42 xcviii. ACANTiiACE^ (burkill). [BriUantaisia . 



a few scattered hairs on each surface. Inflorescence a somewhat lax 

 panicle, the branches frequently falsely dichotomous, more or less 

 covered with short glandular hairs ; bracts ovate to lanceolate. Calyx- 

 segments linear, obtuse, with glandular hairs. Corolla large; upper 

 lip IJ in. long, yellow spotted with lilac, pilose on the outside near the 

 apices ; lower lip and the tube lilac ; tube attaining 7 lin. in length. 

 Staminodes glandular. Capsule 10-11 lin. long, with about 20 seeds 

 to each valve.— 2?. alata, T. Anders, ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxix. 12r»: Durand c\: Wildeman, Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. Belg. 

 xxxvi. 8^5. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons, Preuss, 600 ! 



Wrile Iiand. British East Africa : Uganda and Unyovo, Spe7:e ci- Grant, 583 ! 



jMO-wer Guinea* Gaboon River, J/«?m, 1007! Loango : Bango, Soyaux, 118 1 

 Congo, /Smith ! Burton! Angola: Golungo Alto, Welwitscli, olbQ \ 



Var. Webcitscfiii, Burkill. — Calyx-segments rather broader, less hairy. Corolla an 

 intense blue. — L. alata, 8. Moore in .Tourn. Bot. 1880. 197 in part. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; Quiapoze and Cuango Rivulets, near 

 Sange, Wehcitsch, 5149 ! Quibolo, U'ehcitsch, 5182 ! 



15. B. schumanniana, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 102. Stem 

 glabrous. Leaves broadly ovate, rounded or subcordate at the base, 

 shortly acuminate above, slightly pilose, 4 in. long, 3 in. wide, their 

 margins serrate at the base, sinuate towards the apex ; petiole nearly 

 as long as the blade, with a few acute leafy teeth at the apex. In- 

 florescence somewhat lax, the branches covered with dark glandular 

 hairs ; upper bracts linear-lanceolate. Calyx-segments linear, obtuse or 

 subspathulate at the apex, fringed with glandular hairs ; posterior seg- 

 ment the longest. Corolla-tube b lin. long; lips 10-11 lin. long. 

 Staminodes slightly glandular. Capsule 1 in. long, with about 30 seeds 

 to each valve. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons, JJraun, 47 ! 



10. B. Kirungse, Lindau ex Engl, in Gotzen, Durch Africa von Ost 

 nach West, Sonderahdr, 4, 9. Stem tall, the lower part unknown; pilose 

 near the inflorescence. Lower leaves unknown ; upper ovate, sessile, 

 cordate at the base, acuminate above, with large regular teeth on 

 the margin, pilose. Inflorescence a panicle, pubescent ; bracts lanceo- 

 late. Calyx-segments glandular pilose, the posterior a little longer 

 than, and twice as broad as, the others. Corolla-tube 5 lin. long, 

 slightly narrowed above ; upper lip of the corolla 10 lin. long, the lower 

 14, with fairly large triangular teeth. Staminodes clavate, rather long. 

 Ovary with 16-20 ovules, densely pilose; style pilose. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Kirunga Volcano, north of Lake Kivu, 

 Gotzen, 48. 



An insufficiently known species. 



17. B. subulugurica, Burkill. Stem glabrous below. Leaves 

 broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, rounded or subcordate below, and 

 prolonged as a wing on the upper half of the petiole, the margin coarsely 

 dentate or serrate, slightl}- pilose on both surfaces. Inflorescence a 



