248 XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). | Hypoestes. 
H. ciliata, Lindau, is described as having the calyx divided only half-way down, 
but I find it divided to the base in the type specimen. H. adoensis, Solms-Laub. in 
Schweinf. Beitr, Fl. Aethiop. 111, is said to be Dicliptera roxburghiana, Nees. This 
latter is a typical Dicliptera, abundant in India, and though not yet known from 
Tropical Africa, several of the Tropical African Diclipteras are very near it. If, 
however, Hypoestes adoensis, Solms-Laub., was really one of these, it was not con- 
generic even with Hypoestes adoensis, A. Rich. 
8. H. phaylopsoides, S. Moore in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 
34. Two outer bracts of the spikelet unequal, lower often ? by 4 in, 
elongate-obovate, upper } in. long, otherwise as H. triflora.—Lindau in 
Eng. PA. Ost-Afr.C. 371. H. kilimandscharica, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. 
xix. Beibl. No. 47, 47, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 371. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 3300 ft., Volkens, 1668 ! 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Masuka Plateau, 6500-7000 ft., Whyte! Mount 
Mlanje, Whyte, 126! 
This species is very near the large-leaved states of H. triflora, but the lower 
bract to spikelet is broader and leaflike. 
9. H. rosea, Beauv. FI. Owar. ii. 67, t. 100, fig. 1. Sparsely hairy 
or glabrate. Upper leaves 14 by 2 in., ovate, acuminate, short- 
petioled ; lower leaves up to G4 by 21 in. with a petiole 1? in. long. 
Heads of 1-5 1-flowered spikelets, terminal or axillary, sessile or 
peduncled ; floral leaves narrow oblong, usually much shorter than the 
spikelet, sometimes ? by ;45 in. Outer 2 bracts of spikelet free, 4-3 in. 
long, oblong, narrowed in the upper half. Corolla # in. in total length, 
rose ; otherwise nearly as /. triflora.—Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 506; 
Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 484. H. consangucnea, Lindau in Engl. 
Jahrb. xx. 50, andin Engl. & Prantl, Pllanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 333. 
Upper Guinea. Togoland, Bittner, 315! Kling, 189! Benin, Beawvois. 
Cameroons: Buea, Preuss, 599 ! 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Don ! 
Bentham says that G. Don’s example has no flowers, and refers it here with 
a query. But it has good buds and inflorescences. It shows some linear-oblong 
floral leaves outside the head of spikelets; throughout Hypoestes the absence or 
prominence of these reduced leaves varies much on one plant. 
10. Hl. microphylla, Nees in DC’. Prod. xi. 504, not of Baker. 
Small, woody, much-branched, viscous hairy. Leaves } by § in., sub- 
sessile, toothed. Spikelets 1-flowered, 1-3 together, scattered, sub- 
sessile; bracts free, 2 outer } in. long, oblong, obtuse. Sepals § in. 
long, nearly free. Corolla 4 in. in total length. Capsule searcely } in. 
long, viscous hairy ; seeds 4, tubercled.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 0 
164, H. uniflora, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 48; Hochst. 10 
Flora, 1841, 1. Intell. 24, name only. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Amba Sea, Schimper, 573! Mount Sholoda, near 
Adowa, Schimper, 400! and without precise locality, Schimper, 1623 ! 
11. H. strobilifera, §. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 40. Closely 
pubescent. Stems 1-2 ft. long. Leaves 54 by 4 in. linear-oblong, base 
often rounded ; cystoliths on both surfaces many, prominent ; petiole 
