Thunhergia,] xcviii. acanthace^ (burkill). 27 



long, 1-1 J lin. broad. Flowers on pubescent peduncles about J in. 

 long; bracteoles ovate, acute, pubescent, 5-nerved and keeled, about 

 J in. long when flowering. Calyx-teeth short, minutely pubescent. 

 Corolla-tube f in. long; lobes \ in. long. Anthers mucronate above, 

 pilose below; the ventral pair with a short spur below on one lobe. 

 Stigma funnel-shaped, triangular, barbellate. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa: Urungu ; Fwambo, Carson, 85! 92 1 

 101 I Stevenson Koad, Scott-Elliot, 8298bi8 I 



Var. f/raminea, Burkill. Leaves longer, up to 3 in. in length ; bracteoles glabrous. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Stevenson lioad, 4000-5000 ft., Scott- 

 Elliot, 8392 1 



54. T. longifolia, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvu. 91. Stem herba- 

 ceous, glabrous. Leaves linear, entire, glabrous, D in. long, ^ in. wide. 

 Flowers solitary or two together, on short, glabrous peduncles ; bracteoles 

 ovate, densely hairy, with four parallel veins, 7 lin. long, 4 lin. broad. 

 Calyx very short, truncate. Corolla-tube 1 in. long; lobes 4 lin. 

 long, deep violet. Anthers hairy below, with a spur above. Ovary 

 long. Stigma funnel-shaped, triangular, barbellate, the posterior angle 

 notched. 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa : Niamniam ; north of the River Ibba, Sclncein- 

 furth, 3965. 



3. ELYTKARIA, Vahl ; Benth. et Hook, f . Gen. PI. ii. 1073. 



Calyx 4-partite; segments unequal, the largest sometimes bifid. 

 Corolla small, white or bluish; tube linear; limb 2-lipped; lobes 5, 

 oblong, imbricate in bud. Stamens 2 perfect, attached in the corolla 

 throat; anthers elliptic, acute; cells 2, parallel, with or without a 

 minute spur at the base. Stigma shortly 2-lipped ; ovules G-10 in 

 each cell, superimposed. Capsule ellipsoid, acute. Seeds minute, ovoid, 

 reticulated, minutely papillose, attached at a minute point without 

 retinacula. — Herbs with short stems. Leaves alternate, crowded, sub- 

 radical. Scapes covered by imbricate bracts ; spikes close, rigid, simple 

 or divided ; bracts spirally imbricate, not opposite ; bracteoles smaller 

 than the bracts. — Tubiflora, Gmel. Syst. 27. 



A small genus of about 3 distinct species, one of which is widely spread in Tropical 

 Africa and Asia. 



1. E. crenata, Vahl, Enum. i. 106. Stem 0-5 in., villous or pubes- 

 cent. Leaves spathulate or oblanceolate, obtuse, rounded or rather 

 acute, entire or sinuate towards the base, sometimes crenate, attenuate 

 below, 2-7 in. long. Scapes several, 2-9 in. high, clothed with small 

 bracts, often branched at base of the spikes. Spikes dense, l-b in. 

 long. Bracts ovate, acuminate, ciliate, 2 lin. long. Bracteoles 2, 

 lanceolate, pubescent. Calyx 2 lin. long, scarious; lobes lanceolate, 

 acuminate, the posterior broader. Corolla 3-4 lin. long, white or 

 pale blue. Capsule ovoid, 2 lin. long. — Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. 



