Justicia.] xvciii. acanthace^ (clarke). 1H<) 



tailed, lower with long tail, clavate, shortly 2-lobed at the tip ; pollen 

 ellipsoid, longitudinally 3-banded without tubercles. Ovary shaggy. 



East Tropical Africa. Without locality, Scott-ELUot ! 



Capsule not seen. This may be a Monechma, near M. depauperatum. 



15. J. fittonioides, S. Mom-e in Journ. Hot. 1878, 134. Nearly stem- 

 less. Leaves 5 by 4 in., round ellipsoid, white-blotched, glabrous, 

 minutely pubescent on the nerves beneath, base cordate ; petiole h~'^ in. 

 long. Peduncle axillary 2-4J in. long. Spike up to 2 by J in. ^ inter- 

 rupted ; floral leaves \ in. long, ovate, with 1-4 flowers (a condensed 

 cyme) ; bract to flower i in. long, linear-oblong. Sepals 5, ^ in. long, 

 linear, pubescent. Corolla scarcely ^ in. long. Filaments glabrous; 

 one anther-cell much lower than the other, tailed ; pollen ellipsoid, with 

 8 stopples, the longitudinal ribs obscure, not reaching the pole. Ovary 

 minutely hairy; style-base thinly hairy. Capsule |-| in. long, glabrous or 

 nearly so, 4-seeded; stalk J- J in. long, solid, rather slender; seeds rough ; 

 placentae not rising elasticaliy. — Nicoteba Jittonioides, Lindau in Engl. 

 & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 829, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 870. 



xrile Iiand. HHtish East Africa : Nyika country near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 



This is placed in Betonica by S. Moore, and in Nicoteba by Lindau. The pollen 

 is right for Nicoteba, but the "bracts" described by S. Moore are not homologous 

 with the bracts of J. Betonica, 



IG. J. mossambicensis, Liindau in Engl. PJi. Oat-Afr. C. 373. 

 Annual, IJ ft. high, pubescent. Leaves | by \ in., ovate, obtuse. 

 Flowers 3-1, clustered in the axils of each floral leaf; floral leaves 

 in spikes terminal and on very short axillary branches ; proper floral 

 leaves round, \ in. in diam., imbricated, inters[)ersed with oblong leaves 

 J-| in. long ; calyx ^^ in. long. Corolla J-J in. long. One anther-cell 

 below the other strongly tailed. Ovary 4-ovulate (Lindau). — Adhaloda 

 mossambicensis, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. 217 



XVXozainb. I>ist. Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique Isle, Peters I in Berlin 

 Herbarium. 



The example Is young, and nearly all the spikes have been damaged by some 

 insect. The very small Howers point to sect. Harnieria, which the round bract* do 

 not suit. 



17. J. baravensis, C. B. Clarke. Branches 2 ft. long, crooked, 

 divided, nearly glabrous, with many cystoliths. Lciives J by ^ in., 

 ovate, minutely scabrous, hairy, finally glabrate ; petiole O-yV in. long. 

 Spikes terminal up to 2 by J in., more or less interrupted at the base ; 

 pubescent, with many gland-tipped hairs ; middle floral leaves (even in 

 fruit) loosely imbricate, J by ^^ in-> narrow-elliptic, obtuse, with ;'.-l 

 flowers; bracteoles 2, I in. long, linear-obovate. Sepals 5, linear, \ in. 

 long, hairy. Corolla (from fragments) J in. long. Capsule J in. long, 

 sessile, 2-seeded, ellipsoid, with many deflexed hairs. Seeds compres.»<ed, 

 black, ammonite- marked — i.e. resembling those of J.jiava, but smaller. 



irile Iiand. South Somaliland : Barava, ^i7f/<°imH^/, 13091 



No specimen :it Kqw . 



