82 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
30 em. in length, though usually shorter, at most 12 mm. broad, but 
usually much less, the internodes between the partial inflorescences 
diminishing from 2 em. at the bottom of well-grown spikes to 2 mm. 
or less at the top. Peduncles + 4 cm. long. Floral leaves at most 
(and then very oecasionally) up to 15 mm. in length, usually only 
3-5 mm. Bracts and bracteoles about 2 mm. long. Calyx 8:5 mm. 
long, the segments each with 3 longitudinal nerves. Corolla-tube 
4:5 long, 2 mm. wide at bottom, at the throat 3 mm.; upper lip 
4:0 x 8-5. mm.; lower lip 4:5 mm. long; its middle lobe 
2:5 x 2'0 mm., side lobes 2:5 x 1:5 mm. Upper cell of anthers 
1:5 mm. long, lower cell 2 mm. Ovary subcylindric, a trifle narrowed 
at the top, barely 2 mm. long. Style 6 mm. long. 
Near J. pyramidata Clarke, but with marked differences in shape 
of leaves, inflorescence and flowers. 
It is said to stupefy fish, like other species of this genus and of 
Adhatoda. 
Justieia ($ Gendarussa) tenuipes S. Moore sp. nov. Herba 
caule abbreviato plerumque simplici paucifolioso dense pubescente ; 
foliis satis approximatis (haud rosulatis) ovatis vel ovato- 
oblongis utrinque rotundatis vel apice obtusissimis membranaceis 
supra cito fere glabris subtus in nervis pubescentibus nisi fere 
glabris margine ciliatis petiolis brevibus dense pubescentibus 
insidentibus ; eymis paniculatis terminalibus vel ex axillis summis 
oriundis folia paullo excedentibus laxe paucifloris tenuissimis 
glanduloso-piloso-pubescentibus ; bracteis parvis linearibus acutis 
bracteolas aequantibus ; calyce bracteas longe excedente 5-partito 
segmentis linearibus acuminatis ut bracteae bracteolaeque glandu- 
loso-puberulis ; corollae mediocris tubo calyce longiore cylindrico 
labio antico tubo breviore obovato breviter lobato lobo inter- 
medio quam laterales latiore lobo postico quam anticus plane 
breviore ovato bidentato ; antheris subinclusis harum loculo inf. 
breviter debiliterque calcarato; ovario ovoideo-oblongo minu- 
tissime pubescente ; stylo pilosulo; capsula basi longe stipitata 
acuta pubescente 4-sperma. 
Oban ; n. 1483. ; 
A small plant with the habit of Jerdonia indica Wight, and 
other lowly Gesneraceae. Lower part of stem creeping and rooting 
at the nodes, upper part ascending, usually simple, but occasionally 
throwing out a weak side-branch. Leaves three or four pairs, younger 
at» intervals of 5-7 mm., the lower more distant; blade up to 
' 6 or 7 em. long and 3:5-8:7 em. broad, but often much smaller, 
e.g., 9:0 x 1'5 cm., the nervation very prominent on the underside, 
especially in the case of larger leaves; petioles stout, 3-8 mm. long. 
Inflorescence of very small specimens reduced to a single lengthily 
pedunculate flower, but usually of cymes, which may reach 
10 x 6 em., of which 3:5 em. belongs to the filiform peduncle, the 
main axis giving off usually 2 pairs of lateral branches, whieh may 
themselves braneh again, each branch at the top producing & 
cymule of 2-8 subsessile or peduncled flowers, the branches and 
- peduncles filiform and pilose-pubescent. Bracts and bracteoles | 
