72 ACANTHACE® (Clarke). [ Monechma. 
9. M. Atherstonei (C. B. Clarke); viscous-pubescent, branches 
8 in. long, round, not striate; leaves up to 4 by + in., narrow, 
lanceolate-obovate, hardly acute, subsessile; flowers few, solitary, 
approximate in the upper axils; bracteoles 2, + in. long, linear- 
oblong ; calyx } in. long, deeply 5-partite; lobes linear, hardly acute ; 
corolla nearly $ in. long ; one anther-cell below the other, with a very 
long tail; pollen ellipsoid with 2 stopples, banded, and with 1 row 
of tubercles beside each stopple; capsule + in. long, stalked, 
2-seeded, glabrate; seeds brown, smooth. 
Western Region: Little Namaqnaland; sandy flats near the Aur Aap River, 
a tributary of the Orange River, A/herstone, 11! 
10. M. spartioides (C. B. Clarke); a straggling nearly glabrous 
and leafless shrub; branches up to 2 ft. long, round, with many 
internodes 2 in. long; leaves very few, 2 by j; in., subulate ; 
flowers solitary, few, approximated in the upper axils; bracteoles 
x in. long, linear; calyx 2 in, long, minutely pubescent and with 
gland-headed hairs, deeply 5-partite; lobes linear; corolla 3-2 in. 
long, white with violet tips (Schinz) ; one anther-cell much below the 
other, tailed ; pollen ellipsoid with 2 stopples, slightly banded, 
scarcely tubercled ; pistil glabrous; capsule + in. long, 2-seeded. 
Justicia spartioides, T, Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 43. 
Westrrn Reeton: Great Namaqualand; on the bed of a river at Cannas, 
Schinz, 22! and withont precise locality, Schinz, 28! Little N amaqualand, Jus, 
2800 ft., Schlechter, 11407! 
ll. M. fimbriatum (C. B. Clarke); a pubese-nt small shrub; 
branches 14 in. long, frequently divided, quadrangular, many inter- 
nodes 1} in. long; leaves 3 by +; in., narrowly linear ; flowers 
solitary, approximate in the upper axils; bracteoles 2, 4 in. long, 
linear, the margins most densely fringed by long white many-celled 
hairs ; calyx 1 in, long, deeply 5-fid, minutely pubescent and with 
some gland-headed hairs; corolla + in. long; one anther-cell much 
below the other, tailed; pollen ellipsoid with 2 stopples and 
1 obscure row of tubercles on either side of each stopple ; capsule 
3 in. long, sparsely and minutely hairy, 2-secded ; seeds smooth. 
Eastern Reaion: Natal ; without precise locality, Gerrard, 1269! 
Also lately collected by Schlechter in Tropical Transvaal. 
The dense white fringe to the bracteoles in Gerrard, 1269, catches the eye at 
once; the fringe is less proininent in Schlechter’s plant. 
12. M. divaricatum (C. B. Clarke); an undershrub, attaining 
2 ft. in height (at least) ; branches terete, not striate, minutel y hairy, 
many internodes 1-2} in. long; leaves 1-2 by 2-2 in., linear-obovate, 
pubescent, long-tapering to the base, lip optuse, recurved, with a 
minute mucro; flowers scattered, axillary, few, mostly towards the 
ends of the branches; bracteoles 2, 2 in. long, linear ; calyx 2 in. 
long, deeply 4-fid; lobes linear, glandular-pubescent, very white on 
the margins ; corolla } in. long, rose-coloured (Bolus); one anther- 
cell much lower than the other, tailed; pollen ellipsoid with 
