Dicliptera. } ACANTHACES (Clarke). 91 
EasTeRN Reeion: Pondoland; between St. Johns River and Umsikaba 
River, 1000-2000 ft., Drege! Natal; Clairmont, below 400 ft., Wood, 1309! 
and without precise locality, Gerrard, 26! 
2. D. zeylanica (Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 474); stems 2 ft. long, 
sparsely hairy; leaves up to 3} by 1% in,, ovate-lanceolate, thinly 
hairy, secondary nerves raised conspicuously on the under face ; 
petioles up to 1-1} in. ; inflorescences axillary, loose, of 3-1 (rarely 
5) spikelets on pedicels 3-1 in. long; bracts 1-2 by 2 in., obovate- 
elliptic, acute, mucronate ; calyx, corolla and fruit as in D. hetero- 
stegia, Presl. C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 552. D. 
bivalvis, Nees in DO. Prod. xi. 475 partly; Wight, Ill. Nat. Ord. 
Ind, Pl. ii. 191, t. 164 b, fig. 10, and Ie, Plant. v. t. 1551; 7. 
Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. ix. 519, not of Jussieu. 
Coast ReEeion: Cape Div.; near the Cape of Good Hope Promontory, 
Oldenburg! Komgha Div.; in woods near the mouth of the Kei River, 100 ft., 
Flanagan, 801! 
Frequent in the Indian Peninsula and Ceylon. Hardly differs specifically 
from D. heterostegia. 
3. D. capensis (Nees in Linnea, xv. 373) ; sparingly hairy ; stems 
4-18 in. long, slender; leaves 1 by 3 in., tip triangular, base obtuse ; 
petioles up to 2 in. long ; inflorescences axillary, thin, of 3-1 spike- 
lets; bracts 2 in, long and nearly as broad, round or ovate or somewhat 
obovate, both usually shortly acuminate, mucronate; corolla 3 in. 
long ; capsule + in. long, very hairy on the margins. Nees in DC. 
Prod. xi. 481; 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 47 ; Lindau in 
Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzerfam. iv. 3B, 333. D. propinqua, Nees in 
Linnea, xv. 373, and in DC. Prod. xi. 477. Tyloglossa pubescens, 
Hochst. in Flova, 1845, 71% 
Coast Rereion: Riversdale Div. ; between the Ganritz River and Great Vals 
River, Burchell, 6523! Uitenhage Div.; near the Zwartkops River, Ecklon / 
King Williamstown Div. ; near King Williamstown, 1600 ft., Tyson. 1013! 
CENTRAL RxeGion: Somerset Div. ; between Little Fish River and Comma- 
dagga, Burchell, 3280! Albert Div.; without precise locality, Cooper, 1767! 
4. D. clinopodia (Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 483); pubescent or 
hairy, the branches and leaves often becoming nearly glabrate ; 
branches 1-2 ft. long ; leaves 21 by 1 in., narrowed at either end ; 
petioles up to 3-1 in. long; spikelets in dense heads, the terminal 
1: by 1 in,, the axillary often much shorter; bracts } by } in, 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, not widened upwards ; bracteoles { in. long, 
linear-lanceolate; sepals } in. long, linear; corolla 1 in. long; ~ 
capsule hardly exceeding } in. in length, minutely hairy on the 
margins. J. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 47. Justicia 
clinopodia, EB. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 158, 
195. 
Katanart Region: Orange River Colony ; Vaal River, Burke ! Transvaal ; 
at Sterk Spruit near Lydenburg, Wilms, 1191! ae ; 
Eastern RecGion: Natal; in the valley of the Umlazi River, Drege! Great 
Noods Berg, 3000 ft., Wood, 4280! Delagoa Bay; by the Crocodile River near 
Louws Creek, 1400 ft., MacOwan § Bolus, Herb. Norm, Aust.-Afr., 1339! 
