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17. ACANTHUS ARBOREUS, Forsk.; Т, Anders., Afr. Acanth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 
37.—Var. pubescens.  Caule obtuse tetragono puberulo; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, 
acutis, pinnatifidis, segmentis deltoideis spinosis, supra scabride puberulis, subtus pubes- 
centibus, valide nervosis; bracteis rigidis, ovato-oblongis, trinerviis, pubescentibus, 
margine et apice spinosis.—App. Speke's Journ. 648. Cheilopsis polystachya, Moq., et С. 
arborea, Nees, DC. Prod. xi. 272, 273. 
Frutescens 4-20-pedalis. Folia 5-6(-12) poll. longa, 1-4 poll. lata, basi cordata; petiolus brevis, 
г-1 poll. longus. Spice 3-6 poll. long. 
Hab. 2 41'S. lat., alt. 4000 feet, Col. Grant ! | 
[From 4 to 19 feet high. Have seen а bud of it growing upon а tree. Corolla pink. Seeds three ог 
so, covered with а down which makes the fingers itch.—J. А. G.] 
Plate LXXXVI. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Calyx; fig. 3. Anthers; fig. 4. Ovary and disk. 
18. JUSTICIA DEBILIS, Vahl; T. Anders, Afr. Acanth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 43.— 
Var. angustifolia. Justicia, blepharostegia, E. Mey, hb. Drége; App. Speke's Journ. 643. 
Monechma angustifolium, Nees; DC. Prod. хі. 412. М. debile, Nees, 1. с. 411. 
_ Hab. Karagué, Feb. 1862, Col. Grant! Also in Abyssinia and Arabia. 
_ [18 inches to 2 feet high, erect, with rather rough, purplish, four-cornered stem, having swollen joints. 
The hood of the flower is rose-pink, Seed-vessel splits in two, and contains two, flat, shining, dark 
blood-stone-coloured seeds. Found in flower at Karagué іп February.—J. А. G.] 
19. JUSTICIA SUBSESSILIS, Oliv., sp. nov. Caule erecto е caudice lignoso, teretiusculo, 
pubescente ; foliis late ovatis v. ovato-rotundatis, late acutatis, basi rotundatis integris sub- 
sessilibus, scabride pilosulis; spicis terminalibus obtusis, laxe bracteatis ; bracteis anguste 
ellipticis, bracteolis lanceolatis, acutis, calyce sequilongis, laciniis ejusdem latioribus; 
calycis laciniis 4 subæqualibus, lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, quinta minima; corollæ 
labio superiore obtuso, integro v. emarginato, inferiore apice breviter 3-lobato, lobis 
rotundatis. ` 
Caules 2-1-pedales, subsimplices. Folia 1 poll. longa, 7-10 poll. lata, interdum obtusa, obsolete apicu- 
lata. Spice basi foliis superioribus vaginatæ, 1-2} poll. long; braeteæ glanduloso-puberulæ, ciliate, et 
bracteolæ 5-6 lin. longæ. Flores 6-8 lin. longæ. 
Hab. Karagué, Dec. 1861 (Justicia no. 8, App. Speke's Journ. 643), Col. Grant ` 
[A woody bushy plant, growing in tufts, 10 inches in height, all over the Karagué hills, The yellow 
` flowers gradually shade down into the green of the leaves ; the lower lip of the corolla has two streaks 
of lilac passing down the throat. The seed-vessel seems four-celled externally, but contains only two 
flat seeds, ripe in December.—J. А. G.] 
Plate CXXIX. A. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open; fig. 3. Anther. 
20. JUSTICIA NEGLECTA, T. Anders., Afr. Acanth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 40.—Justicia 
no. 6, App. Speke’s Journ. 643. Adhatoda Rostellaria, Nees; DC. Prod. xi. 397. | 
` Hab. Unyoro, Aug. and Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! Widely spread in Tropical Africa. 
[At 9° N. lat. this plant, with its pretty pink flowers, is common in the tall grass next the cultivations. 
Lj A Gl : | | 
91. JUSTICIA INSULARIS, T. Anders, Afr. Acanth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 40,— 
Adhatoda diffusa, Benth. in Fl. Nigrit, 483. An varietas ? glabrior, floribus minoribus. 
Hab. 7230 S. lat., Oct. 1860 (Justicia по. 7, App. Speke's Journ. 648). GO 
