Justicia.] xcviii. ACANTHACEiE (clarke). 187 



stopples, no tubercles. Ovary nearly glabrous ; style-base somewhat 

 hairy. 



liOwer Guinea. Gaboon : Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1672 ! 



The stem and leaves of this species are unlike those of any other Justicia, but 

 simulate those of DisticJiocalyx angxistifolia, D. polyneura, &c., which grow at the 

 same place. 



10. J, Emini, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xx. ^8. Hairy. Upper 

 leaves 1 in. long, ovate, subsessile; lower 2-3 in. long, narrowed at the 

 base into a petiole | in. long. Spike terminal, somewhat interrupted at 

 the base ; bracts round ; Howers solitary ; bracteoles very small. Sepals 

 5, equal, \ in. long, linear, hairy. One anther-cell below the other, 

 tailed ; stopples 2 ; one row of obscure patches on either side each 

 stopple. Ovary glabrous ; style-base hairy. — Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 373. 



Wrile Iiand. British East Africa: Mpororo; Ruhanda, Stuhlmann, 2086 ! 



The locality is quoted as Rubanga by Lindau, but this is clearly an error, 

 as, according to Stuhlmann, Rubanga is the name of a Deity only. 



Lindau separates Nicoteha (i.e. J. Betonica) froin Justicia by the pollen only, 

 which is said to be " banded " in Nicoteha, ** tubercled " in Justicia. The pollen is 

 essentially the same in the two genera ; but the longitudinal row of tubercles on either 

 side the stopple in Justicia is " obsolete " or depressed into circular granular patches 

 in Nicoteha. As to the present species, however, placed by Lindau in Justicia, the 

 tubercles are not more strongly indicated than they are in many species of Nicoteha. 



11. J. tenella^ T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. vii. 40. Slender, 4- 

 12 in. long, nearly glabrous. Leaves up to 1 by f in., ovate, tip obtuse, 

 triangular, base slightly decurrent ; petiole \-\ in. long. Spikes \-\ 

 by i in., very dense, strobilate. Peduncles \-^\ in. long, axillary, 

 2-0 together ; floral leaves somewhat 4-ranked, \ in. in diam., nearly 

 round ; bract J— j^ in, long, lanceolate ; bracteoles similar, rather 

 smaller. Sepals 4, y\- in. long, obtuse, minutely pubescent. Corolla 

 i in, long, bluish-white. Stamens 2 ; anther-cells ellipsoid, one below 

 the other tailed ; pollen very small, ellipsoid, with 3 stopples and 

 longitudinal bands reaching the poles, but no tubercles. Capsule ^ in. 

 long, 4-seeded, glabrous ; stalk y^^ in. long, solid ; placentae not rising 

 elastically ; seeds smooth, with very short hairs on all sides, — Lindau in 

 Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 147. Rostellaria tenella, Nees in DC. Prod, xi. 3('»'.> ; 

 Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 482. R. ci-enulata, Nees in DC, Prod. xi. oOO. 

 R. parviflora^ Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 481, .Etheileina rvpestre, 

 Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 262. Micranthus I'upestris, 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 

 493 ; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 29H. Ruiujia 

 Baumanniij Lindau in Engl. Jahrb, xxii, 120, Anisostachya tenella^ 

 Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 329, fig. 132, E-G. 

 Phaulopsis rupestris, Lindau in Engl, it Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 

 zu ii.-iv. 305. 



irpper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelgf. 327 I Sierra Leone : Lester Peak, 

 Scott-Elliot, 3851! and without precise locality, Afzelius ! Rattray! Togoland, 

 1600 ft., Banmann, 221! BUttner, 185! Cameroons: Rio del Rev, Johnston! 

 Efulen, Bates, 272 ! Yaunde, Zenker, 299 ! 



