200 XCVIII. ACANTHACEA (CLARKE). | Justicia. 
42. J. shebelensis, Kendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 409. Very woody, 
much-branched undershrub; branchlets hairy or glabrate. Leaves 
+ by 4-4 in., obovate, rounded, hairy ; petiole scarcely zz in. long. 
Flowers 4-1, subsessile in remote leaf-axils. Sepals 5, } in. long, subu- 
late, hairy. Corolla } in. long, yellow. Lower anther-cell tailed. 
Capsule unknown. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: River Shebele, Donaldson Smith ! 
43. J. heterocarpa, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vu. 41. 
Annual, 8-20 in. high; pubescent. Leaves 14 by 4-3 in., ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, minutely pubescent or glabrate ; petiole up to 4-3 In. 
long. Axillary clusters dense, of 2-4 or more flowers. Sepals - 
long, linear, tips acute white-hairy. Corolla 1—} in. long. Capsule 
4-4 in. long; seeds 4, tubercled ; abnormal 1-seeded capsules seen in 
all the examples cited.—C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. ar 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 393; Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. . 
373, partly. Harnieria dimorphocarpa, Solms-Laub. in Schweint. Beitr. 
Fi. Aethiop. 110, 243. 
Wile Land. Nubia: coast up to 4000 ft., Bent! Schweinfurth, 83! 347! 
Eritrea: Mount Ghedem, near Massowa, Schweinfurth & Riva, 120! Keren, 
Steudner, 1505! Bogos, Hildebrandt! Abyssinia: Togodele, Ehrenberg! Gageros, 
4000 ft., Schimper, 162! 2300! and without precise locality, Schimper, 1296a! 
Somaliland: Hahi, James & Thrupp ! Warandab, Keller, 214! British Kast Africa : 
on rocks above Lake Elmeteita, Scott-Elliot, 6630! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 4800 ft. 
Volkens, 900! British Central Africa: Kamboli, Nutt ! 
44, J. leptocarpa, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 70. Closely 
resembles J. heterocarpa, but is rather larger in all its parts. Clusters 
dense, of many flowers. Sepals + in. long, linear-lanceolate to linear, 
acute, green with white margins, white-hairy. Capsule } in. longs 
sparsely hairy; abnormal capsules rarely found.—Lindau 19 Engl. 
& Prantl, Planzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, and in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 
373. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Keren, Steudner, 1505! near Saati, Schweinfurth § 
Riva, 500! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 2700 ft, 
Volkens, 2167! Usambara; Kwa Mshuza, Holst, 8903! Plains near Pangan 
Volkens, 454! Masheua, Holst, 8799! British Central Africa: Ngamiland; Kwebe, 
Lugard, 129! 
Volkens, 454, appears identical with Steudner, 1505, which Solms-Laubach marked 
J. heterocarpa, possibly correctly. But I cannot find an abnormal capsule on these 
examples. 
45. J. Mollugo, C’. B. Clarke. Scabrous hispid. Leaves numeron”s 
up to } by 4-4 in., oblong. Axillary clusters subcymosely developeé ; 
flowers pedicellate. Corolla scarcely } in. long. Capsules 4-4 long, 
with many-celled hairs on the upper part; none abnormal.—/. /epto 
carpa, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, partly. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., 
Whyte! and without precise locality, Buchanan ! 
