Justicia, | ACANTHACE® (Clarke), 59 
2 stopples, banded, rows of tubereles obscure 5 Ovary pubescent 
upwards ; style thinly hairy ; capsule 3 in. long, pubescent, 4-seeded ; 
seeds tubercular-rugose. C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 
190 with syn. J. fasciata, E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Documente, 160, 195; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 39; 
Lindau in Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 349, and in Engl. 
Fl. Ost-Afr. C. 373. Dianthera flava, Vahl, Symb.i.5. Dicliptera 
Jasciata, Presl, Bot. Bemerk. 95. Adhatoda flava, Nees in DC. 
Prod. xi. 401. A. fasciata, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 402. Athlianthus, 
Endl. Gen. Suppl. ii. 63. 
KALAHARI REGION: Transvaal; Marico District, Holub / 
EastERN Reaion: Natal; Umgeni River, under 500 ft., Drége! Durban, 
Wood, 831! Delagoa Bay, Forbes! 
Abundant throughout Tropical Africa. 
Nees says Athlianthus, Endl., is J. petiolaris; but, as it is said to be a 
tropical species with yellow flowers, it must be J. flava. 
7. J. petiolaris (E. Meyer in Drige, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 
150, 196); branches 12-20 in. long, more or less 4—6-angular 
upwards, with white deflexed hairs, glabrate below; leaves up to 
5 by 2 in., acuminate at either end, decurrent on the petiole, thin, 
green when mature, glabrous except for a few strigose hairs on the 
nerves ; petiole often 1-12 in. long; spikes 5 by % in., terminal, 
usually interrupted at the base; floral leaves oblong, with 3-1 flowers 
under each ; bract 1 in. long or rather more, lanceolate; bracteoles 
% in. long, linear; calyx 2 in. long, 5-partite to the base ; segments 
linear-lanceolate, acute ; corolla 2 in. long, blue (Wood); one anther- 
cell below the other, tailed; pollen ellipsoid with 2 stopples, tubercles 
obsolete ; pistil glabrous, except for a few scattered hairs on the 
style; capsule 3 in. long, glabrous, 4-seeded; seeds tubercular- 
tugose. TZ. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 39; Lindauin Engl. y 
Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 349. Adhatoda petiolaris, Nees in DC. 
Prod. xi. 402. 
Bas : Pondoland; St. Johns River, under 1000 ft., Dréye! 
Natal ga patna eae Gerrard, 1896! Zululand; Indulindi, 1000- 
1800 ft., Wood, 3953 ! 
8. J. Bowiei (C. B. Clarke); leaves up to 2} by 14 in., thomboid- 
ovate, rather thick, persistently hairy on both surfaces (in Bowie’s 
example); calyx green, } in. long; corolla red (Bowie) or blue 
(Flanagan) ; eapsule more than } in. long; otherwise as J. petiolaris. 
Adhatoda petiolaris, var. ? 8B, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 402. 
Sourn AFRica: without precise locality, Guthrie, 4711! 
Coast ReGion: moist situations in George, Uitenhage, and Albany Divs. ; 
Bowte ! East London Div. ; near the mouth of the Kei River, Flanagan, 832! 
9. J. Burchellii (C. B. Clarke); leaves hardly attaining 14 in. 
long ; petiole less than 1 in. long ; calyx hardly } in. long; capsule 
$ in. long; otherwise as J. petiolaris, EK. Meyer. 
