Hypoestes. | XCVIII, ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). 249 
0-§ in. long. Heads 1-1} in. long, ovoid, terminal, densely strobilate ; 
outer floral leaves spathulate-obovate, suddenly acuminate, rigid, closely 
imbricate, with 1-3 spikelets under each. Bracts free, 2 outer 4 in. 
long, oblong. Sepals 4 in. long, free. Corolla # in. long. Pistil 
glabrous except for a few hairs near the top of the ovary. Capsule 
$-3 in. long; seeds 4, tubercled.—Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflan- 
zenfam. iv. 3 B. 333. 
Nile Land. Bongo: Addai, Schweinfurth, ser. 3, 30! 2553 ! 
12. H. Porskalei, 2. Br. Prod. 474, in obs. Smallshrub, 1-2 ft. 
high, nearly glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves 2 by 2 in., elliptic- 
lanceolate, acuminate to an obtuse point, midrib glabrous beneath in 
the type form (Stewdner, 1524), or minutely scabrous hairy in the forms 
called H, annua and H. Rothii; petiole 0-4 in. long. Inflorescences 
axillary, and running into a narrow terminal panicle; spikelets mostly 
in unilateral cymes $—1} in. long; floral leaf to spikelet mostly 4} in. 
long, ovate. Two outer bracts of spikelet united for half their length 
into a tube (involucre of Lindau), their free portions lanceolate, sub- 
obtuse, minutely pubescent, without glands or long white hairs. Calyx 
4 in. long, tubular for 4 its length, minutely pubescent, scarious; seg- 
ments 9, lanceolate, subacute. Corolla $—} in. long, hairy without. 
Filaments rather thick, glabrous above, hairy below ; pollen ellipsoid, 
with 3 stopples. Pistil glabrous in the type form ; sometimes with a 
few hairs near the top of the ovary and on the base of the style. Cap- 
sule } in, long, those seen 2-seeded ; seeds smooth.—A. Rich. Tent. Fi. 
Abyss. ii. 163; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe, vii. 49 ; Solms-Laub. in 
Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 111,243; R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Apperid, 
62; Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 507; Zarb, Cat. Spéc. Bot. Pfund, 82; Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 394; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzen- 
fam. iv. 3 B. 333, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 371, and in Ann. Istit. 
Bot. Roma, vi, (1896) 81. H. annua, Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, i. 791. 
H. Rothii, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 49. Justicia paniculata, 
Forsk, Fl. 4igypt.-Arab. 4. /. Forskalei, Vahl, Symb. i. 2. 
Nile Land. Kordofan: Abou Hefe, Pfund, Eritrea: Keren, Sfewduer, 1524! 
1529! Kazen, 8000 ft., Rohlfs & Stecker ! Habab, 7000 ft., Hildebrandt, 456 ! 
Abyssinia, widely spread, 5000-9000 ft., Schimper, 29! 35! 241! 350! 390! 405! 
1861! Roth, 485! Petit! Salt! Pearce! Plowden! Somaliland: Berbera, Riva, 
111! between Lafaru and Herer, Riva, 29! Danna Torrent, Rira, 838! Ogaden, 
Robecchi, 244! 246! 257! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla, Newton, 120! Antunes, 84! 
Mozamb, Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Kondowe to Karonga, 
2000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 
Also in Arabia, 
This plant is also said to grow on Kilimanjaro by Lindau ; but, as it has been con~ 
sidered merely a glabrescent form of H. verticil/aris, R. Br., it is not possible 
to separate out either the synonymy or the distribution completely. The plant above 
referred here from Nyasaland may belong to H. verticillaris, R. Br., var. glabra, 
S. Moore. 
13, H. Hildebrandtii, Lindaw in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 48. Stems, 
and nearly the whole plant, densely and minutely canescent. Leaves 
