74 ACANTHACEZ (Clarke). [Monechma. 
elliptic, subsessile, tip obtuse, base narrow; flowers few, axillary, 
scattered ; bracteoles 3 in. long, linear-oblony;. calyx 4-partite to the 
base ; segments exceeding 1 in. long, linear, broader and minutely 
hairy in the lower half; corolla 1-2 in. long; one anther-cell much 
below the other, tailed; pollen ellipsoid, with 2 stopples and several 
rows of small tubercles; capsule exceeding 2 in. long, with 2 smooth 
seeds. Justicia foliosa, E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 
Documente, 62, 195. J. cuneata, 1. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
vii. 41 partly. Gendarussa JSoliolosa, Presl, But. Bemerk. 95. G. 
cuneata, Drége in Linnea, xx. 200. Adhatoda cuneata, Nees in DC. 
Prod. xi. 392 partly. 
Coast Rea@ion: Knysna Div.; without precise locality, Bolus, 2422! Uiten- 
hage Div. ; near Roodewal, Bolus, 1873! 
CentRaL Reeion: Beaufort West Div.; between Beaufort West and 
Rhinoster Kop, 2500-3000 1t., Dréye / 
Nees has written ‘ Tyloglossa cuneata, N. ab E.,” on Drége’s example marked 
“Justcia foliosa, E. M.” ; the leaves bear a resemblance to those of Justicia 
cuneata, Vahl, 
XXII. SIPHONOGLOSSA, Oerst. 
Corolla with a long linear tube, much longer than the 2-lipped 
limb ; otherwise as Justicia. 
Species 8, viz. 5 in Tropical America and the 3 following :— 
8. tubulosa was removed from Justicia to the American genus Siphonoglossa by 
Bentham (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 1110). S. Moore added 8. Num- 
mularia which is beyond question congeneric with S. tulbulosa. Buaillon (Hist. 
des Plantes, x. 441) records §. tubulosa under Siphonoglossa, but does not 
appear to have examiued or considered it. Lindau (in Engl. & Prantl, Pflan- 
zenfum. iv, 3B, 338) says that these two Species can scarcely be referred to 
Siphonoglossa, and (l.c. p. 349) records S. tubulosa (under a different name) as a 
true Justicia, The question is greatly complicated by the arrival of a third 
South African species which has the corolla of Beleropone, not of Siphonoglossa. 
Corolla in total length under 1 in. 3 lips less than 
2 in. long : 
Leaves 1-1} in. long, elliptic, long-petioled (1) tubulosa, 
Leaves }-3 in. long, round, subsessile... se (2) Nummularia, 
Corolla in total length 2 in, aud upwards ; lips 3 in, 
ae Pe ots es vite ee a -» (8) linifolia. 
1. §. tubulosa (Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 
338); minutely and thinly hairy ; branches 6-12 in. long, weak ; 
leaves 13 by % in., elliptic, narrowed at both ends, thin ; petivle 
4—{ in. long ; flowers few, scattered, in the upper axils; bracts and 
bracteoles inconspicuous ; calyx-segments % in. long, linear; corolla- 
tube } by sy in., slightly widened upwards ; lips 3 in. long, with 
rounded lobes; one anther-cell much below the other, tailed; 
pollen ellipsoid, stopples 2, tubercles none or most obscure ; capsule 
4-% by 3'5 in, glabrate, 4-seeded. Justicia tululosa, E. Meyer in 
Drege, Zwet Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 150, 196; T. Anders. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 41. J. suffruticosa, E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei 
Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 153, 196. J. leptantha, Linduw in Engl. 
