Hypoestes. | XCVIII, ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). 247 
outer floral leaves narrow, hardly imbricate. Spikelets 1—flowered ; 
bracts free, 2 outer 1~} in. long, oblong, with a linear tail yo-} in. 
long. Corolla 3—} in. long, red. Pollen oblong-ellipsoid, more elongate 
than in the preceding species. Capsule } in. long, very slender ; seeds 
4, small, tubercled.—Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 484. H. callicoma, 
S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 41; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 333. Justicia cancellata, Willd. ex Nees in DC. 
Prod. xi. 506. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Wallia, Scotf-Hiliot, 4265! Lester Peak, 
Scott-Elliot, 3843! and without precise locality, Afzelius ! 
Nile Land. Bongo: Addai, Schweinfurth, 2525! 
rraaehel Guinea. Angola: Bembe Mountain, Monteiro! Malange, Marques, 
f 
South Central. Lunda: Mukenge, Pogge, 306! 1201; Monbuttu, Schwein- 
Surth, 3392! 
This plant superficially resembles closely Justicia procumbens, Linn. The 
length of the tail to the 2 outer bracts varies a good deal, and the distribution of 
the species is unusually scattered. 
7. H. triflora, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. i. 141. Stems 1-4 ft. long, 
more or less hairy. Leaves up to 3 by 13 in., ovate, entire or crenulate, 
obscurely toothed, hispid with scattered white 1—4-celled hairs; cysto- 
liths irregularly scattered, many transverse, conspicuous ; petiole }—1} 
in. long. Heads of 1-5 (often 3) I-flowered spikelets, often apparently 
terminal on lateral branches }—2 in. long; floral leaves much reduced, 
often shorter than the spikelets. Outer 2 bracts of spikelet free, } in. 
long, narrowly obovate-oblong. Sepals free. Corolla } in. in total 
length, pink or white. Filaments glabrous. Style with a few long 
hairs. Capsule } in. long, with 4 tubercled seeds.—Nees in DC. 
Prod. xi. 506; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 162; T. Anders, in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. vii. 50; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 557; 
Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 111, 243; Engl. Hochge- 
birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 394; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 
333. H. adoensis, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 162; Engl. Hochge- 
birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 394 and var. Anderson?, Engl. lc. 395; Lindau in 
Engl. & Prantl, Pfanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 333. H. simensis, Hochst. ex 
Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 111; Engl. Hochgebirgsf. 
Trop. Afr. 395. /H. inequalis, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 50. //. ciliata, 
Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 51, and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 
3 B. 333. H. acuminata, Hochst. ex Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 506. Justicia 
triflora, Forsk. Fl. Aigypt.-Arab. 4; Vahl, Symb. i. 3. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Buea, 6500-8000 ft., Preuss, 732! 745! 
Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 1979! Fernando Po, 5000 ft., Mann, 580! 
Nile Land, Eritrea: Saganeiti, in Goua Gorge, 6800-7100 ft., Schweinfurth 
§ Riva, 1290! Abyssinia, Salt! Pearce! Schimper, 108! 149! 340! 386! 389 ! 
418! 600! 641! 926! 934! 939! 1104! 1111! 1491! 1985! 2818! Quartin- 
Dillon §& Petit! Petit! Roth, 484! British East Africa: Ruwenzori, 5000-6000 ft., 
Scott-Elliot, 7856 ! 8000-9000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7560! 
Extending eastward to India, 
