10 ICONES PLANTARU:^. 



calyce longior, basi in stipitem solidum contracta. Semina 4i v- 

 abortu pauciora, orbiculata, plano-compressa, foveolato-rugosa. 

 G. Bentham, 



Fig, 1. Flower. 2. Anther, back and front view. 3. Capsule. 



Plate 1211. 



OREACAWTHUS MAWNII. Benth. 



' Acanthacej:, Tribe Justicie^. 



Oreacantliiis, Bentli, in Benth. et Hoolc, Gen, PL ii. 1104, 

 0. Manniij Benth. h c. species umca. 



Hab. Cameroons Mountains, West Tropical Africa, at an elevation 

 of 7,000 feet, G. Mann. 



m 



Herha elata, 8-12-pedalis (Mann), prseter paniculam puberula v. 

 'glabrescens. Folia ovali- v. oblongo-elliptica, acuminata, majora semi- 

 pedalia, membranacea, in petiolum longiuscalum contracta. Fanicida 

 terminalis,laxepyraniidata3 6-8-pollicaris, glandulo-pubescens. Bractem 

 primaries parvse, sub cjmarum ramis lineam longse v. minores. Gyynce 

 opposits&, pedanculatse, laxe dicbotomse, pluri- ssepius multifloras. Flores 

 omnes pedicellati. Calyx 2 lin. v. demum 3 lin. longus, segmentis 5 

 augustis subssqualibus glanduloso-pilosis. Corolla glabra, tubo brevi, 

 fauce ampla subcampanulata caljcem a}quante ; limbi labia tubo longiora, 

 inter se sequilonga, posticum sestivatione interius, anguste oblongum, 



ens 



filiformibus 



antherse parvae, oblongas, 1-loculares, medio dorso affixae, apertse late 

 membranacese ; staminodia nulla. Bisms cupularis. Stylus filiformis, 

 apice integer. Capsula oblonga, calyce triplo longior, basi in stipitem 



Semina 4 v. abortu pauciora, compressa, 



um. 



crassiuscnla, rugosa, — G. Bentham. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Anther, back and front view. 3. Capsule. The filaments are 

 often longer and more slender than represented in the plate. 



