510 " ADDENDA. 



united, a little unequal. Capsule linear, 5 lin. long, f lin. broad, 

 8-seede(l. 



Mozaxpb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Rliodesia ; Salisbury, Rand, 519 ! 



Ire. Brillantaisia sabcordata, De Wild, et Diirand in Compies- 

 rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 44. Herbaceous. Stem somewhat pilose. 

 Lower leaves cordate, acuminate, decurrent on the petiole in very narrow 

 wings, pilose on both sides, entire, \\-iS in. long, J-2 in. broad ; the 

 uppermost elliptic and sessile ; petiole of the lower leaves about 1;^ in. 

 long. Inflorescence many-flowered, glandular ; bracts linear-ovate, 

 pilose, the uppermost about 2 J lin. long and | lin. broad. Calyx- 

 segments about equal, narrowly linear, sparingly clad with glandular 

 hnirs, .") lin. long. Corolla violet; tube about \ in. long; lips 9-10 lin. 

 long. Capsule 1 in. long. — De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, 

 i. fuse. 2, 47. 



Soutli Central. Congo Free State : Hokakata, Deiol'cre ; Bangala, on the 

 River Congo, Dameuse. 



Var. maciophiilla, De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. fasc. 2, 47. Herb, 

 1|_2 ft. high. Leaves larger tlian in the type, 4^-7 in. long, 2^-5 .V in. broad; 

 petiole 4 in. long. 



Soutli Central. Congo Free State : New Antwerp, Duchesne ! 



Very nearly allied to B. Lamium, Benth. 



14a. Brillantaisia Dewevrei, De Wild, et Durand in Comjytes- 

 rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 45. Stem woody, 3-6 ft. high, tetra- 

 gonous, pilose. Leaves ovate, 2-8 in. long, 1^-4 J in. broad, acuminate 

 at the apex, somewhat cordate at the base and prolonged downwards in 

 broad coarsely-toothed wings along the petiole, with white hairs ; 

 margins coarsely toothed ; petiole 2 in. long, including the wings 

 5-14 lin. broad. Inflorescence racemiform, with glandular hairs, 

 8-11 in. long, bracteate. Calyx-segments linear, slightly broadened 

 at the apex, the posterior 11 lin. long, the others 8 lin. long. Corolla 

 Avith the upper lip white and about 13 lin. long; the lower lip purple, 

 13 lin. long; tube 4 lin. long. Stamens 10 lin. long. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : by the River Congo, between Lukolela 

 and (lombi, JDewivre. 



Related to B. patula, T. Anders., and B. vogeliana, Benth. 



5. Mellera Briartii, De Wild, et Durand in Comptes-o'endas Soc. 

 Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 210. Leaves 1 by ^ in., ovate, spathulate, 3-lobed 

 at the tip, glabrous above, thinly hairy beneath. Flowers in terminal 

 panicles ; peduncle 4 in. long, hairy ; bracts 2, lanceolate, glandular- 

 hairy. Calyx § in. long, deeply 5-lobed. Corolla nearly 1 in. long ; 

 tube cylindric ; lobes 5, round, nearly equal. Anthers oblong, not 

 spurred ; pollen striate. Capsules tetragonal. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Katanga ; Nzilo Rapids, Briart. 



The number of ovules is not mentioned, nor the aestivation of the corolla, nor 

 whether it is 2-lipped. It does not appear to belong to Mellera. 



