Justicia.] xcviii. acanthace.e (clarke). 185 



wile Ziand. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Gliattas, Schweinfurth, 1423.1 

 Mittu, Schxoeinfurth, 2793 ! Bongo, Schweinfurth, 2543 ! along Gilgil River, north of 

 Lake Naivaslia, 6000-7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6647 ! 



XVIozaznb. Bist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Taiiganvika Plateau, at 

 Fort Hill, 3500-4000 ft., Whyte ! 



The plants here collected ilo not match exactly. In Scott-Elliot, 6647, the bracts 

 are more than \ in. long, very wliite scarious ; in Schiveinfurth^ 1423, the stems are 

 very hairy, the bracts more than \ in. long, mucronate ; in other examples the bracts 

 are ^\ in. long, green. 



3. J. nilgherrensis,. Wall. Cat. 2135. Small, procumbent, nearly 

 glabrous. Leaves f by ^ in., lanceolate, sessile. 13racts ^ ^y \ in., 

 greenish- white, green-veined ; bracteoles \ in. long, lanceolate. Fila- 

 ments glabrous, except close to their point of attachment ; otherwise as 

 J. Betonica.—C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 520 ; S. Moore in 

 Journ. Bot. 1880, 309, partly. Adhatoda nihjherrica, Nees in DC. 

 Prod. xi. 38G ; Wight, Ic. t. 1544. Nicoteha nikjherrensis, Lindau in 

 Engl, ct Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 329. 



ItovreT Guinea. Angola : Huilla, Wehcit.sch, 5043 I 



This specimen has acute leaves and laxer spikes tlian in the South Indian 

 J. nilgherrensis. 



4. J, trinervia, Vahl^ Enum. i. 156. Small, procumbent, nearly 

 glabrous. Leaves Ih by ^ in., oblong-elliptic, obtuse, sessile. Spikes 

 1 J by J in., flexuose ; bracts \-\ in. long, ovate, acute, green-veined. 

 Flowers rather smaller than those of ./. Betonica. — C. B. Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 526. J. Betonica, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. ix. 510. Adhatoda trinervia^ Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 386. .1. varie- 

 ^ato, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 385; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 154; 

 Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 104. Nicoteba tHnervia, 

 Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 329. Gemlarussa varie- 

 gata, Hochst. ex Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 385. 



wile Ziand. Abyssinia : Sana ; on dry hills near Dochli, Schimper, 516 I 

 Also in Southern India. 



5. J. ruwenzoriensis, C. B. Clarke. Stems 8 in. long, with 

 patent white hairs. Leaves |-f in. in diam., ovate or round, softly 

 hairy beneath ; petiole hardly any. Spikes 2 by ^-J in. ; bracts | in. 

 long, ovate or obovate, scarcely acute, haiiy, green-nerved. Corolla ivs 

 of ./. Betonica, but rather smaller. Filaments glabrous ; pollen with 3 

 large stopples. Ovary hairy ; lower part of the style very hairy ; 

 otherwise as ,/. Betonica. 



llCozamb. Sist. German East Africa : Karagwe, on dry hills, 4000-5000 ft., 

 Scott- Elliot, 3120 ! 



Possibly another variety of J. Betonica. 



6. J. andongensis, C. B. Clarke. Branches 18 in. long, with two 

 hairy lines. Leaves 2| by j in., cuneate-triangular at either end, 

 glabrous or minutely hairy on the nerves beneath; petiole <>-jV i"- 

 long. Spikes, flowers and bracts nearly as of J. Betonica, Linn. Fila- 



