58 ACANTHACE® (Clarke). [ Justicia. 
A frequent plant in India and Malaya; 1 example also from Mozambique 
seen, 
2. J. betonicoides (C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 184); 
stems densely and shortly hairy; leaves 2—4 in. long, when mature 
hairy beneath, subsessile ; otherwise as J. Betonica, Linn. 
Eastern Recion: Natal; Tongaat, Wood, 108! and without precise locality, 
Gerrard, 321! 
Frequent from Mozambique to Abyssinia. 
3. J. trinervia (Vahl, Enum. i. 156); leaves 13 by 2 in., ovate- 
oblong, subsessile ; flowers rather smaller than those of J. Betonica, 
Linn.; otherwise as J. Betonica. O.B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl, Trop. Afr. 
v. 185. J. Betonica, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 510, VW. 
lupulina c, BE. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 158, 
195. Adhatoda trinervia, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 384. Nicoteba 
trinervia, Lindau in Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzenfum. iv. 3B, 329, 
Eastern Region: Natal; Umlazi River, under 200 ft., Drége ! near Durban, 
Williamson ! and without precise locality, Peddie ! 
Also in East Tropical Africa and South India, 
4. J. pallidior (C. B. Clarke) ; stems glabrous, except in var. B ; 
leaves 1 by } in., lanceolate, acute at buth ends, subsessile ; otherwise 
as J. Betonica, Linn. J. Betonica, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
vii, 88 partly. Adhatoda variegata, var. pallidior, Nees in DC. 
Prod. xi. 385 ; Sonder in Linnea, xxiii. 94. 
Var. 8, Cooperi; stems densely and shortly hairy in the upper part. 
Coast Region; Var. 8: British Kaffraria, Cooper, 8114! 
Katanart ReGion: Transvaal ; Apies River, Burke, 514! Schlechter, 
3613! Magalies Berg, Zeyher, 1399! Pilgrims Rest, Greenstock ! 
This species only differs from J. trinervia by the smaller, narrower and more’ 
acute leaves. 
5. J. cheiranthifolia (C. B. Clarke); leaves up to 21 by 3-1 in, 
narrowly oblong, subsessile ; otherwise as J. Betonica, Linn, J. 
Betonica, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 38 partly, Adhatoda 
cheiranthifolia, Nees in DC. Prod. xi, 387 ; Sonder in Linnea, 
Xxili. 94, 
KaLanari Recton: Transvaal; Magalies Berg, Zeyher, 1400! Burke! 
_rocky places near Barberton, 3500 ft., Thorneroft, 127! Wood, 4164! Suddle- 
back Range near Barberton, 4000-4500 ft., Galpin, 616! 
Hastern Region: Natal; Gerrard, 1271! 
6. J. flava (Vahl, Symb. ii. 15, not of Kurz) ; hairy, up to 2-4 ft. 
high ; leaves 2 by 4-1 in., ovate-lanceolate, decurrent on the petiole ; 
petiole 0-$ in. long; spikes terminal, 4-8 by % in., continuous or 
interrupted at the base, lower whorls sometimes distant, i.e. axillary 
clusters ; floral leaves linear-oblong with 3-1 flowers ; bracts exceed- 
ing } in. long, linear, spathulate-tipped ; bracteoles scarcely 4 in. 
Jong, linear; calyx } in. long, 5-fid to the base, scarious brown, or 
hardly green ; segments linear; corolla 3-y in. long, yellow; one 
anther-cell much below the other, tailed; pollen globose with 
