246 XCVIII, ACANTHACEH (CLARKE). | Hypoestes. 
Ukamba, 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6485! West of Lake Albert, Stuhlmann, 
3009 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston, 165! 
Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza, Holst, 8918! British East Africa: Nyasaland ; between 
Mpata and Tanganyika Plateau, 2000-3000 ft., Whyte! Kondowe to Karonga, 
2000-6000 ft., Whyte! Masuka Plateau, 6500-7000 ft., Whyte, 307! Nyika Moun- 
tains, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte! 
Also in South Africa. 
S. Moore says that in Hildebrandt, 2563, the seeds are tuberculate ; I find them 
smooth. 
3. H. imsularis, 7. Anders. in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. vii. 49. Very 
sparsely hairy. Branches 15 in. long. Leaves 6 by 24 in., thinly 
hairy on the nerves and margin; petiole ? in. long. Heads globose, 
axillary, distant, of numerous 1-flowered spikelets; upper heads hardly 
running into oblong inflorescences. Spikelets with 4 bracts; 2 outer 
opposite, } in. long, with a subulate scabrous tail } in. long. Sepals 
nearly free. Corolla 1 in. in total length, purple. Filaments thick, 
nearly glabrous, minutely scabrous. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Kio del Rey, Johnston ! Cameroon Mountain, 
2500 ft., Mann, 1951! Fernando Po, Mann, 179! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon; Como River, Bates, 482! 
Closely allied to HI. aristata, R. Br. 
+. H. Staudtii, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 122. Leaves 5 by 
2 in., nearly glabrous. Heads numerous, approximated in the upper 
part of the branches. Corolla about % in. long. Capsule nearly 
glabrous ; seeds 4, smooth; otherwise as H/. insularis. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, 2500 ft., Zenker § Staudt, 36! 
Possibly a variety of H. insularis, T, Anders, 
5. H. Barteri, 7. Anders. in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. vii. 49. Minutely 
pubescent. Leaves up to 6 by 24 in., glabrate or minutely hairy on the 
nerves ; petiole up to ? in. long. Spikes simple or panicles linear, 
axillary and terminal, often 24 by 4 in. and lax, sometimes 5 by # 10. con 
pound, denser and long-peduncled. Spikelets of 2 bracts, 2 leaipecre 
and 1 purple-red flower ; 2 bracts opposite, free, } in. long, oblong, W! ts 
a subulate tail } in. long. Sepals free. Corolla 3 in. long. F rae 
and pistil glabrous.—Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. IV. tl. 
333. H. triticea, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 51, and in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 333. | and 
Upper Guinea, Lagos: Eppah, on the Kradu Lagoon, Barter, 3285! i 
without precise locality, Millen, 35 of 1896 collection! Cameroons: Victoria, Bue 
holz! Preuss, 1164! 
6. Hl. cancellata, Vees in DC. Prod, xi. 505. More or less ney: 
Stems up to 2 ft. long, geniculate. Leaves up to 2 by } in. ov 00 
narrowed at either end; cystoliths transverse, not conspicuous ; ro “tl 
0-} in. long. Heads mainly terminal (a few axillary added) uP ar 
by ? in., very dense, in congested panicles, prominently yellow-hispi¢; 
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