A NEW .EOLANTHUS FROM THE CONGO 323 



rare and interesting little species ; it is two inches high, and 

 bears a single flower. There are only two previous records of this 

 species — the original specimen found by Mann in Sierra Leone, 

 and a specimen found, according to Eeichenbach, by Mechow at 

 Malange, in Angola. I am, however, informed by Dr. Schlechter 

 that Scliwartzkopffia Biiettneriana Kranzl. (in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 

 177), described as the type of a new genus on a specimen from 

 Togo, is identical with B. 'pumilio. I have not seen a specimen 

 of Swartzkopffia, but the description bears out the suggestion of 

 identity. 



■•'•Gi/mnosiphon squaraatus Wright. Swamp, three miles north 

 of Gelti Eiver ; June. Distrib. Cameroons, Gaboon. 



■'•'Buforrestia imperforata C. B. Clarke. Damp rocks, Gola 

 Forest ; May. Sierra Leone, Cameroons, Congo, and Angola ; 

 also in Usambara. 



Mr. Bunting also sends Commclina niuUflora L. and Aneilema 

 ovato-oblongum Beauv., both from Jui. 



'■'-Limnophytiim obtusifolium Miq. Wet places, Jui ; April. 

 Distrib. Widely spread in Tropical Africa. 



A NEW MOLANTHUS FROM THE CONGO. 



By H. F. Wernham, B.Sc. 



The following striking species came before my notice in the 

 course of dealing with various Lahiatce in the National Herbarium. 

 It is recognizable at once by its almost scabrid leaves and by the 

 long purple hairs with which the densely spicate inflorescence is 

 clothed : — 



.ffiolanthus purpureo-pilosus, sp. nov. Herba 8-5 dcm. alt., 

 caule erecto sparse liirsuto profunde canaliculato, foliis paucis 

 petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis obtusis margine obscure crenato sub- 

 scabrosis setis subtus nonnuUis super vena prtecipua, cymis dense 

 purpureo-pilosis in spicis densis ramos nudos sublongos termi- 

 nantibus, bracteis persistentibus obovato-lanceolatis obtusis pilis 

 subtus articulatis filamentosis dilutis purpureis stepissime mar- 

 ginem versus insertis, calyce parvo brevi-campanuliformi obsolete 

 bilobo extus sparse piloso, corolla3 tubo curvato labiis sub- 

 lequalilnis integris concavis, nuculis glabratis valde compressis, 

 calyce in fructu accrescente et desuper concrescente in pileolo 

 deciduo. 



Hab. Luisi Flun, Congo ; Kdssner, 2677. 



Folia 3'5-4-o cm. x l*6-2-6 cm.; pedicella i-S mm. long. 

 Bracteie 5 mm. long, x 2 mm. lat. Calyx in flore 1 mm. long., 

 in fructu 3 mm. long, (pars decidua 2 mm. long.). CoroUae tubus 

 6-7 mm. long., labia 5 mm. long, x 2'5 mm. lat. 



