Asystasia. | XCVIII. ACANTHACEH (CLARKE). 135 
elliptic, tapering at both ends; petiole 0-} in. long. Spike 5 in. 
long, terminal, flowers in opposite pairs, lower distant; pubescent 
with some shaggy white hair on the calyces; bracts } in. long, ovate, 
hardly acute. Sepals } in. long, linear-lanceolate. Corolla-tube 3 in. 
long, inflated for more than half its length. Anthers shortly tailed ; 
pollen small, shortly ellipsoid, trigonous. Ovary (in the upper half) 
with much long white hair.—Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 
iv. 3 B. 326, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. O. 370. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2724! 
13. A. Schimperi, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 53. Erect 
annual 6-8 in. high, sparsely hairy. Leaves up to 2} by } in., ovate 
or oblong, narrowed at both ends; petiole 0—-} in. long. Spikes 
terminal, 1-2 in. long, rather dense; bracts up to 4-2 by } in, 
narrowly elliptic; bracteoles 4 in long, falcate-lanceolate. Sepals 
$-} in, long, linear, minutely pubescent, membranous, Corolla-tube 
3 in. long, dilated upwards. Anthers minutely mucronate at the base ; 
pollen short-ellipsoid, trigonous. Ovary hairy. Capsule } in. long 
4-seeded, pubescent.—Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii, 34 
(var. minor, Oliv.). A. rostrata, Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. FI. 
Aethiop. 242; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 326, 
and in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 370. <Adhatoda rostrata, Solms-Laub. 
in Schweinf. Beitr. Fi. Aethiop. 104. Zyloglossa rostrata, Hochst. 
ex Solms-Laub. le. 104. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Bogos, 5500 ft., Schweinfurth, 455! Keren, Steudner, 
1495! Abyssinia: Tigre ; Goelleb, 4000 ft., Schimper, 2220! Jelajeranne, Schimper, 
1657, 1659! and without precise locality, Schimper, 140! 367! 382! 1629! 
British East Africa : Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 7276! Lake Elmeteita, 6000 ft., Scott- 
Elliot, 6636 | Kamasia, Gregory ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usmawo; Kageyi on Lake Victoria 
Nyanza, Fischer, 494! Kilimanjaro, 4000-5000 ft., Johnston ! 
Var. 8 Grantii, C. B. Clarke. Branch 18 in. long. Spikes 3 in. long ; bracts up 
to iin, long.— A, Schimperi, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 131. Justicia, sp. n. 2, 
T. Thoms. in Speke, Nile Append. 643. Parasystasia Kelleri, Lindau in Engl. & 
Prantl, Pflanzenfam, Nachtr. zu ii—iv. 307, and in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv, 321. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Unyoro, Speke & Grant, 603! Somaliland, 
Keller, 189! 
This approaches in size the next species (A. Cole), but appears annual, 
Ad. A. Colez, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 223. Branches woody ’ 
é I. in diam.; branchlets 12-15 in. long. Leaves broad-elliptic, 
Narrowed at the base, or round ovate suddenly contracted at the 
ase. Spikes 23 by 1 in., bracts $-3 in. long. Corolla in total 
length #+1 in. Pollen oblong-ellipsoid, subterete. Capsule | in, long: 
or rather more.—Barleria somalensis, Franch. Sert. Somal. 91. Para 
systasia somalensis, Baill. Hist. Pl. x. 461; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pilanzenfam, iv. 3 B. 325, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma v1. (1896) 
