Thunhergia] xciv. acanthace^. 803' 



The minute structure of this, as well as of the next ppecies, shows 

 medullary xylem-islands and a -woody cylinder which after a time is 

 broken up just as occurs in the genus Mendoncia. See Journ. Bot.. 

 xxxii. p. 219 (1894). 



3. T. alata Bojer ex Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2591 (1825) ; Hook 

 Exot. Fl. t. 177 (1827); Burkill, I.e., p. 16. 



SiEKEA Leone. — A climbing herb ; leaves 1^ in. long ; petiole as- 

 long, often winged ; corolla sulphur-orange in colour, blackish purple 

 at the bottom ; capsule, including the beak, nearly an inch long. By 

 fences and in bushy places near Freetown, not common ; fl. and fr.. 

 Sept. 1853. No. 5207. 



4. T. Cycnium S. Moore, I.e., p. 194 ; Burkill, I.e., p. 17. 

 HuiLLA. — Flowers white. In bushy rocky places, flooded in thC' 



rainy season, near LopoUo ; fl. and unripe fr. Dec. 1859. No. 5009. 



The part of Mr. Moore's description, l.c., which relates to the 

 climbing and pendulous habit, is not applicable to this plant, and was 

 probably intended to belong to the description of T. affinis. 



5. T. armipotens S. Moore, I.e., p. 195 ; Burkill, I.e., p. 20. 

 Htjilla. — In the Empalanca bushy pastures ; fl. and fr. Deo. 1859. 



No. 5026- Leaves hastate, rough ; flowers blue. At LopoUo ; fl. and 

 fr. April 1860. No. 5027- 



6. T. sessilis Lindau in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xvii. p. 96 (9 May 

 1893); BurkiU, Z.c, p. 21. 



HuiLLA. — Fruit compressed, lanceolate, glabrous, firmly coriaceous, 

 chestnut in colour, dehiscing laterally at the apex. In wooded pastures . 

 flooded in summer, near Humpata ; only one specimen ; fr. April I860.. 

 No. 5044. 



7. T, lamellata Hiern, sp. n. 



T. (Eu-Thunbergia) sp. nov., S. Moore, I.e., p. 196. 



A nearly glabrous, erect herb, with the habit of a Petunia, 1 to- 

 ll- ft. high, much branched from the base; rootstock thick,, 

 perennial; stems numerous, rather wiry, obtusely quadrangular,, 

 furrowed ; branches opposite and alternate, ascending or strictly 

 erect, piiberulous at the nodes ; leaves opposite, obovate-oblong, 

 linear-oblong or elongate-lanceolate, obtuse or emarginate or 

 subapiculate at the apex, a little narrowed to the sessile base, 

 puberulous or subscabrid, rather fleshy, rigid, glaucous-green,, 

 more or less erect, pauci-veined, entire on the narrowly revolute 

 margin, 1^ to 3|- in. long by J^ to f in. broad ; flowers large, 

 ■white ; fruiting peduncles solitary in the upper axils, |^ to J inch; 

 long, rather thick ; bracteoles lanceolate-oblong, 5- to 7-nerved, 

 rather obtusely pointed at the apex, puberulous, 1 to \\ in. long ;: 

 fruiting calyx -j- to § in. long; the segments 12 to 15, rigid, 

 subulate ; capsule |^ to 1 in. long, the lower part subglobose, 

 f to 1 in. diameter, the upper part (or beak) oblong, |^ to ^ in> 

 broad ; seeds ^ to -^ in. long, covered with imbricate adpressed 

 lamellae. 



Hdilla. — In hilly rocky places among tall bushes between the lake 

 of Ivant&la and Quilengnes ; fr. end of Feb. 1860. No. 5062. In 

 thickets near Lopollo and at the Hippopotamus lake (Ivantala) ; fr. 



