Brillantaisia.] xcviii. acanthace.e (burkill). 41 



11. B. nitens, Lindau in Eitgl. Jahrh. xvii. 102. 8tem reaching 

 H ft. in height, glabrous below. Leaves broadly ovate, cordate or 

 abruptly narrowed into the winged petiole, very acuminate above, 

 regularly serrate on the margins, sprinkled with short hairs on both 

 surfaces. Inflorescence a narrow panicle, the lateral branches scarcely 

 1 in. long, densely covered with long glandulai* hairs. Calyx-segments 

 linear, the posterior the longest and rather broader towards its apex, 

 glandular-pubescent. Corolla-tube o lin. long ; lips 1 in. long, the 

 upper pilose outside, purple. Staminodes glandular. Ovary with 

 1 4-16 ovules in each cell. 



Upper Guinea. Caraeroons : Efulen, Bates, 435 ! Yaunde, Zenker & Staudt, 

 520 ! West of Buea, 6000 ft., Preuss, 847 ! 



A well marked species. 



12. B. salviiflora, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 101. Stem glabrous 

 below. Leaves ovate, subcordate or narrowed into the more or less 

 winged petiole, acuminate, with a few hairs on either surface, the 

 margin coarsely, and on the smaller leaves more or less regularly, den- 

 tate ; the wing of the petiole almost without teeth. Inflorescence a 

 lax panicle, glandular-pubescent. Calyx-segments linear ; the posterior 

 the longest and broadest, glandular-pubescent. Corolla-tube 4 lin. long; 

 lips 7-9 lin. long, the upper pilose outside. Staminodes slightly glandu- 

 lar, with an appendix to the anther. Capsule 8 lin. long, pubescent, 

 with 12-14 seeds to each valve. 



Upper Guinea. Togoland : Bismavckbarg, Biittner, 341 ; Ashanti, Assin-Yan- 

 Coomassie, Cummins, 245 ! Sierra Leone : forty-five to seventy miles north-east from 

 the coast, Garrett! 



To this species apparently belongs that mentioned by Bowdich (Mission to Ashantee, 

 374), of which a poor specimen is preserved at the British Museum. 



13. B. leonensis, Burkill. Stem 1-4 ft. high, glabrous below. 

 Leaves broadly ovate, cordate or rounded below, shortly acuminate 

 above, margin regularly serrate, clad on both surfaces with soft 

 white hairs ; petiole winged above, and especially while young 

 densely covered ^vith hairs on the upper side. Inflorescence a some- 

 what close panicle, glandulai>pubescent. Calyx-segments linear, glandu- 

 lar-pubescent, the upper longest and somewhat broadened towards the 

 apex. Corolla- tube 4 Un. long; lips 7-10 lin. long, the upper with 

 hairs on the outside, the low^er with three short teeth. Staminodes 

 glandular. Capsule 1 in. long, glandular-pubescent, with about IG seeds 

 to each valve. — B. owariensis, Hook, (partly), Bot. Mag. t. 4717, 

 figs. 1 and 2. B. Lamium, Bentb. in Hook. Niger Fl. 477 (partly). 



Upper Guinea. SieiTa Leone, Whucood Reade ! on the way to Kegent, 

 Scott-EUiot, 3990a ! and without precise locality, Dan ! 



14. B. patula, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 21. Stem stout, 

 6-8 ft. in height, 4-0 in. in circumference at the base {Grant). Leaves 

 ovate to elliptic, 12 in. long, 8 in. wide, slightly acuminate at the 

 apex, rounded towards the base, and then prolonged downward in broad 

 wings almost or quite to the base of the petiole ; margin coarsely serrate ; 



