12 xcviii. ACANTHACEiE (burkill). [Thunh&i'gia. 



long, nearly straight, sparingly hairy outside ; lobes violet, 8 lin. long. 

 Anthers 2 J lin. long, very unequal below and with a bristly crest prolonged 

 upwards in a row of soft hairs, acute above. Stigma 2-lipped, the lower 

 lip li lin. long, the upper 2 lin. long and inrolled. Capsule 1 in. long. 

 —S. Moore, Journ.Bot. 1880, 104; Lindauin Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 36G. 



Kile Iiand. British East Africa : Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 20048 ! Niamniam : 

 Naporruporru, near Aboo Sammat's Seriba, Schweivfurth, 3233 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; near Calolo and Capopa, Welwitsck, 

 51811 Casabella, Welivitsch, 5154:1 Lorn be, in primitive forest, Welwitsck, 5109! and 

 witiiout precise locality, Welwitsch, 5113 ! one hundred miles from Ambriz, Monteiro t 



XWozamb. Dlst. Zanzibar, Kirk ! German East Africa, Kirk ! 



Var. pidvinata, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 6. Leaves firmer, and usually 

 smaller and mucronate ; nerves more prominent. Bracteoles usually shorter, often 

 hairy on the margin, and beset with small white scales. As the stem becoipes woody 

 very hairy and large buds develop in the axils of the leaves. Fruit glabrous, 1 in. 

 long. Seeds very slightly reticulated. — Bot. Mag. t. 6975 ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 ser. 2, ii. 345. T. HoUtii, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 95. 



Xlle Ziand. Somaliland : Adda Galla, James & Thrupp ! Golis Eange, at Darra 

 Surry, Miss Cole t Mrs. Lort-P hillips I British East Africa: Mbuyuni, IScott-Elliot, 

 G182 ! Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2749 1 Mount Maungu, 20U0 ft., Johnston! 

 Ribe to Galla country, Wakefield! Kinani, Gregory ! 



, Mozaxnba Dlst> German East Africa : Ueambara ; Umba Valley, Smith ! Duga, 

 in scrub, Hoist, 3203 1 Kumusha Valley, HoUt, 543 (ex Lindau). 



7. T. erecta, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 18. Shrub G-8 ft. 

 high ; stems quadrangular when young, glabrous except at the nodes. 

 Leaves ovate, on short petioles, acute at the base, acuminate above, with 

 usually a blunt tooth (rarely 2) on each margin towards the upper part^ 

 glabrous on both surfaces, Ij— 2| in. long, |-1 in. broad; occasionally 

 short stipule-like thorns at the base of the petiole. Flowers on peduncles 

 |-1J in. long; bracteoles very thin, white, obtuse above, J in. long. 

 Calyx-teeth 5-9, linear. Corolla-tube 1 J in. long ; lobes J in. long, 

 purple. Anthers with a spiny crest below and above it a row of soft 

 hairs, their bases very unequal. Stigma with the lower lip rather broad. 

 — T. Anders, in Journ. Agri.-Hort. Soc. India, N.S. i. 200 ; Meyenia 

 erecta, Benth. in Hook. Niger Flora, 470 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5013. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Sherboro Island, Scott-Elliot, 5856 ! Gold 

 Coast : Cape Coast Castle, Vogel, 14 1 83 ! Lagos. Milieu, 190 ! 



Schweinfurth's 3545, from Monbuttu, may be this species. The figure cited abov& 

 is not quite accurate as regards the stamen. 



8. T. crisp a 9 Burkill. Shrub with glabrous branches, but the 

 axillary buds covered with red hairs. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, acute 

 below, shortly acuminate above, with the margins crisped, glabrous on 

 both surfaces, the veins closely reticulated, 4 in. long and 1 J in. wide ; 

 petioles \ in. long. Flowers on long peduncles, 2J in. long, glabrous ; 

 bracteoles thin, blunt, 7-8 lin. long. Calyx segments narrow. Corolla- 

 tube 1-^ in. long ; lobes J in. long, purple. Anthers with crests bearing 

 rather weak bristles at the base, the base very unequal. Stigma with 

 the lower lip rather broad. 



IMCozaml). Blst. British Central Africa : Zambebiland, Kirk I Nyasaland ; 

 Manganja Hills, Waller I Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 27 ! and without precise 

 locahty, i?McAarjan, 866 1 1156! 1173! 



