Asystasia.] xcviii. acanthace^ (clarke). 135 



elliptic, tapering at both ends; petiole 0-J^ in. long. Spike 5 in, 

 long, terminal, flowers in opposite pairs, lower distant ; pubescent 

 with some shaggy white hair on the calyces ; bracts i in. long, ovate, 

 hardly acute. Sepals J in. long, linear-lanceolate. Corolla-tube j in. 

 long, inflated for more than half its length. Anthers shortly tailed ; 

 pollen small, shortly ellipsoid, trigonous. Ovary (in the upper half) 

 with much long white hair. — Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. 3 B. 326, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370. 



Nile X.and. British East Africa : Ukamba ; Kitui, Hildehrandt, 2724 ! 



13. A. Schimperi, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 53. Erect 

 annual G-8 in. high, sparsely hairy. Leaves up to '2\ by | in., ovate 

 or oblong, narrowed at both ends ; petiole 0-\ in. long. Spikes 

 terminal, 1-2 in. long, rather dense; bracts up to |-f by i in., 

 narrowly elliptic ; bracteoles J in long, falcate-lanceolate. Sepals 

 \-\ in. long, linear, minutely pubescent, membranous. ' Corolla-tube 

 J in. long, dilated upwards. Anthers minutely mucronate at the base ; 

 pollen short-ellipsoid, trigonous. Ovary hairy. Capsule J in. long 

 4-seeded, pubescent. — Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 341 

 (var. minor, Oliv.). A. rostrata, Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. 

 Aethiop. 242 ; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 32G, 

 and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370. Adhatoda rostrata, Solms-Laub. 

 in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 104. Tyloglossa rostrata, Hochst. 

 ex Solms-Laub. I.e. 104. 



Wile Iiand. Eritrea: Bogus, 5500 ft., Schweinfurth, 455! Keren, Stendner, 

 1495 ! Abyssinia : Tigre ; Goelleb, 4000 ft., Schimper, 2220 ! Jelajeranne, Schimper, 

 1G57, 1659! and without precise locality, Schimper, 140! 367! 382! 1629! 

 British East Africa : Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 7276 ! Lake Elmeteita, 6000 ft., Scotf- 

 Elliot, 6636 ! Kamasia, Gregory ! 



XWCozaznb. Dist. German East Africa: Usmawo; Kageyi on Lake Victoria 

 Nyanza, Fischer, 494! Kilimanjaro, 4000-5000 ft., Johnston ! 



Var. ^ Grantii, C. B. Clarke. Branch 18 in. long. Spikes 3 in. long ; bracts up 

 to f in. long, — A. Schimperi, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 131. Justicia, sp. n. 2, 

 'J', Thorns, in Speke, Nile Append. 643. Parasystasia Kelleri, Lindau in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. zu ii.-iv, 307, and in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv, 321. 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa: Unyoro, Speke ^ Orant,Q0^\ Somaliland, 

 Keller, 189 ! 



This approaches in size the next species {A. Coleci), but appears annual. 



14. A. Colese, Rolfe in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 223. Branches woody, 

 1 in. in diam. ; branchlets 12-15 in. long. Leaves broad-elliptic, 

 narrowed at the base, or round ovate suddenly contracted at the 

 base. Spikes 2 J by 1 in., bracts J-f in. long. Corolla in total 

 length |-1 in. Pollen oblong-ellipsoid, subterete. Capsule 1 in. long 

 or rather more. — Barleria sortialensis, Franeh. Sert. Somal. 51. Para 

 systasia somalensis, Baill. Hist. PI. x. 401 ; Lindau in Engl. Oc Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 325, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma vi. (I.sy6) 

 78. 



