Justicia. | XCVIII. ACANTHACEA (CLARKE). 201 
46. J. Lorteze, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1897, 379. Branches 8-16 in. 
long, slender, woody, round, glabrous, with long internodes. Leaves 
1 by 5 in., linear, glabrous. Flowers 2 (or oftener 1) sessile in remote 
axils; bract and bracteoles less than ;, in. long. Sepals 5, nearly } in. 
long, subequal, linear, minutely pubescent. Corolla 4-2 in. long; 
anticous lip longer than the posticous. One anther-cell much below 
the other, strongly tailed. Capsule 2 in. long, 4-seeded, glabrous; stalk 
$-$ in. long, solid, thick ; placente not rising elastically ; seeds tuber- 
cular-scabrous. 
Wile Land. Somaliland; Upper Sheikh, and Waggar Mountains, Mrs. Lort- 
Phillips! 
47. J. Phillipsez, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1897, 378. Root stout. 
Branches scarcely 6 in. long, slender, divaricate, glabrous ; internodes 
long. Leaves up to } by 4-1 in., ovate, scarcely acute, glabrous ; petiole 
up to 4 in. long. Flowers solitary, rarely 2 together, axillary, sessile ; 
bract 0. Sepals 5, equal, + in. long, linear, with few hairs, very few 
gland-tipped. Corolla } in. long, purple, glabrous without, very 
sparingly hairy within. One anther-cell below the other, tailed. Cap- 
sule 3 in. long, 4-seeded, smooth ; stalk short, solid, thick. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Golis Range, Mrs. Lort-Phillips! Waggar 
Mountains, Mrs. Lort-Phillips! Upper Sheikh, Mrs, Lort-Phillips ! and between 
Dobar and Hammer, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! Donaldson Smith, 337! 
48. J. odora, Vahl, Enum. i. 164. Undershrub, 1-2 ft. high, 
glabrous (except the calyx and corolla); twigs woody, glaucous. Leaves 
1 by 4-1 in. (in Zhomas, 81, up to 3 by 1} in.), obtuse, base narrowed ; 
petiole V-1. in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary or more rarely 2~3 
together, the cyme being then developed with obovate floral leaves 
4-4 in. long. Sepals 5, 4 in. long, linear, microscopically pubescent. 
Corolla } in. long, yellow (Zhomas). One anther-cell below the other, 
tailed ; pollen of Justicia, stopples 2. Capsules } in. long, rather stout, 
4-seeded, glabrous ; stalk nearly } in. long, thick, solid ; seeds tuber- 
cular-scabrous.—T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 42; Lindau in 
Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 1896, 82 ; Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 398. 
J. polymorpha, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. (1889) 
203 ; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349. J. leuco- 
dermis, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. (1889) 202. 
¢ Dianthera odora, Forsk. FI. Aigypt.-Arab. 8. Adhatoda odora, Nees 
In DC, Prod. xi. 399. A. Hypericum, Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. 
Fi). Aethiop. 102. 
Nile Land. Nubia: Suakim, Schweinfurth, 642! Abyssinia: Mawerr, 3000 ft., 
Schimper, 136! Tacazze River, 3000-4000 ft., Schimper, 2135! and without precise 
locality, Schimper, 1447! Somaliland: Widaba, Miss Edith Cole! Tola (Tula ?) 
River, Kirk! Habr Aual, Robecchi, 262! Donaldson Smith! Tana River, Thomas, 
81! Habab, 3000 ft., Hildebrandt, 454! 
Lower Guinea. Amboland: Oshando, Schinz, 32! 
Mozamb. Dist. Ngamiland: near Kwebe, Lugard, 72! 
“When dried smells as Anthovanthum,” Nees. 
