180 XCVIII. ACANTHACEiE (CLARKE). [JtlSticia. 



ments glabrous ; pollen with 3 stopples. Style hairy. — J. Betonica, 

 S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. o09, partly. 



Ko'wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, IVelvoitsch, 5111 ! Malangc, 

 Pogge, 301 ! Amboland, Schinz, 36 ! 



The leiives of this plant, which are subsessile with both ends nearly alike, do not 

 agree with the Indian J. Beionica. But this may be a form of J. nilgherrensis 

 {Welwitsch, 5043), as S. Moore took it to be. 



7. J. versicolor, C. B. Clarke. Woody shrub; branches and 

 innovations densely and minutely grey-hairy. Leaves 2J by | in., 

 oblong-elliptic, obtuse, when mature nearly glabrous; petiole 0-J in. 

 long. Spikes terminal, 3 by 1| in.; floral leaves | by i in., narrowly 

 elliptic, obtuse, loosely imbricate, coloured, purplish-veined. Sepals 5, 

 \ in. long, equal, narrow -lanceolate, 3-nerved, minutely hairy. Corolla 

 |-1 in. long, pale- violet; tube very short; posticous lip subentire. 

 One anther-cell below the other, spurred ; pollen ellipsoid ; stopples 3, 

 bands reaching the poles, with rows of patches not of tubercles. Capsule 

 nearly 1 in. long, densely shortly hairy, 4-seeded ; stalk short, thick, 

 solid ; placentae not rising elastically ; seeds irregularly tuberculate. — 

 Nicoteha versicolor', Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 118. 



Xsower Guinea. Angola : Huilla, Welwitsch, 5049 ! Humpata, Newton, 117 I 

 No specimen at Kew. 



8. J. Pseudorungia, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 63. Under- 



shrub, 3 ft. high, very slightly hairy. Leaves up to 7 by 2^ in., acumi- 

 nate at either end, margin wavy ; petiole up to 1 in. long, but often 

 (the wing from leaf -base being elongate). Spikes 4 by | in., strobilate ; 

 bracts f by J in., with a white scarious margin ; bracteoles f by i in., 

 similar. Sepals 5, ^-J in. long, minutely hairy. Corolla J in. long, 

 white ; filaments glabrous ; one anther-cell below the other, tailed ; 

 pollen ellipsoid, with 2 stopples, and one row of circular patches on each 

 side of each stopple. Pistil glabrous. Capsule J-J in. long, glabrous, 

 4-seeded ; seeds rugose ; valves not rising elastically. — Lindau in 

 Engl, ct Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 C. 374. 



wile ]Land. British East Africa : Nyika country near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 



XMCozamb. 2>l8t. Zanzibar, Hildehrandt, 982 ! German East Africa : Usambara ; 

 Mascheua, Hoist, 8801 ! Kilimanjaro, ^000 ft., Johnston, 164 ! Ulugura, Stuhhnann, 

 9037! 



9. J. paucinervia, T. Anders. MS. Stems simple, 8-12 in. long; 

 innovations rusty with moniliform brown hairs. Leaves 3J by 1-2 in., 

 oblong or ovate, narrowed at either end, nearly glabrous except the 

 nerves; cystoliths numerous on both faces; petiole J-lj in. long. 

 Spikes terminal, 2 by J in., very loose, obscurely strobilate; bracts \-\ 

 in. long; obovate, veined, fimbriate, almost lobed at the top, brown- 

 ciliate, scarcely imbricate ; bracteoles 0. Sepals 5, scarcely J in. long, 

 linear, hairy. Corolla \ in. long. Filaments glabrous ; one anther cell 

 below the other, tailed ; pollen ellipsoid, with 2 longitudinal bands and 



