Justicia] XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). 187 
stopples, no tubercles, Ovary nearly glabrous; style-base somewhat 
y- 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1672! 
_ The stem and leaves of this species are unlike those of any other Justicia, but 
simulate those of Distichocalyx angustifolia, D. polyneura, &e., which grow at the 
same place, 
10. J. Emini, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 68. Hairy. Upper 
leaves 1 in. long, ovate, subsessile; lower 2-3 in. long, narrowed at the 
base into a petiole } in. long. Spike terminal, somewhat interrupted at 
the base; bracts round ; flowers solitary ; bracteoles very small. Sepals 
5, equal, + in. long, linear, hairy. One anther-cell below the other, 
tailed ; stopples 2; one row of obscure patches on either side each 
stopple. Ovary glabrous; style-base hairy.—Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 373. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Mpororo; Ruhanda, Stuhlmann, 2086 ! 
The locality is quoted as Rubanga by Lindau, but this is clearly an error, 
as, according to Stuhlmann, Rubanga is the name of a Deity only. 
Lindau separates Nicoteba (ie. J. Betonica) from Justicia by the pollen only, 
which is said to be ‘ banded” in Wicoteba, “tubercled” in Justicia. The pollen is 
essentially the same in the two genera; but the longitudinal row of tubercles on either 
side the stopple in Justicia is “ obsolete ” or depressed into circular granular patches 
in Nicoteba. As to the present species, however, placed by Lindau in Justicia, the 
tubercles are not more strongly indicated than they are in many species of Nicoteba. 
1]. J. tenella, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii.40. Slender, 4— 
12 in. long, nearly glabrous. Leaves up to 1 by ? in., ovate, tip obtuse, 
triangular, base slightly decurrent ; petiole }—} in. long. Spikes }-1 
by + in., very dense, strobilate. Peduncles 4-1} in. long, axillary, 
2-6 together ; floral leaves somewhat 4-ranked, } in. in diam., nearly 
round; bract }~, in. long, lanceolate; bracteoles similar, rather 
smaller. Sepals 4, ;!, in. long, obtuse, minutely pubescent. Corolla 
$ in, long, bluish-white. Stamens 2; anther-cells ellipsoid, one below 
the other tailed ; pollen very small, ellipsoid, with 3 stopples and 
longitudinal bands reaching the poles, but no tubercles. Capsule § in. 
long, 4-seeded, glabrous ; stalk ;/; in. long, solid ; placente not rising 
elastically ; seeds smooth, with very short hairs on all sides.—Lindau in 
Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 147. Rostellaria tenella, Nees in DC. Prod. xi, 369 ; 
Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 482. 2.crenulata, Nees in DC, Prod. xi. 369. 
R. parviflora, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 481. Ztheilema rupestre, 
ees in DC. Prod. xi. 262. Micranthus rupestris, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 
493; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 298. Rungia 
Baumannii, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 120. Anisostachya tenella, 
Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B, 329, fig. 132, E-G. 
Phaulopsis rupestris, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 
2U li~iv, 305, 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 327! Sierra Leone: Lester Peak, 
Scott-Elliot, 3851! and without precise locality, Afzelius! Rattray! Togoland, 
600 ft., Baumann, 221! Biittner, 185! Cameroons: Rio del Rey, Johnston ! 
Efulen, Bates, 272! Yaunde, Zenker, 299! 
