ACANTiiACE^ (S. Moore) 77 



D. Bucliliolzii, a species referred by Clarke to Acantliopale on account 

 of its having but 2 ovules in each cell of the ovary. 



Disehistoealyx obanensis S. Moore sp. nov. Fruticulus 

 ramul/s subteretibus glabrescentibus ; foliis longipetiolatis amplis 

 ellipticis apice acutis bi'eviterve cuspidulato-caudatis basi acutis 

 membranaceis supra glabris subtus in nervis minute fulvo-pubes- 

 centibus pag. utraque C3^stolithis minutis creberrime indutis ; flori- 

 hus spicatis spicis axillaribus terminalibusve oppositis vel alternis 

 plerisque breviter pedunculatis quam folia multo brevioribus ; 

 bracteis amplis late obovatis obtusissimis glanduloso-puberulis, 

 bracteolis minutis subulatis ; calycis puberuli segmentis oblongis 

 obtusis anticis quam postica 3 alte connata majoribus ; corollae 

 majusculae tube triente inferiori cylindrico superne gradatim 

 dilatato glabro lobis suborbicularibus tube plane brevioribus ; 

 staminibus inclusis antherarum loculis apice mucronulatis ; ovario 

 cylindrico glabro ; stylo puberulo superne incrassato necnon glabro, 

 ovulis quove in loculo circa 10. 



Oban ; nn. 73, 1485. 



Leaves at most 17 x 6' 5-7 cm., usually + 10 x 6 cm., becoming 

 dark in drying, very faintly shining ; petioles 2-4 • 5 cm. long. Spikes 

 4-7 X 1'5 cm., their peduncles from nearly nothing to 15 mm. in 

 length. Bracts about 18 x 13 mm. ; bracteoles about 1 mm. long. 

 Front segments of calyx obtuse, 14 x 3-4 mm. ; hind segments acute, 

 14 X 2-2 '25 mm., the free part only 3 mm. long. Corolla, pale violet, 

 4*5 cm. long; tube 2-3 mm. in diameter below, 15 mm. at the 

 throat ; lobes about 1 cm. long. Anthers 4 mm. long. Ovary 3 mm. 

 Style 24 mm. long ; stigmatic branch 4 mm. long. Capstde 11 mm. 

 long. Seeds dark, 1'5 x 1 mm. 



This differs from D. grandifolius Clarke chiefly in the bracts and 

 the smaller calyx with lobes united nearly to the top. 



Lankesteria thyrsoidea S. Moore sp. nov. Frutex caule 

 erecto subdistanter folioso fulvo-pubescente ; foliis breviter petio- 

 latis obovatis obtusis vel obtusissimis ad medium usque gradatim 

 amplificatis basi obtusis tenuiter membranaceis supra glabris 

 subtus ad nervos pubescentibus ; floribus albis vel dilute lavandu- 

 laceis in panicula anguste thyrsoidea piloso-hirsuta dispositis ; 

 bracteis anguste lineari-lanceolatis longe acuminatis ut calycis 

 segmenta linearia superne longe extenuata piloso-hirtis ; corollae 

 tubo filiformi calycem excedente extus puberulo lobis aliquan- 

 tulum obliquis obovatis obtusissimis nonnunquam emarginatis ; 

 antherarum loculis basi mucronulatis ; ovulis quove in loculo 

 solitariis. 



Oban ; nn. 43a, 1471, 1646. [Also in the Kew Herbarium, Southern 

 Nigeria ; Holland, 180, 229.] 



Leaves up to 12 "5 x 4'5 cm., often about 10 x 4 cm.; petioles 

 + 1 cm. long, densely pubescent. Panicles +6x3 cm. Bracts 

 + 1 cm. long, at niost 2 mm. broad. Calyx 17 mm. long, the 



