j¥elle7'a.\ xcviii. acanthacEvE (clarke). 51 



acuminate, much toothed, sparingly hairy; petioles J-l.V in. long. 

 Inflorescence apparently terminal, up to 4 by li in., very hairy, floral 

 leaves passing upwards into bracts | in. long, ovate, nearly sessile. 

 Calyx (in fruit) up to J in. long, cystoliths obscure or 0. Corolla hairy, 

 middle lobe of anticous lip ^ by ]- in., transversely marked and with 

 many strong 1-celled down-pointing yellow hairs. Ovary glabrous, with 

 4 ovules in each cell. — Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 63, t. 1, fig. 12, in 

 Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. iv. 3B. 297, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 367. 



wile Iiand. East side of Lake Albert Edward Nyanza, Scott-EUiot, 8067 ! 



Mozaxnb. Dlst. German East Africa : Ueamhara, Umba Valley, Smith, 

 Portuguese East Africa: Mozambique (ex Lindau); Morambaia Mountain, Waller! 

 British Central Africa : N.yasaland ; Shire' Highlands, Buchanan, 79 ! Mansania 

 Hills, at Magoniero, Meller ! Shibisa (Chikwawa) to Tshinmuze, 2000-4000 ft., Kirk, 

 and without precise locality, Buchanan, 796 ! 



2. M. nyassana, S. Moore in Joum. Bot. 1894, 133. Viscid, 

 with many gland-tipped hairs. Leaves 3 by 1| in., elliptic, crenate. 

 Inflorescence 6 by 3 in., lax, of lateral compound cymes ; flowers mostly 

 \ in. apart; bracteoles 1-1 J in. long, linear-spathulate. Sepals J-1 in. 

 long, linear-spathulate. Corolla IJ in. long, mouth of tube nearly 

 I in. in diam. Anther-cells long-spurred. Capsule f in. long, narrow- 

 oblong, often 12-seeded. — Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 367. 



IMEozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Fort Hill, 3000-6000 ft., 



Whyte ! Lake Nyasa ; Lukoma (Likoma Island ?), Bellingham ! 



3. M. submutica, C.B. Clarke. Branches hairy or woolly, finally 

 glabrate. Leaves 3J by 2 in., ovate, toothed, hairy, base often cordate ; 

 petiole 1-2J in. long. Cymes axillary, short, dense, crowded, often 

 running into a quasi-terminal panicle, 6 by 1 J in. ; bract J in. long, 

 obovate ; bracteoles nearly \ in. long, linear-spathulate. Calyx ^ in. 

 long, divided to the base, hairy ; lobes subequal, linear, spathulate at 

 the tip. Corolla 1 in. long, blue {Buchanan) ; tube gradually dilated 

 upwards ; mouth very oblique, 2-lipped ; 2 posticous segments longer, 

 middle anticous segment short, broad, with a few yellow deflexed 

 hairs. Filaments hairy ; anthers hardly apiculate at the base (rarely a 

 minute spur is seen) ; pollen globose, many-ribbed. Ovary glandular- 

 hairy towards the top ; 5-6 ovules in each cell ; style with one linear 

 branch, the other suppressed. — Pseudobarleria Zindaui, Dew^vre in 

 Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. Belg. xxxiii. 104. 



nXozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Blantyre, Buchanan, 

 103! Deu-tvre, Mount Chiradzulu, 4000 ft., Whyte I Nyika Plateau 4000-7000 ft.. 

 Whyte! Tanganyika Plateau, 2000-3000 ft., Whyte! Manganja Hills, Meller! 



Imperfectly known Species. 



4. M. parvifolia, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 314. Stem nearly 

 glabrous, hairy at the tip and nodes. Leaves 1 by \ in., ovate, narrowed 

 at the base, glabrous, petioled. Flowers in the upper axils capitate ; 

 bracteoles lanceolate, shorter than the calyx. Calyx J in. long : 



