Asystasia. | ACANTHACEZ (Clarke), 43 
the upper 4; ovary glabrous; pollen subglobose, bands not reach- 
ing the pole, stopples 3; capsule 3-2 in. long, glabrous, with a 
cylindric stalk. 
EastEeRN Recion: Fort Beaufort Div.; Koonap Heights, Bawr, 271! 
The pollen is as that of Mackaya. 
4. A, varia (N. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. xii. (1892), 760) ; 
sparsely pubescent ; leaves varying on one stem from ovate to linear, 
i.e. from 14 by 11 in. to 4} by 4 in., margins undulate or obscurely 
toothed ; petioles 1—% in. long; raceme terminal, 14-31 in. long, 
loose, 4—8- flowered ; pedicels 0-4 in. long; bracts hardly 2} in long, 
narrow ; calyx 1in. long, divided nearly to the base into 5 linear 
segments ; corolla 12 in. long, slightly curved, hardly 2-lipped ; 
tube much dilated in the upper half; lobes 5, ovate, nearly equal, 
pale mauve with dark brown veins; stamens 4, similar; anther-cells 
at nearly equal height; pollen ellipsoid, banded ; capsule 1 in. long, 
4-seeded, nearly glabrous ; linear-cylindric stalk } in, long. 
Eastern Reoion: Zululand; in woods at Entumeni, Wvod, 3976! Natal or 
Zululand ; without precise locality, Gerrard, 1683! 
5. A. Schimperi (T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 53) ; erect 
branched annual 6-18 in. high, young parts hispid-pubescent ; 
leaves up to 38-2 by 1 in., ovate or oblong, narrowed at both ends; 
petioles 0-1 in. long ; spikes terminal, 1-2 in. long, rather dense ; 
bracts up to 3-2 by 2 in. narrowly elliptic, bracteoles 4 in. long, 
falcate-lanceolate ; calyx-segments + in. long, linear; corolla small, 
pink ; tube 2 in. long, dilated upwards; stamens 4, subsimilar ; 
anther-cells one a little below the other, minutely mucronate at the 
base ; pollen broadly oblong, trigonous, with 3 stopples, the smooth 
bands hardly reaching the pole; capsule } in. long, 4-seeded, 
minutely pubescent, linear-cylindric base hardly 3 in. long; seeds 
flattened, coarsely tubercled. C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 
v. 135 including var. Grantii, C. B. Clarke. Adhatoda rostrata, 
Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 104; Lindau in 
Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 325. 
Eastern Reoion: Natil; Phoenix Station, 400-500 ft., Wool, 4967 partly! 
and without precise loca ity, Gerrard, 181! 
Frequent in Hast Tropical Africa. 
These Natal examples must be at least 18 in. high, and are var. Grantii 
(C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 135). There have been distributed two 
very different plants under Wood, 4967. One is the present species, as see 
Lindau in Enel. Jahrb. xxii. 118; the other, on which Schinz founded his 
Calophanes crenatus is a true Calophanes (now termed Dyschoriste), for which, 
see above, p. 16. 
6. A. subbiflora (C. B. Clarke); glabrous, except the corolla; 
branches 1 ft. long, trailing, flexuose, 4-angular and sub-4-winged, 
internodes 1-21 in, long; leaves 1} by } in., oblong, obtuse, much 
tapering at the base so that the petiole is obscure ; peduncles axillary, 
2 in, long, slender, 2-flowered ; bracts { in. long, linear; pedicels 
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