PLANTJ3 CONOOENSES 47 



Brillantaisia patula T. And. 



Upper Welle and Ituri rivers ; Lacomhlez^ 80. Dumu, Van- 

 deryst, 4978. Var. Welwitschli Burkill. Boyeka near Coquilhat- 

 ville ; Nannan, 3»^, 



WiiiTFiELnrA LONGiroLTA T. And. Yambata; Moutchal, 188. 

 Clienal ; Va nd en/ st, 4^501. Tua, common in the forests ; Vanderysty 

 4862, 4974. 



PiiAYLOPSis OHLiQUA S. Moore. Buynrm; Vnnderysf, 4296. 



Barleria alata S. Moore. Dumu ; Vanden/st, 4840. Bokala ; 

 id., 4980. 



Eranthemum ntgritianum T. And. Kimbwa and Bokala ; 

 Yanderyst, sine no. — E. hipocraterieorme lioem. & Sell. Leopold- 

 ville ; Vanderyst, 3018. 



JusTiciA iNsuLARis T. And. Kitebe ; Vanderyst, 4126. 



Justicia (§ Galophanoides) fistulosa, sp. nov. Herha erecta,. 

 ramosa, subsparsim foliosa ; ramis erecto-adscendentibus tetragonis uti 

 caulis fistulosis necnon parce puberulis et sub nodis tumidis breviter 

 pubescentibus ; foliis brevipetiolatis ovatis obtusissimis nisi rotun- 

 datis basi rotundatis margine nndulatis in nervis pag. inf. breviter 

 appresseque pubescentibus ; florihus axillaribus pro axilla paucis 

 subsessilibus ; hracfeolis ; calycis segmentis 5 inter se quadammodo 

 inaecjualibus linearibus acutis ciliatis ; corolJcd tubo caljcem breviter 

 superante dimidio inf. coartato superne dilatato limbi labiis subsequi- 

 longis lobis omnibus ovatis obtusis ; ovario ovoideo-oblongo minute 

 pnberulo ; stylo basi sparsim piloso ; ca2)sula puberula. 



Bokala ; Sparano, 26. 



Folia 4x 2-5-3 cm. attingentia, plerumque vero +2 X 1*5 cm., in 

 sicco sursum brunnescentia, inferne viridia ; petioli 2-6 mm. long., 

 pubescentes. Calyx 5-6 mm. long. ; hujus segmenta breviora 4 mm., 

 longiora 5 mm. long. Corolla 13 mm. long. ; tubus 7 mm. long., 

 dimidio inferiori circa 1 mm. lat., sub limbo 2-5 mm. ; labia 6 mm. 

 long., posticum 3 mm., anticum 4 mm. lat. ; amborum lobi 1'5 mm. 

 long. Discus prominens, 1 mm. alt. Ovarium vix 2 mm. long. ; stylus 

 8*5 mm. Capsula dilutebrunnea, 8 mm. long. 



Affinity with J. Whytei S. Moore and J. Melamfyrum S. Moore ; 

 from both easilv distinguished on sight by the short and broad leaves. 

 From the fistular stem one judges the plant to be an aquatic, but 

 there is no note to supj^ort this. 



Justicia Extensa T. And. Dumu ; Vmideryst, 4829. 



Khinacanthus Dewevrei De Wildem. & Durand {R. parvi- 

 Jlorus T. And.). Boyeka ; Nannan, 94. Used for poisoning fish. 



H. parvijiorits has nev^er been described : it is mentioned as a 

 nomen nudum in Bull. Soc. Boy. Bot. Belg. xxxviii. p. 106. There 

 seems no reason to doubt its conspecificity with R. Dewevrei^ which 

 itself appears distinct from JR. communis Nees, though Clai-ke 

 thought otherwise. 



Rhinacanthus minimus, sp. nov. Herha parva, spithamea vel 

 paullulum ultra ; caule basi decumbente radicanteque inde ascendente- 

 tenui sparsim ramoso puberulo ; foliis petiolatis ovatis acutis nisi 

 breviter acuminatis basi rotundato-cuneatis nervis pag. inf. puberulis- 

 exceptis fere glabris ; fasciculis j)aucifloris ad apicem ramorum 



