190 XCVIII, ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). [ Justicia, 
18. J. flava, Vahl, Symb. ii. 15, not of Kurz. Herb, 2-4 ft. high, 
hairy. Leaves up to 3} by 1} in. (usually smaller), ovate-lanceolate, 
hairy on both surfaces, shortly decurrent on the petiole ; petiole 0-3 in. 
long. Spikes terminal, 4-8 by ? in., continuous, or interrupted at the 
base, lower whorls sometimes distant and passing into axillary clusters; 
floral leaves 4—4 in. long, broad-lanceolate to linear-oblong, obtuse, con- 
taining 3-1 flowers, green, hairy; flower-bract nearly similar but 
smaller. Sepals 5, ;4-4 in. long, with long white hairs and also 
with very short moniliform hairs. Filaments glabrous; one anther-cell 
below the other, tailed; pollen ellipsoid with two stopples and a row of 
tubercles on each side of the stopple upon the longitudinal band, 
Ovary nearly glabrous except at the top; style hairy below, branches 2, 
very short, oblong, subequal. Capsule 4 by 4 in., 4-seeded, shortly and 
densely retrose-hairy ; stalk 4—} in. long, nearly as thick as the cap- 
sule; seeds globose, moderately compressed, yellow-brown, finally nearly 
black, marked by corrugations perpendicular to the margin (as in many 
Ammonites).—J. plicata, Vahl, Enum. i. 156; Schumach. & Thonn. 
Beskr. Guin. Pl. 11; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 39; Oliv. in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 345; 8. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 
310; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349. J. fasciata, 
Drége, Zwei Pfl. Docum. 160, 195; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. vil. 39; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, 
and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 373. J. major, T. Anders. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. vii. 39; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 
349, and in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 373; and in Ann. Istit. 
Bot. Roma, vi. (1896) 83. J. minor, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. 
Soe. vii. 39; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 392; Lindau in Engl. & 
Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349; Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 411. 
J. palustris, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 345; Lindau in 
Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, and in Engl. Pf. Ost- 
Afr, C. 373 (including var. dispersa, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 72); not 
of T. Anders. J. suaveolens, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 
iv. 3 B. 349. J. fallar, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 74, and 12 
Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349. J/. Fruticulosa, Lindau 12 
Engl. Jahrb. xx. 75, and partly in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. lv. 
3. B. 349. Dianthera americana, a and f Forsk. Descr. Aigypt-- 
Arab. 9. D. flava, Vahl, Symb. i. 5. Tyloglossa major and 7’, minors 
Hochst. in Flora, 1843, 73. Adhatoda flava, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 401. 
A. plicata, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 401; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 484. 
A. suaveolens, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 401. 4. major, Nees in DC. Prod. x1. 
397; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 156. A. minor, Nees in DC. Prod. 
xi. 400; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 156; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. 
Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 103, 242; Zarb, Catal. Spéc. Bot. Pfund, 32. 
A. fasciata, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 402. 
Upper Guinea. (iold Coast: Cape Coast Castle, Vogel! Togoland, Bittner, 
218! 258! 286! 289! 397! 648! Kling, 188! 190! Baumann, 393! Lagos, 
Millen, 32! 37! Rowland! Niger Territory: by the River Quorra (Niger), Vogel, 
167! Lower Niger; Onitsa, Barter, 619! 1779! 
Mile Land. Nubia: Hor Tamanib near Suakin, Lord! Erkowit Mountain 
