Dicliptera. | XCVIII. ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). 257: 
1. D. aculeata, (. 2. Clarke. Stems hispid, prickly on the 
angles. Leaves (upper only seen) 2 by } in., oblong, acute, scabrous or 
nearly glabrate, base obtuse; petiole short. Heads ovoid, of 2-12 
spikelets, terminal and on short axillary peduncles, sparsely and 
minutely hispid. Lower bract to the spikelet up to } by yz in., 
linear-lanceolate, long mucronate, nearly glabrous. Calyx } in. long. 
Corolla 3 in. long. Filaments hairy; one anther-cell completely over 
the other ; stopples of pollen very large. Pistil glabrous. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 4000- 
7000 ft., Whyte ! Fort Hill, 4300-4600 ft., Whyte ! 
2. D. Carvalhoi, Lindau in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 371. Branches 
hairy or pubescent on the angles. Leaves up to 3} by § in., acute at 
both ends, softly hairy or glabrate; petiole 4 in. long. Spikelets in 
clusters, running into quasi-terminal oblong spikes; two bracts to the 
spikelet narrow, unequal, lower 3 by ,}, in., linear with parallel sides, 
suddenly narrowed into a linear mucro; upper bract much shorter. 
Corolla slender, Capsule of Dicliptera.—Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 
323. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: between the lower and middle 
Zambesi, Carvalho! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; between Mpata and Tan- 
ganyika Plateau, 2000-3000 ft., Whyte! Tanganyika Plateau at Fort Hill, Whyte! 
3. D. lingulata, C. 2B. Clarke. Branches glabrate. Leaves 24 
by 1 in., elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate, glabrate; petiole }-} in. 
long. Spikelets rather closely panicled towards the tips of the branches ; 
two bracts 4-} by 4-4 in., linear-lanceolate, with green points, 
minutely thinly hispid. Calyx } in. long, minutely hairy. Corolla 
hardly exceeding } in. in length. Filaments very sparsely hairy; one 
anther-cell completely over the other. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 6000- 
7000 ft., Whyte, 192a! 
4. D. maculata, Vees in DC. Prod. xi. 485, excl. var, 3. Stem 
2-3 ft. long, glabrous or hairy (in adjacent internodes). Leaves 34 
by 1} in., ovate-lanceolate, cuneate at the base, glabrous or sparsely 
minutely hairy; petiole often 1 in. long. Peduncles axillary and 
terminal, often 1-3 in. long; pedicels many, }-} in. long, outer bract 
to the spikelet 4—} in. long, elliptic, obtuse, pubescent, some long white 
airs sometimes added. Calyx } in. long, minutely pubescent. Corolla 
3—} in. long. Filaments nearly glabrous; one anther-cell completely 
above the other.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 159; Engl. Hoch - 
gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 394; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vu. 47; 
Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 333. Justicia bivalvis, 
R. Br. in Salt, ‘Abyss. Append. 62(?) Peristrophe maculata, Hochst. ex 
Nees in DO. Prod. xi. 485. 
Wile Land. Ethiopia, Kofschy, 476! Abyssinia, Jelajeranne, Schimper, T0i! 
Adowa, Petit, 491! and without precise locality, Plowden ! Schimper, 1438 ! 
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