Eranthemum.] XCVIII. ACANTHACEH (CLARKE). 171 
2. E. senense, Alotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 219. 
Leaves up to 44 by 1} in., when mature minutely pubescent on the 
midrib beneath ; cystoliths on the under surface small, numerous, sub- 
conspicuous ; base of leaves long attenuate; petiole winged or hardly 
any. Spikes 6-12 in. long, very slender; flowers solitary; otherwise 
nearly as HL. decurrens, Nees.—Pseuderanthemum senense, Radlk. in 
Sitz.-ber. Bayr. Akad. xiii. 286, not of Lindau. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; Rios de Sena, 
Peters ! Lupata, Kirk ! 
This plant is more pubescent than Z. decurrens, with slender leaves and spikes 
and rather smaller flowers, The numerous stalked glands of the rhachis on the spike 
und the calyx are not seen in the neurly allied plant issued by Lindau as E. senense, 
Klotzsch, 
3. E. nigritianum, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 51. A 
slender shrub, 8-20 in. high. Leaves 44 by 1} in,, elliptic, when 
mature glabrous; cystoliths on both surfaces rather obscure ; petiole 
0-$ in. long. Spikes 2-5 in. long, slender ; flowers nearly all solitary ; 
rhachis minutely pubescent. Sepals } in, long, minutely pubescent, 
corolla mauve or nearly white; tube ? in. long, nearly glabrous outside. 
Capsule 2 in. long.—S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 308. 2. plumba- 
ginoides, P. Maury in Journ. de Bot. ii. 264-267 with figure. _ Pseude- 
ranthemum nigritianum, Radlk. in Sitz.-ber. Bayr. Akad. xiii. 286; 
Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B.330. Justicia tunicata, 
Afzel. Remed. Guin. iii. 17; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 428. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: near Kukuna, by the Scarcies River, Scott- 
Elliot, 4692! and without precise locality, Afzelius/ Togoland, Baumann, 375! 
Lagos : Eppah, Barter, 3300! Cameroons: Victoria, Preuss, 1108! 1298! 1366 ! 
Johnston ! Yaunde, 2600 ft., Zenker § Staudt, 581! Zenker, 815! Batanga, Bates, 
23! Fernando Po, Buchholz ! Mann, 156! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Gaboon River, Mann, 997! Bittner, 359! Sierra 
del Crystal, Mann, 1708! Angom, Bates, 564! Loango: near Majumbe, Soyauz, 
135! 155! Angola: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 5177! 5192! 
South Central. Lunda: Bashilange; Mukenge, Pogge, 988! 
+. E. hypocrateriforme, Roem. d: Schultes, Syst. i. 179. Shrub 
3-4 ft. high. Branches glabrous, with 4 raised lines. Leaves up to 
3} by 14 in., ovate or elliptic, when mature glabrous, minutely white- 
dotted on both surfaces, reticulate-veined beneath; cystoliths very 
obscure ; petiole 0-4 in. long. Panicles linear, 2-7 in. long; axillary 
cymes dense, several-flowered, lower more or less spreading, sometimes 
up to 1 in. long, compound; rhachis minutely pubescent. Sepals 5 1n. 
ong, glabrous or very nearly so. Corolla scarlet ; tube 1 in. long, 
nearly glabrous without. Capsule 1} in. long.—Nees in DC. Prod. xi, 
454; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 484; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vil. 
E. affine, Spreng. Syst. i. 89. Justicia hypocrateriformis, Vahl, 
Enum. i. 165; Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl]. 11. P’sewde- 
ranthemum hypocrateriforme, Radlk. in Sitz.-ber. Bayr. Akad, xiii. 286 ; 
Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 330 partly. 
