88 “ACANTHACE® (Clarke). [ ITypoestes. 
Mount West, 5200 ft., Schlechter, 6829! Polela District, Foureade in Wood 
Herb. 4282! 
Frequent in Tropical Africa and India. 
4. H. phaylopsoides (S. Moore in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. 
iv. 34) ; lower bract of the spikelet attaining $ by 1 in., upper con- 
siderably smaller ; otherwise as H. triflora. Lindau in Engl. Pf. 
Ost-Afr. C. 371; O. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 248. 
KatanarI Reeion: Orange River Colony, Cooper, 3035! Transvaal ; 
Barberton, 3000 ft., Galpin, 959! 
Eastern ReGion: Natal; Noods Berg, Wood, 1058! 
Also in South-east Tropical Africa. 
This species resembles closely the large-leaved forms of H. triftora, Roem. & 
Schult. 
5. H. verticillaris (R. Br. Prod. 474, in Obs.) ; more or less hairy ; 
branches 1-3 ft. long; leaves 22 by 1 in,, elliptic-laneeolate, some- 
times larger, wavy-crenate on the margins, narrowed at either end ; 
petioles 1-8 in. long; spikelets in axillary clusters or more often 
the short peduncle carrying an oblong or linear spike of clusters ; 
2 outer bracts to each spikelet connate at the base into a distinct 
tube, 4 in, in total length, pubescent or hairy, the free tips narrowly 
oblong ; corolla 1-1 in. long ; capsule 4-3 In. long, smooth, often 
2-seeded. Nees in Linnea, xv. 376, in DC. Prod. xi. 507; Krauss 
in Flora, 1845, 70; T. Anders.in Journ. Linn Soe. vii. 48; Lindau 
tn Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 63, t. 2, fig. 73, in Engl. § Prantl, Pllanzenfam. 
iv. 3B, 332, 333, fig. 184 A-C, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. CG. 371; 
Rolfe in Oates, Matabeleland, ed. ii. 406; C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fi. 
Trop. Afr. v. 250; Schinz in Mém. Herb. Boiss. x. 64. HI, poly- 
morpha, E, Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 123, 
159, 193. H. elinopodia, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 508, fide T. Anders. 
le. Justicia verticillaris, Linn. J. Suppl. 85; Thunb. Prod. 104, 
and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 479. Dicliptera verticillaris, Juss. in 
Ann. Mus. Paris, ix. (1807) 268. 
Soutn Arrica: without precise locality, Zeyher, 1397! 
Coast Reeion : Caledon Div. ; Hang Klip, Mund § Maire! Swellendam 
Div.! in moist situations, Bowie / George Div.; near George, Drége ! Humans- 
dorp Div. ; by the Kabeljouws River, Bolus, 2424! Uitenhage Div.; Grassrug, 
near Uitenhage, Baur! and without precise locality, Ecklon & Zeyher, 78! 
Pappe! Masson! Tredgold, 28! Rehmann! Albany Div. ; Grahamstown, 
Bunbury ! and without precise locality, Cooper, 1540! Atherstone, 41! Hast 
London Div. ; sea coast, Galpin, 1880! King Williams Town Div. ; 1500 ft., 
rer 1016! Catheart Diy. ; Wiudvogel Mountain near Goshen, 3500 ft., Baur, 
CENTRAL ReGion: Somerset Div. ; Somerset East, 2000 ft., Bolus, 298! 
Bowker! bruintjes Hoogte, on the lower part, Burchell, 2987 ! 
KataHaRt Reeion: Orange River Colony ; Vaal River, Burke ! Transvaal ; 
Apies Puort, near Pretoria, Rehmann, 4106 ! Barberton, 3000 ft., Galpin, 957! 
between Spitz Kop and Komati River, Wilms, 1198! 
Eastern Rea@ion: Tembuland ; Bazeia, 2500 ft., Baur, 167! Natal; near 
Durban, Drege! near Byrne, Wood, 1818! Inanda, Wood, 874! Pietermaritz- 
borg, Oates! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1270! Cooper, 3033! 
Zululand; bntameni, Wood, 3968 ! Delagou Bay, Junod, 380, 
