Thunbe7*gia.] xcviii. acanthace.e (bubkill). 19 



Anthers obtuse above, pubescent, each lobe with a spur below. Stigma 

 with 2 very unequal lips, the upper slightly 3-lobed, larger, with acute 

 lateral angles ; the lower trifid. 



XlSozamb. I>ist. German East Africa: Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza, in bush 

 5000 ft., Roht, 9092 1 ' 



27. T, kirkiana, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 19. (yot 

 T. Kirkii, Hook, f.) Stem erect, 1-1 J ft. high, pilose. Leaves ovate, 

 hastate, 5-7-nerved, pilose, rounded and mucronate at the apex, 

 3 in. long, Ij in. broad; petiole about 1 in. long. Flowers on 

 peduncles 2-2J in. long; bracteoles narrow, lanceolate, very acute, 

 pilose outside. Calyx-teeth narrow, slightly pilose. Corolla-tube rather 

 narrow, 1 in. long, white ; lobes \ in. long, white. Anthers obtuse at 

 the apex, each with two spurs below, pubescent. Stigma 2-lipped ; 

 the upper lip truncate above with rounded angles ; the lower triangular, 

 acute. Capsule | in. long, pubescent. — S. Moore in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 ser. 2, iv. 29; Lindau in Engl. Pjl. Ost-Afr. C. 366. 



IVIozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : between Unango and Mtonia, Johnson ! 

 British Central Africa : Uriingu ; Fwambo, Carson, 61 ! 103 I Nyasaland ; near 

 Mount Sochi, 3000 ft., Kirk! Blantjre, Buchanan, 83! Manganja Hills, Waller! 

 Mount Mlanje, Whytt! Zoraba, 2500-3500 ft., Whyte! and without precise locality, 

 Buchanan, 495 ! 640 1 



28. T, subalata, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. Beihl. 41, 41, and 

 XX. 3. Stem fairly thin, straggling, pilose. Leaves ovate or nearly 

 round, subcordate below, rounded above, with a few hairs on the mid- 

 rib only on each side, reaching 2 J in. in length and 2J in breadth ; 

 petiole scarcely \ in. long, pilose. Flowers on long pilose peduncles, 

 which reach 4 in. in length ; bracteoles ovate, obtuse above, cordate 

 at the base, pilose outside, glabrous within. Calyx-teeth very acute, 

 pubescent. Corolla-tube 1 in. long; lobes 7 lin. long. Anthers pubes- 

 cent, obtuse above; the lower pair with two spurs below, the upper 

 with a spur to the lower lobe, the upper lobe being larger. Stigma, 

 as in T. kirkiana, with the lower lip triangular, acute, the upper 

 longer, truncate, and obtuse. 



AXozanil). Slst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba, 3000 ft., 

 Whyte! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 238 I 



29. T. Hanningtonii, Burkill. Stem slender, with scattered, 

 adpressed hairs. Leaves narrowly elliptical, rounded at both ends, 

 mucronate at the apex, scabrid on both surfaces, 3 in. long, IQ lin. 

 wide, 5-nerved at the base ; petioles short, strigose, \ in. long. Flowers 

 on peduncles \\ in. long; bracteoles lanceolate, 7 lin. long at flowering, 

 with abundant short hairs outside, glabrous within. Calyx-teeth 5, 

 narrow, strigose. Corolla-tube 1 in. long, not widening except near 

 the base; lobes J in. long. Anthers mucronate above, hairy, and 

 with a spur to each lobe below. Stigma 2-lipped ; the upper lip broad, 

 rounded, with acute angles ; the lower triangular, acute above. 



Mozaxnb. X>lst. German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; Urambo, Hannington I 



