Hypoestes. | ACANTHACEH® (Clarke). 87 
long, linear-oblong ; second flower with its bracteoles generally 
wanting ; corolla 2 in. in total length; capsule 3 in. long, glabrous ; 
seeds 4, smooth. Nees in Linnea, xv. 875, and in DC. Prod. xi. 
509; #. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 129, 193; 
Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 70; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 
48 ; Lindau in Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 333, and in 
Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 371; C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 
v. 245. Justicia aristata, Vahl, Symb. ii, 2. 
Coast REeGion: Knysna Div.; near the mouth of the Knysna River, Bowie! 
Humausdorp Div. ; in a wooded kloof, near Humansdorp, 450 ft., Galpin, 4394! 
amongst shrubs by the Kabeljouws River, Bolus, 2423! Uitenhage Div. ; without 
precise locality, Cooper, 1495! Tredgold, 36! Port Htizabeth Div. ; on sand-hil!s 
and rocky shores near Port Elizabeth, below 100 ft., Dréye ! near Port Elizabeth, 
Burchell, 4819! 4888! Algoa Bay, Forbes! Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, 
Ecklon § Zeyher, 876! Atherstone, 11! Read! Burchell, 3584/2! Bunbury! 
Bathurst Div.; near Theopolis, Burchell, 4110! King Williamstown Div. ; 
Keiskamma, Hutton ! 
Kauanart Region: Orange River Colony, Cooper, 1037! 3042! Transvaal ; 
Houtboseh, Rekmann, 6185! Barberton, 2000 ft., Galpin, 644! 
EAsteERN KnGIoN: Natal; De Beers Pass, 5000-6000 ft., Wood, 6022! 
Also in South-east Tropical Africa. 
2. H. antennifera (S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 41) ; leaves up 
to 4-5 by 2-21 in., pubescent on the underface or sometimes with 
many long hairs along the nerves, often very thin in texture ; 
petioles up to 1-11 in. long; bracts of the spikelets often 4} in. 
long; corolla often 1 in. long; otherwise as H. aristata, R. Br. 
Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 333, and in Engl. 
Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 871; C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 245. 
H. aristata, var. macrophylla, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 510. H. plumosa, 
E. Meyes-in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 153, 193. 
Souru Arrica: without precise locality, Zeyher, 1396! 
Coasr Reeion: British Kaffraria; near Breakfast Viev, Cooper, 3037! 
KALAHARI Region: Orange River Colony, Cooper, 8036! : 
Eastern ReGion: Pondoland; between St. Johns River and Umtsikaba 
ae 10€0 ft., Drege ! Natal ; without precise locality, Plant, 99! Gerrard, 10! 
rant! 
Also in East Tropical Africa. 
3. H. triflora (Roem. et Schult. Syst. i. 141) ; more or less hairy, 
stems 1-3 ft. long; leaves 2} by 1 in. (or often smaller), ovate, 
narrowed at either end ; petioles 34 in. long; spikelets 5 or fewer 
(often 3) together in scattered heads, sometimes solitary, mostly 1- 
flowered ; 2 outer bracts free, }—} by §-j In., narrowly obovate-oblong, 
subobtuse; corolla 2 in. in tetal length; capsule nearly } in. long, 
glabrous, 4-seeded. Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 506; T. Anders. in Journ, 
‘Linn. Soc. vii. 50; Lindau in Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 
333; CO. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 557, and in Dyer, 
Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 247. Justicta triflora, Forsk. Fl. Aigypt.-Arab. 4. 
Eastern Recion: Tembuland; Bazeia, 2500 ft., Baur, 109! Griqualand 
East; Uinzimkulu district, in Euyembi woods, 5000 ft., Tyson, 2547! Natal ; 
