186 XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). [ Justicia. 
ments glabrous; pollen with 3 stopples. Style hairy.—J. Betonica, 
S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 309, partly. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 5111! Malange, 
Pogge, 301! Amboland, Schinz, 36! 
The leaves of this plant, which are subsessile with both ends nearly alike, do not 
agree with the Indian J. Betonica, But this may be a form of J. nilgherrensis 
(Welwitsch, 5043), as S. Moore took it to be. 
7. J. versicolor, (. B. Clarke. Woody shrub; branches and 
innovations densely and minutely grey-hairy. Leaves 2} by } in, 
oblong-elliptic, obtuse, when mature nearly glabrous; petiole O—4 in. 
long. Spikes terminal, 3 by 1} in.; floral leaves } by } in., narrowly 
elliptic, obtuse, loosely imbricate, coloured, purplish-veined. Sepals 9, 
} in. long, equal, narrow-lanceolate, 3-nerved, minutely hairy. Corolla 
3-1 in. long, pale-violet; tube very short; posticous lip subentire. 
One anther-cell below the other, spurred; pollen ellipsoid; stopples 3, 
bands reaching the poles, with rows of patches not of tubercles. Capsule 
nearly 1 in. long, densely shortly hairy, 4-seeded; stalk short, thick, 
solid; placente not rising elastically ; seeds irregularly tuberculate.— 
Nicoteba versicolor, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb, xxii. 118. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla, Welwitsch, 5049! Humpata, Newton, 417! 
No specimen at Kew. 
8. J. Pseudorungia, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 63. Under- 
shrub, 3 ft. high, very slightly hairy. Leaves up to 7 by 24 in., acuml 
nate at either end, margin wavy; petiole up to 1 in. long, but often 0 
(the wing from leaf-base being elongate). Spikes 4 by 3 in., strobilate; 
bracts 2 by } in., with a white scarious margin; bracteoles 2 by } i+ 
similar. Sepals 5, {-} in. long, minutely hairy. Corolla 4 in. long; 
white; filaments glabrous; one anther-cell below the other, tailed; 
pollen ellipsoid, with 2 stopples, and one row of circular patches on eac 
side of each stopple. Pistil glabrous. Capsule 4-4 in. long, glabrous, 
4-seeded; seeds rugose; valves not rising elastically. — Lindau 
ane & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, and in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. 
/ Ob, 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Nyika country near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 
Mozamb, Dist. Zanzibar, Hildebrandt, 982! German East Africa: Usambara; 
son Holst, 8801 ! Kilimanjaro, 7000 ft., Johnston, 164! Ulugura, Stuhlmann, 
9037 ! 
_ 9. J. paucinervia, 7. Anders. MS. Stems simple, 8-12 in. long; 
innovations rusty with moniliform brown hairs. Leaves 3} by 1-2 in., 
oblong or ovate, narrowed at either end, nearly glabrous except the 
nerves; cystoliths numerous on both faces; petiole 4-1} in. long. 
Spikes terminal, 2 by } in., very loose, obscurely strobilate; bracts 4~ 
in. long; obovate, veined, fimbriate, almost lobed at the top, brow? 
ciliate, scarcely imbricate ; bracteoles 0. Sepals 5, scarcely 4 in. long; 
linear, hairy. Corolla } in. long. Filaments glabrous; one anther cell 
below the other, tailed; pollen ellipsoid, with 2 longitudinal bands and 
