54 xcviii. ACANTHACB^ (clarke). \Paulowilhelmia. 



1 1 in., ovate-lanceolate, crenate-toothed, somewhat pubescent, petiole 

 1-2 in. long. Cymes axillary, lax, few-flowered. Calyx j in. long, 

 divided neaily to the base, glandular-hairy. Corolla-tube 2J in. long, 

 upper half gradually swollen, curved ; lobes J in. long, nearly actino- 

 morphic, subquadrate, obliquely erect, deep mauve. Anthers and 

 pollen of genus. Capsule | in. long, cylindric, pei-fecting 8-12 seeds 

 from the base ; seeds discoid, glabrous on the faces, with hygroscopic 

 hairs on the mai'gin.— HeteradMphia Paulmvilhelmia, Lindau in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xvii. 109, xviii. G8, t. 1, fig. 15 ; in Engl. & Prantl., Pflanzenf. iv. 

 3B. 302, and in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 147. 



Ziower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, 4000 ft., Mann, 1094! Mailer, 86 ! 



This plant is made by Lindau the type of a new genus separate from Pafdo- 

 loilhelmia bv the approximation of the two membranes whence tlie lateral pairs of 

 Ktamens spring. The difference in the shape of the corolla would be a stronger reason 

 for separating it gcnerically ; but the enormous differences in size and shape of the 

 corolla in allied genera (as in Bvellia) do not dispose to attributing much weight even 

 to that character. 



12. MIMUIiOPSIS, Schweinf. ; Benth et Hook. f. Gen. PL ii. 



1080. 



Calyx divided nearly to the base; segments 5, linear or narrow- 

 ligulate, subsimilar, 2 anticous often rather shorter, posticous rather 

 broader. Corolla about 1 in. long ; tube inflated nearly from the base ; 

 lobes 5, subequal, ovate, contorted in bud, nearly actinomorphic. 

 Stamens 4, subsimilar ; filaments nearly glabrous ; anthers of two 

 anticous stamens with one cell long-spurred ; pollen short-ellipsoid, 

 somewhat trigonous^ ribbed lengthwise. Style hairy below, with one 

 linear-oblong branch, the other very short or ; ovary with 6 or more 

 ovules. Capsule lanceolate seed-bearing from the base, usually per- 

 fecting G or 8 seeds. Seeds nearly glabrous on faces ; margin with 

 very many hygroscopic hairs. — Shrubs. Leaves long-petioled, ovate, 

 irregularly (often coarsely) toothed. Inflorescence a quasi-terminal 

 panicle, lax or dense ; bract usually remote from the calyx ; bracteoles 2, 

 linear or ligulate, persistent, shorter than the calyx. 

 Species 10-12, endemic in Tropical Africa and Mascarenia. 



Differs from Puulowilhelmia by having 2 anther-cells very strongly spurred, the 

 other 6 muticous or obscurely pointed. 



Cymes open, many pedicels up to ^ in. long. 

 Corolla yellow. 



Calyx-segments linear-ligulate, acute ; corolla 1 in. long 1. M. Solmsii, 

 Calyx-segmentR linear, obtuse ; corolla 1^ in. long . 2. M. Thomsoni. 

 Calyx -segments linear, strongly spathulate ; corolla 1 in. 



long . . . 3. M. spatkvlata. 



Corolla pale-violet ; calyx-segments 1-1^ in. long. 



Leaves ovate; calyx-segments acute . . . .4. M. violacea. 

 Leaves cordate ; calyx -KCgments acute . . . b. M. sesamoides. 

 Cymes very short, close, pedicels 0-^ in. 

 Shrubs. 



Floral leaves not exceeding the cymes. 



Leaves 1^ in. long, creuate ; ovary closely glandular 6. M. kilimand- 



scharica. 



