Justicia. | XCVIII, ACANTHACE (CLARKE). 203 
glabrous.—Lindau in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 373. Adhatoda microphylla, 
Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. 217. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Mozambique Isle, Peters ! 
The material for this species is in such a state that I can add little to Lindau’s 
account. But there are ripe capsules and the species is certainly a Justicia. 
53. J. gesnerifolia, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 398 (gesneriflora, 
Rendle, i.c. 414). A woody, small, much branched, pubescent shrub ; 
branches 6 in. long, angular. Leaves 1 by } in., spathulate-obovoid, 
green, minutely pubescent on both faces, subsessile. Flowers axillary, 
solitary, ?# in. long, corolla-tube much inflated. Lower anther-cell 
tailed; pollen ellipsoid with 2 longitudinal bands. Capsule 2 in. long, 
4-seeded, glabrous. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Shebele River, Donaldson Smith ! 
The name intended by Rendle was gesneriflora, 
d4, J. diclipteroides, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 65. Herbaceous ; 
branches numerous, 8 in. long, pubescent upwards. Leaves up to 1 by 
= in., ovate or narrow elliptic, acuminate or obtuse, pubescent ; petiole 
U— in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2 together; bracts very 
small. Sepals } in. long, subulate, hairy. Corolla less than 4 in. long, 
purple-red. Capsule } in, long, stalked, 4-seeded, sparsely hairy.-— 
Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Planzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, and in Engl. Pfi. 
Ost-Afr. C. 373. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba, Hildebrandt, 2726! Duruma, 
Hildebrandt, 2331! ‘Taita Mountains, Gregory! and Leikipia, Nyuri River, 
Gregory ! 
55. J. urbaniana, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 64. Small, slender, 
very rigid shrub; branches hispid or strigose. Leaves 4-1 in. long, 
elliptic or oblong, sparsely hairy; petiole 0-;'; in. long. Flowers 1-2 
in the leaf-axils; bracts ;!,—} in. long, obovate or roundish. Sepals 
$-} in. long, linear, minutely hairy. Corolla }-}in.long. One auther- 
cell below the other, tailed; pollen ellipsoid, banded, with 2 stopples 
and rows of tubercles. Capsule } in. long, 4-seeded, pubescent.— 
Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzentfam. iv. 3 B. 349. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Ahl Mountains, Hildebrandt, 860B! Maid, Hilde- 
brandt, 1402! Darror, James & Thrupp ! 
56. J. Gendarussa, Linn. f. Suppl. 85. Shrubby, 2-4 ft. high. 
Leaves 4 by 3 in., glabrous; petiole { in. long. Spikes terminal, + by 
{ in., almost continuous, lax, often running into a panicle by the 
development of the cymes in the lower axils ; bracts linear, scarcely 3 
in. long. Sepals 4 in. long, nearly glabrous. Corolla 3 in. long, or 
rather more, nearly glabrous, white or rose with purple spots ; tube 
very little widened upwards. One anther-cell lower than the other, 
tailed ; pollen with 2 stopples, banded, without tubercles (or with 
