis basi mucronulatis; ovulis quove in loculo 
solitariis. 
Oban ; nn. 434, 1471, 1646. [Also in the Kew Herbarium, Southern 
Nigeria ; Holland, 180, 229.] 
Leaves up to 19:5 x 4:5 cm., often about 10 x 4 em.; petioles 
+1 em. long, densely pubescent. Panicles t 6 x 3 cm. Bracts 
+1 em. long, at most 2 mm. broad. Calyz 17 mm. long, the 
