198 XCVIII, ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). [ Justicia. 
37. J. sexangularis, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 
3 B. 349. Stems 20 in., branched, 6-angular, scabrid-hairy. Leaves 
up to 2 by } in., oblong, subobtuse, minutely and sparsely scabrid, 
hairy, subsessile. Flowers 3-1 in an axil (no terminal spike); floral 
leaves oblong. Sepals } in. long, linear, subobtuse, microscopically 
scabrid-hairy. Corolla } in.long, purple. Capsule 4-4 in. long, narrow- 
ellipsoid, slightly hairy near the top; stalk very short ; seeds 4. densely 
tubercled.—J. palustris, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 38, partly. 
Tyloglossa Kotschyi, Hochst. in Flora, 1843, 74. <Adhatoda Kotschy, 
Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 397 (excluding var. 3). Rostellaria seaangularis, 
Hochst. in Flora, 1843, 74, 
Nile Land. Kordofan: Melbes, Kotschy, 293 ! 
Nees (in DC. Prod. xi. 397) joined this plant with a Senegambian plant, probably 
J. Galeopsis, T, Anders., with which this species might be united, I have not found 
the scrap of D. Don’s collecting which Bentham (in Hook. Niger F]. 483) thinks may 
have been Adhatoda Kotschyi, Nees. It was by some slip that T. Auders. reduced 
this species to J. palustris, T. Anders., which has (as T, Anderson says) “ flowers 
in terminal spikes.” 
38. J. filifolia, Zindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 70. Straggling, 
sparingly hairy; branches elongate with long internodes. Leaves 3 1D. 
long, lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate, nearly glabrous; petioles up to 
14 in. long; upper leaves (sometimes nearly all the leaves) narrow, 
linear-oblong or oblong, }—-} in. broad. Flowers 1-3 together in the 
distant axils, often surrounded by several shortened floral leaves 
}-} in. long, elliptic or orbicular. Sepals } in. long, narrow-lanceolate, 
acute, hispid. Corolla }—} in. long, white with purple marks. Ovary 
hairy. Capsule } in. long, hairy all over.—Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B, 349, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 373. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Ukami; Mrogoro, Stuhlmann, 8233 | 
Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; Shupanga, Kirk! British East Africa : 
Nyasaland: near Blantyre, Last! Buchanan, 51! Mandala, Scott ! Zomba, 5000- 
6000 ft., Whyte! Kondowe to Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte! and by the River 
Shire, Kirk ! 
Last’s specimen, from which Lindau described, has lost all the lower leaves, the 
upper are very narrow, as usual in this species. 
39. J. Whytei, S. Moore in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 32. 
Rootstock stout, woody ; branches 1-2 ft. long, hairy. Leaves lanceo 
late, lower often ovate, hairy; petiole 0-} in. long, mostly very short. 
Flowers axillary, 1-3 together. Sepals 1 in. long, linear, acute, bairy- 
Corolla 4 in. long, purple. Pollen of Justicia with 3 stopples (Lindau) 
or with 2 (in example supplied by Lindau). Capsule exceeding fi. 
long, hairy.—Lindau in Engl. Pil. Ost-Afr. ©, 373. J. Rostellaria, 
Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, and in Engl. Pal. 
Ost-Afr. C. 373, in great part. J. fruticulosa, Lindau in Engl. & Prap th, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, partly. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: 4000 ft., Passarge, 129! 
Wile Lana. Eritrea: Erkowit Mountain, Schweinfurth, 256! British East 
