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tubo deorsum amplificato sursum angustato lobis ees obtusis- 
peice ovario anguste ovoideo- oflongo compresso glabro, stylo 
ovarium manifeste breviore stigmate paullulum longiore, 
pel oblongo-ovoidea calyci circa equilonga. 
Hab. Rhodesia, ae in open dry vlei, associated with 
Buchnera pusilliflora; E ; Eyles, 
Planta spithamea vel: sexquispithamea Folia 1:5-3°5 em. umn Pa 
1-15 mm. lat. Pedunculi 6:5-13°5 cm. long. Spice 7-20 m 
long., basi 5 mm. superne 3-3-5 mm ek Bractez 4°25 mm. abe 
Bracteole 2-5 mm aca. Flores purpurei. Calyx totus 3 mm. 
long; tubus 1 mm., labia 2mm.; horum lobi 1mm. long. Corolle 
tubus 4 mm., inferne 1 mm. superne a mm. lat. ; limbi ile esti 
1‘7 mm. postici 1:25 mm. long. Anthere egre 1 mm. | 
Ovarium fere scape stylus ‘8 mm., stigma ‘5 mm. long. ‘Onpeull 
2°25 i 1:5 m 
e ge nus is closely allied to Buchnera, the chief characteristic 
being <a curious 2-lipped calyx. 
ACANTHACER. 
Brillantaisia (§ STENANTHIUM) Bagshawei, sp. nov. Cauli- 
bus abbreviatis e rhizomate repente frequenter radicante oriundis 
simplicibus paucifoliatis totragonis minute puberulis, foliis profecto 
r 
exemptis glabris, floribus pro rata Leahey is in spica abbreviata 
pauciflora dispositis, bracteis late ovatis obtusis margine ciliatis, 
Branteolis _oblongo-ovatis obtusis utrinque ee aay margine 
co 
antico late quadrato-oblongo postico antico paullo longiore late 
b 
oblongo, staminibus exsertis filamentis inferne piloso-puberulis, 
staminodiis valde abbreviatis, pollinis grano costis verruculis 
paucis aod ornatis, ovulis pro locu 
ab. Bugoma Forest, Unyoro ; Bayehawe: 1387. 
Herba sec. a mihi obvia circa spithamea. Folia x 
, Juve ero sepe modo 4:0-5:0 x ‘0 cm., gindulis 
quanto eminentes ; petioli adusque 3:5 cm. long., sub limbo gee: 
1:0 cm. lat. Spica 2-0 cm. long. Bractes adulte circa 1:0 x 0 
Bracteole 0°75 x 0-4 cm. Flores purpurei. Calycis lobi 0: 6. 
0-65 x 0.04-0:05 cm.; lobus posticus 0°75 x 0°08 em. Corolle 
e 
