40 xcviii. ACANTHACE^ (burkill). [BrUlantaisia. 



panicle, almost glabrous ; bracts ovate. Calyx-segments nearly glabrous, 

 the posterior broadly spathulate above. Corolla-tube 5 lin. long ; lips 

 nearly 1 in. long, the teeth of the lower about 2 lin. long. Capsule 

 over IJ in. long, with 16-20 seeds, hairy ; retinacula large. 

 wile I.and. West side of Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., StuMmann, 2301. 



8. B. lancifolia, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 08. Stem herbaceous, 

 glabrous below. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 8 in. long and J in. wide, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, entire or nearly so. Inflorescence a large 

 raceme, glandular-pubescent. Calyx-segments linear, the uppermost 

 slightly enlarged towards the apex, fringed with glandular hairs. 

 Corolla-tube 4 lin. long ; lips 9-11 lin. long, purple, glabrous. Staminodes 

 with a very few glandular hairs. Capsule 10 lin. long, with a few 

 glandular hairs, and 18-24 seeds to each valve. 



Ziower Guinea. Gaboon : Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1688 ! 



1). B. owariensis, Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. 68, t. 100 {not of llooh.) 

 Stem 1(1-12 ft. high (Mann), glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, gradually narrowed into the petiole, 9 in. long, 3 in. wide, 

 glabrous, evenly serrate on the margins. Inflorescence a loosely 

 thyrsiform panicle, glandular-pubescent ; bracts lanceolate, falling off 

 early. Calyx-segments linear, acute. Corolla-tube 4 lin. long ; lips 

 10-11 lin. Staminodes glandular. Ovary pubescent, 20-2 4-ovuled. — 

 Belantheria helvisiana, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 97. 



Upper Guinea. Benin : A^».{\ioa, Beauvois ; Cameroons, at 3000 ft., Mann, 1959 I 

 Freuss, 600 I 



Under this name Lindau has placed specimens which I refer to B. vogeliana and 

 to B. jpatula. As his and other authors' views of species differ from mine, it has been 

 necessary to reject any statement which could not be tested, and only in the case of 

 £. Lumlmn — a species which can scarcely be confused — are localities cited on the 

 word of other writers. 



10. B. vogeliana, Benth. in Hooh. Niger Fl. 477 {partly\ Stem 

 4-5 ft. high, erect, pale. Leaves varying from elliptic to cordate, the 

 petiole winged in the upper part, sparingly pilose on both sides, at least 

 when young, the margins of the larger leaves coarsely serrate, of the 

 smaller sinuate. Inflorescence a lax panicle, often much branched, 

 glandular-hirsute ; bracts ovate to lanceolate. Calyx-segments linear, 

 slightly broadened at the apex, blunt, fringed with long glandular hairs. 

 Corolla varying in size, violet, frequently orange towards the base, tube 

 1 J-2J lin. long ; lips 5-8 lin. long. Staminodes somewhat glandular. 

 Capsule 7-8 lin. long, pubescent, with 18-28 seeds to each valve. — 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 21. B. Preussii, Lindau in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xvii. 100. B. MoUeri, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 99 ; Henriques 

 in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 14G. Leucorhaphis vogeliana, Nees in DC. Prod. 

 xi. 97. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Buea, 3200 ft., Freuss, 998! Barombi, Preuss, 

 320 1 Efulen, in open places, Bates, 216 ! Yaunde, Zenker, 513 ! and without precise 

 locality, Prems, 1029 ! Fernando Po, Vogei, 179 ! Mann, 36 ! 



Ziower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas : Monte Cafe. Koca, S. Nicolau, 2300ft., 

 Moller, 87 ; Pon! 



B. Mollerl appears to differ from more typical specimens in nothing but the fewer 

 seeds to the capsule. 



