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Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1423! 
Mittu, Schweinfurth, 2793! Bongo, Schweinfurth, 2543 ! along Gilgil River, north of 
Lake Naivasha, 6000-7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6647 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Tanganyika Plateau, at 
Fort Hill, 3500-4000 ft., Whyte ! 
The plants here collected do not match exactly. In Scott-Elliot, 6647, the bracts 
are more than 5 in. long, very white scarious ; in Schweinfurth, 1423, the stems are 
very hairy, the bracts more than 3 in, long, mucronate; in other examples the bracts 
are }-4 in, long, green. 
3. J. nilgherrensis, Wall. Cat. 2435. Small, procumbent, nearly 
glabrous. Leaves 3 by i in., lanceolate, sessile. Bracts 4 by } in., 
greenish-white, green-veined ; bracteoles } in. long, lanceolate. Fila- 
ments glabrous, except close to their point of attachment; otherwise as 
J. Betonica,—C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 526; 8. Moore in 
Journ. Bot. 1880, 309, partly. Adhatoda nilgherrica, Nees in DC, 
Prod. xi. 386; Wight, Ic. t. 1544.  Micoteba nilgherrensis, Lindau in 
Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 329. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla, Welwitsch, 5043 ! 
This specimen has acute leaves and Jaxer spikes than in the South Indian 
J. nilgherrensis. 
4. J. trinervia, Vahl, Enum. i. 156. Small, procumbent, nearly 
glabrous. Leaves 14 by } in., oblong-elliptic, obtuse, sessile. Spikes 
1} by } in., flexuose; bracts }-} in. long, ovate, acute, green-veined. 
Flowers rather smaller than those of J. Betonica.—C. B. Clarke in 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 526. J. Betonica, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. ix. 510. Adhatoda trinervia, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 386. A, varie- 
gata, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 385; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. il. 154; 
Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 104. Nicoteba trinervia, 
Lindau in Engl. & Prant], Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 329. Gendarussa varie- 
gua, Hochst. ex Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 385. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Sana; on dry hills near Dochli, Schimper, 516 ! 
Also in Southern India, 
5. J. ruwenzoriensis, C. B. Clarke. Stems 8 in. long, with 
patent white hairs. Leaves 3-} in. in diam., ovate or round, softly 
hairy beneath; petiole hardly any. Spikes 2 by 4-} in.; bracts } in. 
Ong, ovate or obovate, scarcely acute, hairy, green-nerved. Corolla as 
of J, Betonica, but rather smaller. Filaments glabrous; pollen with 3 
large stopples. Ovary hairy; lower part of the style very hairy ; 
otherwise as /. Betonica. 
Mozamb, Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe, on dry hills, 4000-5000 ft., 
Scott. Elliot, 3120! 
Possibly another variety of J. Betonica, 
6. J. andongensis, (. 2. Clarke. Branches 18 in. long, with two 
hairy lines. Leaves 24 by # in, cuneate-triangular at either end, 
glabrous or minutely hairy on the nerves beneath ; petiole 0—), in. 
long. Spikes, flowers and bracts nearly as of J. Betonica, Linn, Fila- 
