od 
Justicia. | XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). 207 
lobes $ in. long, anticous 3-lobed, posticous erect, curved, subentire, 
hooded. Anther-cells separated by a broad connective, oblique, one 
slightly lower and with a short distinct tail; pollen small, oblong- 
ellipsoid, banded longitudinally, with 2 large stopples, no tubercles. 
Ovary glabrous; style-base very sparsely hairy. Capsule ? in. long, 
glabrous; stalk 4 in. long, very thick, solid.—Engl. Hochgebirgstl. 
Trop. Afr. 393. J. cynanchifolia, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append. 62. 
Leptostuchya cordata, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 378. Rhaphidospora 
cordata, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 499; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 161; 
Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. FI. Aethiop. 113, 244; Lindau in 
Engl. & Prantl, Pfllanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 329, fig. 110, N @ (not 8), and in 
Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 370. Gendarussa cordata, Hochst. ex Nees in 
DC. Prod. xi. 379, and 499. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Bellaka, 5000-6000 ft., Hildebrandt, 461! Habab, 
Hildebrandt, 632! Barasio Valley, 5000 ft., Schweinfurth § Riva, 699! near Acrur, 
6200 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 759! 1231! and Keren, Steudner, 1518! Abyssinia : 
mountain sides along the river Tacazze, Schimper, 1250! and without precise locality, 
Schimper, 242! 1384! Salt 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa! Kilimanjaro, 3500 ft., Volkens, 1735! 
66. J. piloso-cordata, (’. B. Clarke. Branches 3 ft. long, softly 
hairy. Leaves 2} by 1 in., subobtuse at either end, hairy, very hairy 
On the nerves; petiole scarcely 5 in. long. Peduncles 1 in, long, 
axillary, solitary, hairy, 1-flowered; bract 4 in. long, linear-lanceolate, 
Sepals 5, 4-1 in. long, linear-lanceolate, minutely hispid. Corolla } in. 
long ; stamens and ovary as of J. cordata. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, Mechow, 453! 
This plant greatly resembles J. cordata, except in its hairiness, The 1-flowered 
peduncles do not make much difference, for the arrangement of the bracts shows that 
the flower (in J. piloso-cordata) represents a reduced congested cyme. 
67. J. masaiensis, (. B. Clarke. Shrub; branchlets woody, 
quadrangular, hairy; internodes }-} in. long. Leaves up to } by 
z in., subsessile, round-elliptic, glabrate, reticulated beneath, tip 
obtuse, apiculate. Spikes 0-1 in. long, lateral 3—1-flowered; bracts 
smaller than the calyx; flowers solitary. Calyx } in. long; lobes 5, 
somewhat united at the base, linear, triangular, sub-3-nerved, minutely 
scabrous. Corolla 2 in. long, very hairy without; tube } in. long, 
lips broad. One anther-cell below the other, rather strongly tailed ; 
pollen ellipsoid, stopples 2; a row of spots on each side of each 
Stopple, 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Scott-Evliot, 6634 ! 
68. J. interrupta, C.B. Clarke. Shrub. Leaves up to 7 by 3 in., 
ovate, acute at either end, glabrous; petiole up to 1 in. long. Panicle 
8 in. in diam., open, nearly leafless; flowers in sessile distant clusteis 
On the branches; bracts 4 in. long, linear. Sepals din. long, lanceosate, 
minutely hairy. Corolla % in. long; tube } in. long. Lower anther- 
