190 xcviii. ACANTHACEiE (clarke). [Justicia. 



18. J. flava, Vahl, Symb. ii. 15, not of Kurz. Herb, 2-4 ft. high, 

 hairy. Leaves up to Z\ by 1;^ in. (usually smaller), ovate-lanceolate, 

 hairy on both surfaces, shortly decurrent on the petiole ; petiole 0-§ in. 

 long. Spikes terminal, 4-8 by \ in., continuous, or interrupted at the 

 base, lower whorls sometimes distant and passing into axillary clusters ; 

 floral leaves \-\ in. long, broad -lanceolate to linear-oblong, obtuse, con- 

 taining 3-1 flowers, green, hairy ; flower-bract nearly similar but 

 smaller. Sepals 5, y^-\ in. long, with long white hairs and also 

 with very short moniliform hairs. Filaments glabrous ; one anther-cell 

 below the other, tailed ; pollen ellipsoid with two stopples and a row of 

 tubercles on each side of the stopple upon the longitudinal band. 

 Ovary nearly glabrous except at the top ; style hairy below, branches 2, 

 very short, oblong, subequal. Capsule \ by ^ in., 4-seeded, shortly and 

 densely retrose-hairy ; stalk yV~i ^"^^ ^^^^g' nearly as thick as the cap- 

 sule ; seeds globose, moderately compressed, yellow-brown, finally nearly 

 black, marked by corrugations perpendicular to the margin (as in many 

 Ammonites). — J. plicaia, Vahl, Enum. i. 156; Schumach. <t Thonn. 

 Beskr. Guin. PI. 11 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 39; Oliv. in 

 Trans. Linu. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 345; S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 

 310 ; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349. J.fasciataj 

 Drege, Zwei Pfl. Docum. 160, 195; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. vii. 39 ; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349, 

 and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 373. ./. major, T. Anders, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. vii. 39 ; Lindau in Engl. <fe Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 

 349, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 373; and in Ann. Istit. 

 Bot. Roma, vi. (1896) 83. J. minor, T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. 

 Soc. vii. 39 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 392; Lindau in Engl. <k 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349; Bendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 411. 

 J. palustris^ Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 345 ; liindau in 

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

 Afr. C. 373 (including var. dispersa, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 72), not 

 of T. Anders. J. suaveolens, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. 3 B. 349. /. fallax, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 74, and in 

 Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349. J. fruticulosa, Lindau in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xx. 75, and partly in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 

 3 B. 349. Dianthera americana, a and /3 Forsk. Descr. ^gypt.- 

 Arab. 9. D. Jlava, Vahl, Symb. i. 5. Tyloglosaa major and T. minor ^ 

 Hochst. in Flora, 1843, 73. Adhatoda flava^ Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 401. 

 A. plicata, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 401 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 484. 

 A. suaveolens y'^ee^ in DC. Prod. xi. 401. A.major^ Keesin DC. Prod. xi. 

 397; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyes. ii. 156. A. minor, Nees in DC. Prod, 

 xi. 400 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 156 ; Solnis-Laub. in Schweinf. 

 Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 103, 242; Zarb, Catal. Spec. Bot. Pfund, 32. 

 A.fasciata, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 402. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Cape Coast Castle, Vogel ! Togo'land, Butfner, 

 218 ! 258 ! 286 ! 289 ! 397 ' 648 ! Kliny, 188 ! 190 ! Baumann, 393 ! Lagos, 

 Millen, 32 ! 37 ! Rowland ! Niger Territory : by the River Quorra (Niger), Vogel, 

 167 ! Lower Niger ; Onitsa, Barter, 619 ! 1779 ! 



irile Ziand. Nubia : Hor Tamanib uear Suakin, Lord ! Erkowit Mountain 



