Monechma. ] ACANTHACE (Clarke), 69 
Justicia blepharostegia, E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Doeumente, 160, 195; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 43 . 
Lindau in Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 349. Dicliptera 
blepharostegia, Presl, Bot. Bemerk. 95. 
Katanari Reaion : Transvaal; Klipdam, 4500 ft., Schlechter, 4192! 
KastERN KeGion: Natal; near Durban, below 500 ft., Dréye! Umbloti 
Flat, Weod, 1256! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 392! Delagoa Bay, 
Junod, 145! 
Common in Tropical Africa; also in Bombay, 
2. M. incanum (C. B. Clarke) ; a persistently hoary rugged under- 
shrub; branches 6-15 in, long, sometimes 1 in. in diam., with very 
short internoles; leaves 1-2 by +1, in., linear-obovate, obtuse; 
flowers scattered, axillary, mostly solitary; bracts small, narrow; 
calyx 4 in. long; corolla 2 in. long; lower anther-cell long-tailed ; 
pollen ellipsoid with 2 stopples, distinctly banded; capsule nearly 
x in. long, 2-seeded, glabrous; seeds large, hard, shining, dark 
brown with black blotehes, subglobose, a little compressed. - Justicia 
incana, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc, vii. 42; Engl. in Enyl. 
Jahrb. x. 264; Lindau in Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 
349. Gendarussa incana, Nees in Linnea, xv. 367, excl. var. B ; 
Drége in Linnea, xx. 200; G. capensis, Presl, Bot. Bemerk. 95. 
Adhatoda incana, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 393. Justicia capensis, 
HE. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 62, 195, not of 
Thund. 
Sourn Arrica : without precise locality, Zeyher, 1893! 
CENTRAL ReGion; Beautort West Div.; between Beaufort West and 
Rhinoster Kop, 2500-3500 ft., Drége! Karoo near Beaufort West, Henderson ! 
Murraysburg Viv. ; ou the Sueeawberg Range, near Murraysburg, Bolus, 1783! 
rough slopes near Murraysburg, 4100 ft., Tyson, 81! Cradock Div,; Brack 
River, Burke! Albert Div. ; hills near Burgersdorp, Mrs. Barber ! 
Western Region: Great Namaqualand ; Tiras, Schinz, 20! 
Katanagt Rea@ion: Prieska Div. ; Zand Valley, Burchel/, 1632! Orange 
River Colony (?) Rance (? Rands) Bosch, Burke, 280! Griqualand West; Great 
Boetsap, 4000 tt., Marloth, 967! British Bechuanaland ; Huss Hills, Holub! 
3. M. molle (C. B. Clarke); densely and shortly pubescent; 
stems 6-10 in. long, stout, branched ; internodes mostly }—-} in. long, 
some up to 14 in. long; leaves } to } in. in diam., round-ovate, 
rather thick, nearly sessile ; flowers solitary, scattered, not clustered 
towards the ends of the branches ; pedicels 0-3 in. long; bracteoles 2, 
+ in. long, linear-oblong, obtuse ; calyx nearly 1 in. long; lobes 5, 
oblong to linear, hardly acute, pubescent and with some gland-headed 
hairs; corolla 2-8 in. long, white (Bolus) ; one anther-cell much 
below the other, with a long clavate tail; pollen ellipsoid, with 
2 stopples and 2 longitudinal rows of tubercles on either side of each 
stopple ; capsule } in. long, stalk rather thick, slightly puberulous at 
the tip, 2-seeded 3 seeds discoid, margined, smooth. Justicia mollis, 
Ei. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pflanzenyeog”. Documente, 92, 196; Z. 
Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 42; Lindau in Engl. § Prantl, 
