208 XCVIII, ACANTHACEE (CLARKE), [ Justicia. 
cell with a distinct small spur, sometimes altogether muticous; pollen 
ellipsoid, banded ; stopples 2, without rows of tubercles.—Duvernoia 
interrupta, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 123. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Ukami; Uluguru, Stuhlmann, 8967 ! 
69. J. glabra, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 4. Pubescent or nearly 
glabrous except the flowers, slender, erect or rambling. Leaves 2} 
by 1 in. (occasionally up to 5 by 3 in.), ovate, acuminate; petiole 
0-} in. long, or in the lower leaves 1-2 in. Peduncles slender; 
cymes loose; upper peduncles running into large loose panicles; bracts 
to the flowers minute, linear ; floral leaves at the base of peduncles often 
3-1 in. long, ovate. Sepals 4-} in. long, linear, pubescent or nearly 
glabrous. Corolla 4—} in. long. One anther-cell below the other, 
tailed. Pollen ellipsoid, with 3 stopples and longitudinal rows of 
spots. Capsule 3 in. long, shortly hairy all over, 4-seeded ; stalk } in. 
long, slender; placentz not rising elastically ; seeds covered with long 
scabrous tubercles.—Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. i. 182; T. Anders. 
in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 44 (including var. pubescens). Rhaphidospora 
glabra, Nees in Wall. Plant. As. Rar. iii. 115, andin DC. Prod. xi. 499; 
Wight, Ic. t. 1554; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 244; 
Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 329, and in Engl. PA. 
Ost-Afr. C. 370. 2. abyssinica, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 500; A. Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 161. Gendarussa dichotoma, Hochst. ex Nees in 
DC, Prod. xi. 508. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Embat Kalla, 4500 ft., Schweinfurth § Riva, 2002! 
Bogos, Hildebrandt, 697! and Keren, Steudner, 1519! Abyssinia: Valley of the 
Tacazze, Schimper, 903! and without precise locality, Schimper, 184! British East 
Africa: Taita, Hildebrandt, 2533 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Hildebrandt, 1185! German East Africa: Kili- 
manjaro, 2000-4000 ft., Volkens, 1797! 2187! Usambara; Masheua, Holst, 
8797! Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; below Shigogo, Kirk! British 
Central Africa: Nyasaland; between Kondowe and Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., 
Whyte! between Mpata and the Tanganyika Plateau, Whyte !/ Upper Shire Valley, 
Kirk ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 707 ! 
70. J. anselliana, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 44. Stems 
12-20 in. long, weak, nearly glabrous. Leaves 1? by 3-4 in,, linear 
to lanceolate (in Ansell’s type example, on which are also ovate leaves 
in. long), glabrous, or very nearly so; petiole 0-4 in. long. Peduncles 
solitary, axillary, distant, slender, nearly glabrous, }—14 in. long, each 
terminating in a slender scorpioid 2—8-flowered cyme, $-14 in. long; 
bracts or bracteoles shorter than the calyx. Sepals 4 in. long, linear, 
glabrous or very nearly so. Corolla } in, long. One anther-cell below 
the other, definitely tailed ; pollen very small, ellipsoid, with 2 stopples 
and 2 rows of tubercles on each side of each stopple. Capsule 4 in. 
long, glabrous, very thin-walled ; seeds deeply wrinkled, with a scarious 
wing on the margin in the West African type plant, becoming 
gradually obsolete in the Eastern specimens.—Oliv. in Trans. Linn. 
Soc, xxix. 130 (including var. angustifolia); S. Moore in Journ. 
