ACANTHACER (S. Moore) 83 
2:5-9:0 mm. long. Flowers pale mauve. Calyx 8 mm. long, with 
somewhat unequal segments. Corolla-tube 10 mm. long, 2 mm. 
wide; upper lip 5 mm. long, 3:5 mm. broad, rounded distally and 
topped with a small 2-toothed cusp less than 1 mm. long; lower lip 
6:5 x 3°75 mm. Anther-cells linear, the upper 1-2 mm. long, the - 
lower (including the spur) 1°75 mm. Ovary 1:5 mm. ; style 12 mm. 
long. Capsule 18-14 mm. long, the stipe 6:5-8:5 mm. long and 
about 1 mm. wide, the seed-bearing part 2mm. wide. Seeds brown, 
minutely warted, the lower 1:5 mm. in diameter, the upper smaller 
and perhaps not functional. 
A remarkable plant, unlike any African Justicia known to me. 
It should be inserted in the genus at the end of $ Gendarussa after 
J. glabra Roxb. : 
Justieia ($ Gendarussa) Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Fruti- 
culus ramis foliosis ad nodos aliquantulum tumidis minute fulvo- 
pubescentibus deinde glabrescentibus ; foliis satis longe breviusve 
petiolatis ovatis apice cuspidato-acuminatis ipso obtusis basi obtusis 
membranaceis supra glabris subtus in nervis minute pubescentibus ; 
foliis floralibus paucis senioribus lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis 
exemptis parvis lineari-lanceolatis subulatisve minute pubescen- 
tibus; floribus submediocribus breviter pedicellatis in paniculam 
elongatam apertam crebro ramosam minute pubescentem digestis ; 
bracteis bracteolisque parvis lanceolato-oblongis obtuse acutis; 
calycis segmentis 5 lanceolato-oblongis obtusis acutisve minute 
pubescentibus; corollae extus puberulae tubo calycem excedente 
satis lato faucibus haud dilatato labio antico late rotundato- 
obovato ultra medium diviso labium posticum ovato-deltoideum 
apice retusum aequante ; antherarum loc. inf. incurvo-calcarato ; 
ovario minute pubescente ; stylo incluso puberulo ; capsula inferne 
compressa. 
Oban; n. 1425, . 
Blade of leaf at most 14 x 6:5 cm., usually 8-9 x 4-4:5 em., 
green when dry, somewhat paler below; petioles of the largest leaves 
3 em. long, of the smaller 1 cm. or less, channelled above, minutely 
pubescent. Panicle 16-29 x 5-9 cm., the main axis straight, the 
lateral branches springing from it at about a right angle and mostly 
2-4 cm. long. Oldest floral. leaves 2:5-8 cm. long, 8-10 mm. broad, 
the rest 2-10 mm. long. Flowers unilateral upon the partial inflor- 
escences, cream-white with dark crimson lines. Pedicels 1-5 mm. 
long. Bracts and bracteoles about 1 mm. Calyz 5 mm. long. Tube 
of corolla 7 mm. long, 3 mm. broad; lips 5 mm. long, the upper 
nearly 5 mm. wide at the base, the lower about 4 mm. wide, with 
lobes 3 mm. in length; palate very intrusive. Filaments 3 mm. long. 
Upper cell of anthers 1'2 mm. long, lower cell narrower, 1-75 mm. 
long, including the strongly curved spur. Ovary 2 mm. long. Style 
6'5 mm. long. Capsule 18 mm. long, the compressed basal part 10 mm. 
broad, the fertile part 3:5 mm. Seeds with a brown finely warted 
testa, about 2 mm. in diameter; retinacula truncate. ; 
Near the last, but with different inflorescence and flowers. This 
is one of the plants used by the natives to stupefy fish. - 
; ae — 62 
