66 ACANTHACER (Clarke). [ Justicia. 
near Johannisburg, 5500 ft., Gilfillan, 1418! near Lydenburg, Atherstone ! 
Wilms, 1201! Hoogeveld, near Standerton, Wilms, 1201b! Mooifontein, 5500 ft., 
Schlechter, 3565 ! 
T. Anderson cites (Journ. Linn. Soc. l.c.) Adhatoda patula, Nees in part, as a 
synonym, 
24, J. matammensis (Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxix. 130) ; softly 
white hairy on the stems, at the nodes and the base of the leaves ; 
branches 5-12 in. long, divided, weak ; leaves 11 by 1-1 in., elliptic 
or subovate; peduncles numerous, 1-14 in. long, bearing in the upper 
half 3-5 separate (mostly alternate) flowers; bracts or bracteoles 
linear, smaller than the calyx; calyx-lobes 3 in. long, linear, nearly 
glabrous ; corolla 3 in. long; capsule 4 in, long, glabrate, with 
4 rugose seeds, C. B. Olarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 209. J. 
anselliana, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 283, 
fig. 112, D, E. 
KALAHARI REGION: Transvaal; Hammans Kraal, 4400 ft., Schlechter, 4203 ! 
Common in Tropical Africa, south to Matabeleland. It represents the section 
Ansellia, T. Anders, which Bentham (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 1113) 
placed under the genus Dianthera. 
25. J. exigua (S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1900, 204); nearly 
glabrous ; stem 8 in. long, much branched ; leaves 1 by + in., ovate 
or elliptic; petiole O-, in. long; peduncles scattered, i++ in. long, 
carrying 2 (sometimes 3) flowers near the top; bracteoles much 
shorter than the calyx ; calyx 3 in. long, divided to the base into 
4 linear nearly glabrous segments ; corolla less than Zin. long; lower 
anther-cell tailed; pollen most minute, ellipsoid, banded, with 2 
stopples and a row of strong tubercles on either side of each 
stopple; ovary nearly glabrous, except at the tip ; capsule 2 in. 
long, 4-seeded, nearly sessile, ylabrate ; seeds tubercular-rugose, 
Katanari ReGion: South African Goldfields, Baines ! 
Also in Tropical Africa near Bulawayo, 
Imperfectly known Species. 
26. J. incerta (C. B. Clarke); a small undershrub ;_ branehes 
4-6 in. long, divided, hairy; stem-leaves 3-4 by 3-} in., ovate, 
subobtuse, pubescent, base narrowed ; petiole yz In. long; upper 
leaves narrower, obovate, passing into the spathulate floral leaves; 
flowers solitary, opposite, in 6-12 of the uppermost axils, almost 
running into a terminal spike; bracteoles more than i in. long, 
linear-spathulate, similar to the bract (or floral leaf) ; calyx 2 in. long, 
divided to the base; segments 5, linear, pubescent ; corolla 2 in. 
long ; one anther-cell much the lower, long-tailed ; pollen ellipsoid, 
banded, with 2 stopples, tubercles very obscure; pistil glabrous 
except for a few scattered hairs on the style; capsule exceeding 
} by } in., subsessile, 4-seeded ; seeds tubercular-rugose, 
KatauarRt RecGion: Transvaal; Boschveld, between Elands River and 
Klippan, Rehmann, 5058 ! 
This might be located artificially next J. petiolaris. The spathul: 
leaves and bracteoles make it look not a Justicia, ieiaiitvea ee iad 
