Ruttya. | XCVIII. ACANTHACEH (CLARKE), 175 
upwards; lips curved. Filaments glabrous; anthers } in. long. 
Capsule 2 in. long, 4-seeded, glabrous; stalk 1 in. long, stout, solid.— 
Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 283, fig. 112, C. 
and 340. Haplanthera speciosa, Hochst. in Flora, 1843, 72; Nees in 
DC. Prod. xi. 308; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 152; T. Anders. in 
3 ourn, Linn. Soe. vii. 51; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 
43. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; Debra Génnet, Steudner, 1538! on mountain 
sides along the banks of the Tacazze River, Schimper, 769! and without precise 
locality, Schimper, 1407! Plowden ! 
2. R. fruticosa, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 45. Leaves 1-2 in. 
long. Calyx ;4,—} in. long, nearly glabrous. Corolla hardly 1 in. long ; 
otherwise as 2. speciosa.—Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 
3 B. 340, in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 372, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. 
Roma vi. [1896] 81; Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 398. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Ahl Mountains, 5000-6500 ft., Hildebrandt, 893! 
Upper Shiekh, Gille¢t ! Sheikh Husein, Donaldson Smith ! 
39 Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; at Lake Chala, Volkens, 
3. 
Lindau says this species has the capsule 2-seeded, but the capsule is 4-seeded in 
the two fruiting examples at Berlin. 
40. MONOTHECIUM, Hochst. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Pl. ii. 1104. 
Calyx 5-fid to the base; segments equal, linear. Corolla small, 
2-lipped; posticous lip emarginate; anticous 3-lobed. Stamens 2; 
anthers 1-celled, muticous; pollen globose with 3 stopples; longitudinal 
depressions narrow, not reaching the pole. Ovary and style-base hairy ; 
branches of style 2, equal, very short oblong; ovules 2 in each cell. 
Capsule oblong, 4- (or 2-) seeded, lower part contracted ; seeds discoid, 
wrinkled, without hairs.—Small shrubs. Leaves entire. Spikes dense, 
many-flowered, terminal; bracts and bracteoles linear or bristle-like. 
Species 2, one of which extends to India. 
Mature leaves hairy on both surfaces ; bracteoles with 
gland-tipped hairs, . 
Mature leaves slightly hairy ; bracteoles without gland- 
tipped hairs . . . . . . . 2. M. aristatum, 
1. M. glandulosum. 
1. M. glandulosum, Hochst. in Flora, 1843, 74. Hairy ; branches 
up to 18 in. long. Leaves 24 by 1 in., ovate or elliptic, narrowed 
at both ends, when mature hairy on both surfaces; cystoliths obscure ; 
petiole 0-1 in. long. Spikes up to 4 by } in., solitary, often interrupted 
at the base; outermost bracts (floral leaves) }-} in. long, lanceolate ; 
bracts and bracteoles 1 in. long, linear, hairy, and with many gland- 
“ipped hairs. Corolla (whole length) }-} in. Capsule } in. long, hairy, 
4-seeded—Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 310; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 
152; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 45; Solms- Laub. in 
