62 ACANTHACER (Clarke). [ Justicia. 
scabrous. ZT. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 42; C. B. Clarke in 
Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 201 (excl. syn. J. leucodermis). J. poly- 
morpha, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Brandenb. xxxi. (1890) 203; Lindau 
in Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzenfam, iv. 3B, 349. Adhatoda odora, 
Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 399. Gendarussa odora, Presl, Bot. Bermerk. 
95. 
Katanari ReGion: Transvaal; Avoca, near Barberton, 1900 ft., Galpin, 
1238! 
Extends to Abyssinia. 
The calyx, corolla, and capsule are all rather longer than in the type plant 
of Vahl. 
15. J. pulegioides (E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docu- 
mente, 151, 156, 196); sparingly pubescent, or frequently nearly glab- 
rous except the flowers; branches 4-12 in. long, slender, but woody ; 
leaves on the ultimate branches about + in. (rarely more than 2 in.) 
long, elliptic, obtuse, very shortly petioled, internodes 4 in. long and 
on the main branches of the same plant internodes 12 in. with leaves 
1 in. long occur ; flowers solitary, axillary, scattered ; calyx-segments 
% in. long, narrowly linear ; corolla 1—1 in. long, white marked with 
rose or purple; one anther-cell clearly lower than the other, tailed ; 
capsule } in. long, hardly } in. broad, glabrous, 4-seeded. J. convera, 
E. Meyer in Drége, Zuei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 155, 195, Jide 
Nees. J. protracta, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Svc. vii. 41 partly ; 
Lindau in Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 349. Gendurussa 
protracta, Nees in Linnea, xv. 371; Dréye in Linnea, xx. 200. G. 
prunellefolia, Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 71. Chetacanthus Persoonit, 
a, Nees in Linnea, xv. 356, and in DC. Prod. xi. 462 partly ; T. 
Anders. in Journ. Linn, Soe. vii. 23 partly (?). Adhatoda protracta, 
vars. B, y, 8, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 890 ; Sonder in Linnea, xxiii. 94, 
Var. 8, late-ovata (C. B. Clarke); leaves broad-ovate (many # in. wide), 
_ hispid and reticulately rugose beneath. 
Coasr Reeion: Uitenhage Div., Ecklon § Zeyher, 436! Komgha_ Div. ; 
Komgha, 200 ft., Flanagan, 725! 
CENTRAL KeGion: Somerset Div.; at Commadagga, Burchell, 3300! Vur. B: 
Alexandria Div. ; on the rocks of Zwartwater Poort, Burchell, 3364! 3405! 
— Raion: Transvaal; Houtbosch Rund, 4500 ft., Schlechter, 
EasTERN REGION: Pondoland; between St. Johns River and Umtsikabi 
Kiver, 1000-2000 ft., Drége! Natal; borders of woods around Durbau Bay, 
Krauss, 304! Inanda, Wood, 309! 718! Darban Flats, Wood in MacOwan ¥ 
Bolus, Herb. Norm, Aust.-Ajr., 1019! and witbout precise locality, Peddie! 
Sanderson, 433! Grant! 
Krauss, 304, is a fine and typical example of this species, and is written up by 
Nees’ hand as his Chetacanthus Perswonit a, The var. B, late-ovata, is probably 
specifically distinct, the leaves being very unlike in structure to those of any 
other plunt referred to J. pulegioides, 
16. J. Kraussii (C. B. Clarke); branches 19--16 in. long, 
pubescent ; internodes 1-2} in. long; leaves 11 by + in., elliptie- 
oblong, glabrate, petiole }-} in. long; flowers white, nearly as of 
