Macrorungia.'] xcviii. acanthace.« (clarke). 2r)5 



next Buvernoia, i.e., Adhatoda, but I rather guess from the inflorescence that the fruit 

 (which I have not seen) will prove to be that of Macrorungia. 



Leaves 6 in. long, when young densely piibescent 



beneath 1. M. puhinervia. 



Leaves up to 12 in. long, glabrous . . . .2. M. macrophylln. 



Leaves less than 2 in, long, nearly glabrate 3. M. forvw.sis.sima. 



1. M. pubinervia, C. B. Clarke. Leaves H by 'J}, in., narrowed 

 at both ends, when young densely grey pubescent on the nerves beneath, 

 finally glabrate ; petiole 1 in. long. Spikes all axillary, short-ped uncled, 

 ?)-8-flowered, J-lj in. long, lax, hardly strobilate ; bract J- J in. long, 

 ovate or obovate. Calyx I in. long, tubular for J its length, minutely 

 pubescent, pinkish. Corolla 1 J in. long, red-purple. Pistil glabrous ; 

 stigma minutely 2-fid. Capsule l-l in. long. — Runyia (?) pubiveinna, 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 40. Himantochilus vtajy/inotus, 

 Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. GO, and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 

 S B. 346. //. jmbhierviu^, Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. :^.73. 



nSozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza, Hoist, 9063 ! 

 British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Chiradzulu, Kirk ! 4000 ft,, Whijte ! 



2. M. macrophylla, C, B. Clarke. Leaves up to 12 by r> in., 

 narrowed at both ends, glabrous ; petiole 1-2 in. long. Inflorescences 

 axillary, short, dense, peduncled ; bracts ;? by J in., ovate, acuminata, 

 imbricate. Calyx | in. long, tubular at the base; teeth I- in. long, 

 lanceolate, finely hairy. Corolla-tube |- in. long ; upper lip 1 .'j in. long. 

 Stamens and pistil of the genus. — Himantochilus macrophi/lhis, Lindau 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 00, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ?^ B. :i40. 

 and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 372. 



South Central, Congo Free State : in Forest west of the Isango or Semliki 

 River, Stuhlman, 2938 ! 



o. M. (?) formosissima, C. B. Clarke. Leaves 1^, by 'I in., 

 elliptic, nearly glabrate ; petiole I in, long. Spikes on short axillary 

 branches, li--^ by J in., loosely strobilate; bract i by \ in., elliptic, 

 acute, strongly "5 -ribbed, and puberulous ; bracteoles J in. long, linear. 

 Calyx subequally and deeply o-fid ; segments j in. long, narrow- lanceo- 

 late, pubescent. Corolla nearly 2 in. long, narrow, red ; anticous lip 

 more than 1 in. long, linear. Stamens 2: filaments long, glabrous; 

 one anther-cell much below the other, shortly tailed ; pollen ellipsoid, 

 smooth, with 2 stopples, completely banded. Pistil glabrous, except 

 for a few hairs near the base of the style ; style shortly and subequally 

 2-fid ; ovules 2 in each cell. — Adhatoda for modssima, Klotzsch in Peters, 

 Reise Mossamb. Bot. 215. S]/mplectochilvfi fortnosissimiis, Lindau in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xx. 45, and in Engl. &: Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ;; H. :'.:?9, 

 fig. 107, F, and 1:^5, H, and in Engl, Pfl. Ost-Afr, C. :;72, 



Mozamb. Dlst. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi : 8enH, Peters I 

 Tete, Kirk! British Central Africa: Nyasaland. Buchanan, \\01\ 



