Brillcmtaisia.] xcviii. ACANTHACEiE (burkill). 43 



panicle with the flowers somewhat crowded on the ends of the lateral 

 branches (the lowermost 1 in. long), covered with a fine pubescence. 

 Calyx-segments glandular-pubescent, linear, the uppermost slightly 

 longer than, and three times as broad as, the lateral. Corolla-tube 

 3 lin. long, glabrous outside, not narrowing to the throat ; lips 1 in. 

 long, the upper sparingly glandular-pubescent, the lower cleft for a 

 quarter of its length into 3 acute teeth. Stamens and staminodes 

 sparingly hairy below. Capsule 1 J in. long, finely pubescent, each valve 

 with about 12 seeds. 



Mozamb. Blst. Portuguese East Africa : Makua Country, Namuli Hills, Last I 

 Tliis species and B. uliigurica have in common the broad upper calyx-segment and 

 the large few-seeded capsule. They diflEer markedly in the length of the corolla-tube. 



18. B. ulugurica, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xxii. 112. Stem about 

 3 ft. high, glabrous below, pilose above. Upper leaves ovate, sessile, 

 coarsely jagged towards the base, glabrous. Inflorescence with the 

 flowers secund on the smaller branches ; bracts ovate, sessile. Calyx- 

 segments unequal, the uppermost slightly longer than, and three times 

 as broad as, the lateral, all clad with reddish-brown glandular hairs. 

 Corolla-tube 7 lin. long, narrowing upwards, with glandular hairs out- 

 side ; lips about \\ in. long, the lower cleft for one-third of its length 

 into 3 acute teeth. Filaments broadened and hairy towards their 

 insertion. Capsule nearly IJ in. long, thickly covered with glandular 

 hairs ; seeds about 12 to each valve. 



TCozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Ukami ; Ulugiuni, StuUmann, 8850, 9224 ! 



19. B. madagascariensis, T. Anders, ex Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. 

 xvii. 103. Stem glabrous below, upwards of 8 ft. high. Leaves broadly 

 ovate, acuminate above, and prolonged in a wing down the petiole, 

 with scattered white hairs on either side, nearly entire. Inflorescence 

 a spike; bracts ovate -elliptic, fringed with long hairs. Calyx-seg- 

 ments linear, obtuse, densely covered with glandular hairs. Corolla- 

 tube 5-6 lin. long ; lips 8-11 lin. long, the lower very broad (8 lin.), and 

 with three large blunt teeth at the apex, both pilose outside. Staminodes 

 sparingly glandular. Ovary with 8-10 seeds in each cell. — T. spicata^ 

 Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 4. 



IVIozainb. Dlst. German East Africa : Usarabara ; Lutindi, Hoist, 3316 I 

 GoDJa, Hoist, 4216 ! in fields and clearings, and without precise locality, Buchwald, 252 I 

 Also in Madagascar. 



20. B. verruculosa, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xxii. 113. Stem about 

 2 ft. high. Leaves ovate, acuminate above, and narrowed into the 

 petiole below, glabrous, margins entire or slightly toothed, 4 in. long, 

 2 in. wide. Inflorescence a spike, hairy; bracts rhomboidal. Calyx- 

 segments linear, with hairs of 2 forms, long and short, glandular. 

 Corolla-tube 5 lin. long, widening upwards ; lips 6 lin. long, white, the 

 lower sparingly glandular. Stamens with hairs at their base. Ovary 

 with 8-10 ovules in each cell, with glandular hairs. Capsule unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yaunde, in dry places, Zenker cC Staudt, 106. 

 The plant has received its name from the warts on the pollen. It and the above 

 appear to be very similar. 



