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multiflorae. Pedicelli 1-1-5 cm. longi, graciles, unilateraliter 
pubeiuli. Sepala 2-5 mm. longa, ovata, obtusa, minutissime 
puberula et ciliolata. Corolla rotata, l\j cm. diam., earnosa, extra 
minutissime puberula, intra minute velutino-pubmila. fusco- 
sanguinea; lobi 5-6 mm. longi, 3-5 mm. lati, oblongi, obtusi. 
Coronae lobi fere 1 mm. longi, ex toto antheris adnati, oblongi, 
obtuai. Antherae appendiculae erectae, late ovatae vel rotundatae, 
obtusae, apiculatae. Stylus longe rostratus, ultra antheras ad 
3 mm. exsertus, apice acute bifidus. 
GOLD COAST. Aburi, in Rubber and Cola plantations, 
Johnson, 1078. 
Mr. Johnson states that the flowers are " dark crimson-maroon, 
thick, fleshy, and smell like native ' stink-fish.' " The leaves 
appear to have had a shining surface. 
875. Brillantaisia Mahoni, G. B. Clarke [Acanthaceae-Ruellieae] ; 
ex amuitare B. tiih-nlis, Lind.au, sed t'oliis tioralibus persistentibus 
basi cuncatis, stmaliis 11 mm. bmgis, nompe 4 usque ad apicem 
linearibus, 1 lineari in parte superiore paullo latiore vix lineari- 
spathulato. 
I'lrfnta pilosa, Lrlauduli.irfM-viscoria. Fufii lamina 1»« em. longa, 
10 cm. lata, ovato-triangulari-elongata, ba.si subborizontaJitcr 
truncata, in margine arete acute serrata ; petioli usque ail 4-6 cm. 
longi. Inflorescentia 16 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, pauciflora, i.e. 
panicnla ib-panperaia ; folia floralia usque ad 4 cm. longa, 2 cm. 
lata, atrinque angustata. Corolla subcaerulea : tubus 1 cm. longus; 
labia 25 mm. longa. 
in shady spots by water, alt, 1170 m., 
Crossandrella, C. B. Clarke, gen. nov. [Acanthaceae-Justicieae]; 
ex affinitate Crossandrae, a qua calyce quadripartito et inflor- 
escentia recedit. 
Calyx usque ad basin 4-partitus ; segmentum posticum ovatum, 
emarginatum, anticum ellipticum, integrum, 2 interiora breviora, 
linearia. Corolla parva ; tubus oblongus ; limbus 5-lobus, uni- 
lateralis. Stamina 4, subsessilia ; filamenta brevia, glabra; 
antherae 1-loculares, loculis lineari-oblongis. Pollen lineari- 
oblongum, in medio obscure constrictum, in apice utroque quad- 
ratum, longitudinahter costatum ; pori 2.— Frutex. Folia Integra. 
Spicae terminates 10-Jf-o) <>■ ; florr* s ft fa/ li ; bractea parva, lanceo- 
lata ; prophylla 2, majora, elliptica. 
Thi3 genus is close to Crossandra, the stamens and pollen being 
the same. It differs in the 4-partite calyx, and the inflorescence 
which is nearer that of Sclerochiton. 
876. C. laxispicata, C. B. Clarke, sp. unica. Folia 14 cm. longa, 
4 cm. lata ; oblonga, utrinque attennata. Spicae 5-7 cm. longae, 
minute scabro-pubescentes. Bractea 4 mm. longa; prophylla 
9 mm. longa. Calycis 2 seginenta exteriora 9 mm. longa, interiora 
