Thunhergia.'] xcviii. acanthace^. (burkill). 25 



both surfaces, or at least fringed on the margin, with soft hairs, about 

 14 Hn. long, 4 lin. broad. Flowers on short peduncles; bracteoles 

 lanceolate, rough with short brown hairs. Calyx irregularly toothed. 

 Corolla orange-yellow; tube l\ in. long; lobes ^ in. long. Anthers 

 with a mucro above, the lower pair with a spur on one lobe, pilose 

 below. Stigma triangular, funnel-shaped, barbellate. Fruit 1 in. long. 

 Xtflozaiub. Dist. German East Africa : Usagara ; llobeho Mountains, 4700 ft., 

 Spekedj Grant! Lake Tanganyika, Cameron! Higher Plateau, North of Lake N^-asa, 

 Thomson ! 



Var. glaherrima, Burkill. Glabrous in all its parts, leaves lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate. 



Itlozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : between Lake Nyasa and Lake Tan- 

 ganyika, 6000-8000 ft., Tliomson! British Central Africa: Urungu ; Fwambo, 

 Carson, 87 1 



48.. T. parvifolia, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 90. Stem herba- 

 ceous, finely hairy. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, rounded above, 

 up to 2J in. long and 2 lin. broad, entire, finely hairy below. Flowers 

 on pedicels up to 10 lin. long ; bracteoles lanceolate, acute, micro- 

 scopically hairy outside, 5-nerved, not reticulated, IJ in. long, J in. 

 broad. Calyx very short, truncate, or toothed. Corolla-tube nearly 

 1 J in. long ; lobes ^ in. long, | in. wide, deep violet. Anther-lobes 

 blunt, unequal, hairy below. Stigma funnel-shaped, triangular, bar- 

 bellate. — Dew^vre in Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. Beige, xxxiii. 104. 

 Xiower Guinea. Angola : River Quango, Fogge, 311, 312, 

 South Central. Congo Free State : Upper Congo, Katanga, Cornet. 



49. T. lancifolia, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 19. Stem 

 erect, 2-3 ft. high (^Bryce), sulcate when dry, glabrous, except at the 

 nodes. Leaves varying from linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate, narrow- 

 ing to, or sometimes auriculate at, the base, sessile, acute or obtuse 

 above, glabrous and shining on both surfaces, upwards of 4 in. long. 

 Flowers on pubescent or glabrous peduncles about J in. long ; bracts 

 ovate, acute, glabrous or pubescent like the peduncle. Calyx- teeth 

 short, irregular. Corolla-tube l\ in. long; lobes 9 lin. long, deep 

 purple. Anthers with a spur above, hairy below ; the venti-al pair 

 each with a usually straight spur below. Stigma funnel-shaped, tri- 

 angular, barbellate or not. Capsule covered with a fine pubescence, 

 \\ in. long. — S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 195. Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 387 ; S. Moore in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, iv. 30 ; Lindau 

 in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 36G ; Dewevre in Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. 

 Belg. xxxiii. 104. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; Izanga, in thickets, Wchritsch, 

 5161 ! Pungo Andongo ; Sobati de Quilombo, on rather dry hillsides, Wclwitsch, 5110 ! 

 Malange, Marques, 11. 



IVIozamb. Blst. Kavala Island, in Lake Tanganyika, Carson ! German East 

 Africa : hills north-east of Lake Tanganyika, Scott-EUwt, 8229 ! between Lake Nyaea 



and Lake Tanganyika, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson! British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; 

 Mount Chiradzulu, Meller! Magomero, Mdler ! Blantyre, ^cott ! Buchanan, 134! 

 Shibisa (Chickwawa) t(J Tshinmuze, 2000-4000 ft., Kirk! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 

 Whyte ! Blantyre, Descamps (ex Dewevre) ; Maehonaland ; 



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