Justicia. | XCVIN., ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). 205 
09. J. salviiflora, (’. B. Clarke. Young branches and inflores- 
cence densely covered with brown gland-tipped hairs. Leaves 1} by 
3 in., ovate, narrowed at either end, hairy; petiole } in. long. Inflores- 
cence terminal, leafless, loosely and irregularly panicled; bracts hardiy 
$ in. long, linear. Calyx 1 in. long, divided nearly to the base into 
5 equal linear-lanceolate segments. Corolla-tube } in. long ; lips 3 in. 
long, gaping, upper strongly curved. Filaments glabrous; one anther- 
cell entirely below the other, strongly tailed; pollen ellipsoid, with 
3 stopples; longitudinal bands without tubercles. Ovary densely 
glandular hairy; style hairy at the base only, branches 2, subequal, 
minute.—Duvernoia salviiflora, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 42, and 
in Engl, & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 339, and in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. 
C. 372. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Massaini, Fischer, 506! Usagara, 
Stuhlmann, 207, 
60. J. grisea, (. B. Clarke. Shrub, densely minutely grey 
pubescent. Leaves 3 by } in., ovate, very pubescent, finally glabrate. 
Spikes terminal and axillary, short, few-flowered; bracts } by ;1, in., 
glandular hairy. Sepals } in. long, pubescent. Corolla 1} in. long; 
lips 2 in, long, broad, curved, One anther-cell lower than the other, 
long-spurred ; pollen ellipsoid, banded, without tubercles. Ovary 
hairy.— Duvernoia somalensis, Lindau in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 
[1896] 81, 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Daua River, Riva, 427! 
61. J. beloperonoides, Lindaw in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 127. 
Branches 2 ft. long, woody. Leaves 1 by $ in., ovate, hairy, soon 
glabrate; base obtuse, sometimes subcordate; petiole 0-5 in. long. 
Cymes 2-1-flowered, in the penultimate axils; bracts linear, small. 
Sepals 4 in. long, linear, hairy and with a few stalked glands. Corolla 
carmine-red; tube 3-3 in. long, cylindric, much curved, narrowly 
funnel-shaped upwards ; lips }-3 in. long. One anther-cell below the 
other, distinctly tailed; pollen ellipsoid, banded, with 2 longitudinal 
Tows of tubercles on either side of each of the two pores. 
Mozamb, Dist. German East Africa: Uluguru near Lukwangulu, 8000 ft., 
Stuhlmann, 9141 ! 
62. J. laxa, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 43. Shrubby, 
4-5 ft. high; young parts densely minutely grey tomentose, becoming 
nearly glabrous, Leaves 9 by 4} in., narrowed at either end; petiole 
1~2 in. long. Panicle terminal, 10 by 6 in., open; branches dis- 
tant, rectangular, spreading, subdeflexed, often again divided, with 
4n ovate floral leaf 1-14 in. long at the base of most of the branches ; 
pedicels 1-} in. long ; bracts } in. long, linear, often several indicating a 
condensed cyme with only one flower developed. Sepals 5, subequal, 
in. long, narrow-oblong, acute, nearly glabrous. Corolla 3-3 in. 
long, greenish-white (G. Mann). One anther-cell below the other, 
distinctly tailed ; pollen ellipsoid, with 3 stopples; beside each stopple 
