Justicia. | XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). 195 
4-seeded, minutely hairy (at least on the top and sutures) ; seeds with 
simple tubercles all over.—T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. ix. 512; 
C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 538, J. procumbens, Linn. FI. 
Zeyl. 7, at least in part; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 40; 
Engl. Hochgebirgsf. Trop. Afr. 393. J. simplex, Lindau in Engl. «& 
Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B, 349. Rostellularia diffusa, Neesin Wall. 
Pl. As. Rar. iii. 100, and in DC. Prod. xi. 371. R. abyssinica, Nees in 
DC. Prod. xi, 372; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 153. Barleria pumila, 
Hochst. ex Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 372. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; lower part of Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 21! 
on mountains near Axum, Schimper, 1524! and without precise locality, Schimper, 
639! Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 285! 
All this African material is alike, but in matching it against the numerous sub- 
species of J. procumbens found in India, different views have been taken, some 
uniting it with J. simpler, D, Don. 
30. J. insularis, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 40. Herba- 
ceous; branches 3 ft. long, straggling, angular, more or less hispid; lower 
nodes distant, often flower-bearing. Leaves up to 3} by ?-1in., narrowed 
at either end, slightly hairy on both surfaces or glabrate ; petiole }-1 in. 
long. Flowers 3-1 in each axil, sessile; floral leaves }-4 in. long, round or 
obovate, some narrower often added. Sepals 5, subequal, 4 in. long, 
broad-lanceolate or subovate, scarcely acute, sparsely hispid. Corolla 
exceeding } in. in length, purple; tube very little dilated at the top ; 
anticous lobe much longer than the posticous 2-fid lobe. Filaments 
glabrous ; one anther-cell below the other, tailed ; pollen ellipsoid, with 
2 stopples, longitudinally banded, with several rows of tubercles on 
the band. Ovary glabrous; style base hairy. Capsule exceeding 4 in. 
long, glabrous, 4-seeded, with a short thick solid stalk 7 seeds reticu- 
late rugose.—Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, 
and in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 373, partly. J. rostellarioides, Lindau in 
Engl. Jahrb. xx. 69, and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349. 
J. karschiana, Biittner in Verhandl, Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxii. 1890, 
40. Adhatoda diffusa, Benth. in Hook. Niger FI. 483. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Lagos, Rowland ! Yoruba, Millson, 
40! Togoland, Kling, 187! Biittner, 110! 187! 228! Cameroons: Rio del Rey, 
Johnston ! Staudt, 83! 469! Yaunde, Zenker, 564! 612! Zenker df Staudt, 343! 
Batanga, Bates, 41! Fernando Po, Vogel! Mann, 168! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda; Sibange Farm, Soyauz, 296! Bittner, 
463! Angola: San Salvador, Bittner, 457! 
Soyaux, 296, is identical with Vogel’s Fernando Po plant. Vogel’s specimen at 
Kew is noted on the herbarium sheet “dimorphic fruit,” which is very likely to be 
the case ; but I can find no dimorphic fruit on any of the West African species of this 
group. It is possible that the herbarium note was grounded on J, Lindaui, which 
‘Sextremely like J. insularis, but has linear very acute sepals. 
31. J. calearata, Hochst. in Flora, 1843, 73, in obs. Rootstock 
Woody, oblique. Branches 2 ft. long, weak, with soft spreading hairs in 
Places. Leaves up to 8 by 1 in., tapering at either end, with scattered 
