Lsoglossa. | ACANTHACE® (Clarke). 83 
acuminate, slightly hairy, base decurrent; petiole rarely attaining 
zo in. in length; inflorescences terminal on the main stem, and on 
short lateral branches, attaining 2 by } in., slender, interrupted 
viscid-hairy ; floral leaves (or bracts) in the upper half of the 
inflorescence oblong, very small, often less thun 2 in. long; bracteoles 
similar but smaller; calyx 3-1 in. long; segments linear, with 
many gland-headed hairs; corolla 4 in. long, rather slender; capsule 
3 in. long, stalked, 4-seeded. 
Sourm Arrica: without precise locality, Masson / 
mata REGION; Stockenstrom Div.; Kat Berg, Shaw in Bolus Herb., 
Katanari Reeion: Transvaal; in wooded ravines near Barberton, 3000 ft., 
Galpin, 456! 958! 
11. I. Macowanii (C. B. Clarke); stems and leaves sparingly 
pubescent ; leaves 1-11 by 2 in., broadly elliptic, not acumi- 
nate; petioles 1—% in. long; inflorescences scattered, many on the 
lower branches, interrupted, few-flowered, only slightly viscous ; 
bracts (even the upper ones) ovate or broadly lanceolate, often 
exceeding the calyx; calyx + in. long; segments oblong-linear, 
white-hispid and also with some gland-headed hairs; corolla ¢ by 
i in., considerably larger than in the 2 preceding species. 
Coast Rea@rion: Albany Div.; without precise locality, Cooper, 1519! 
CENTRAL KeGion: Somerset Div.; edges of woods on the Bosch Berg, 2000- 
2800 ft., MacOwan, 933! Bolus, 299! 
Eastegn Recion: Natal; without precise locality, Cooper, 2876! 
12. I. delicatula (C. B. Clarke); stems and leaves sparingly 
pubescent ; leaves up to 13 by 1 in,, elliptic, acuminate at either 
end; petioles up to} in. long; infloreseences up to 1} by } in., 
interrupted, loose, sparingly hairy ; bracts lanceolate, about } in. 
long, bracteoles similar but rather shorter ; calyx } in. long; segments 
linear, with some gland-headed hairs ; corolla {—} in. long. 
Coast Recion: King Williamstown Div.; Perie woods, 2500 ft., Z'yson, 
1046! 
Eastern Reqaion: Natal; Umkomaas, 4000-3000 ft., Wood, 4607! 
18. I. hypoestifiora (Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 58) ; sparingly 
hairy, branches 8-20 in. long; leaves up to 3 by 1 in, elliptic, 
acuminate, base narrowed ; petiole up to 14 in. long; flowers in small 
loose panicles, mostly towards the ends of the branches ; bracts up 
to § by 2 in., linear-oblong ; bracteoles much smaller, rnd Oxlade 
thinly hispid with non-glandular white hairs ; calyx 4 in. long 5 
segments linear, pubescent ; corolla-tube { by 3’5 1n., hardly widened 
upwards ; anticous lip 2 by } in., ovate, nearly entire ; posticous 
lip 2-2 in. long, linear-oblong ; stamens 2 ; anther-cells oblong, 
muticous, one completely above the other; pollen globose, 
compressed, circular faces smooth with a few scattered prickles 
and a stopple in the centre of each ; pistil glabrous; style very 
shortly 2-lobed; capsule 3 by } in., 4-seeded, the placente not 
rising elastically from the base ; foals roughly wrinkled, Justicia 
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