196 xcviii. ACAiTTHACE.^ (clarke). [Justicia. 



hairs on both surfaces or glabrous except the midrib beneath : petiole 

 0-^ in. long. Flowers 3-1 in each axil, sessile, floral leaves J- J in. 

 long, ovate or elliptic, some narrower oblong often added. Sepals T), 

 subequal, ^-\ in. long, broadly lanceolate or linear-obovate, scarcely 

 acute, glabrous or very minutely hispid. Corolla exceeding ^ in. in 

 length, purple ; tube very little dilated at the top ; anticous lobe 

 distinctly longer than the posticous 2-fid lobe. Filaments glabrous ; 

 one anther-cell below the other, tailed ; pollen ellipsoid, with 2 stopples, 

 longitudinally banded, with several rows of tubercles on the band. 

 Ovary glabrous; style-base hairy. Capsule J in. long, glabrous, 

 4-seeded, with a short thick solid stalk ; seeds reticulate rugose. — ./. 

 negleciay T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 40 (Abyssinian plant only) ; 

 Zarb, Cat. Spec. Bot. Pfund. 32 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 393 

 (Abyssinian plant only). J. Rostellai'ia, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 340, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 373, in small 

 part, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma vi., 1896, 82. Tyloglossa Schimperi, 

 Hochst. in Flora, 1843, 73. AdhcUoda Rostellaria, Nees in DC. Prod, 

 xi. 897 ; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 103, 242 ; Zarb, 

 Cat. Spec. Bot. Pfund, 32. Rostellaria Schimperi, Hochst. in Flora, 

 1843, 73 in obs. 



wile Iiand. Kordofan, Pfund, 39 ! 432 ! Eritrea : Marakliat Valley, Sagnneiti, 

 7000 ft., Schweinfurth ^ Riva, 1708! Gallabat, Schweinfurth, 75! 76! Abyssinia: 

 near Adowa, Schimper, 106 ! 1101 ! Steudner, 1522 ! Quartin- Billon Sf Petit, 294 ! 

 and without precise locality, Schimper, 964 ! Plowden ! British East Africa : Bongo ; 

 Gurfala, Schweinfurth, 2241 ! 



This species should perhaps be united with J. insularis, from which it hardly 

 differs except by its green (not dark) colour. T. Anderson united it with J. Galeopsi-t, 

 which has a different calyx. The sheet iu Kew Herbarium, witli Hochstetter's 

 printed ticket, " Tyloglossa rostraia^ Schimper, 1657 and 1659," is mMVed Adhatoda 

 Rostellaria, /3 humilis, Nees, and contains Justicia calcarata and Axystasia Schimperi, 

 mixed. As to the specific name to be selected, J. calcarata, Hoclist., represents the 

 plant here described, while J. neglecta, T, Anders, (still more J. Rostellaria, Lindau) 

 represents an agglomeration of plants here separated. 



32. J. Galeopsis, T. Anders. MS. Petioles shorter than in 

 ./. insularisy the leaves being mostly oblong, subsessile. Sepals .^ in. long 

 and upwards, linear, very subulate upwards ; otherwise as J. insularis. 

 — J. neglecta, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 40, partly. Adhatoda 

 Kotschyi, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 483. 



Upper Guinea. Upper Senegal, Lecard, 145 I Gambia, Skues! Sierra Leone : 

 Sugarloaf Mountain, Scott-Elliot, 3974! Regent, Scott-EUiot, 4l^Q\ and without 

 precise locality, Afzelius ! Forsttr ! Don ! Winwood Reade ! Dahomey, Burton I 

 Lagos : Abbeokutrt, Irving, 65 ! on the road to Akokulu, Millen, 61 ! and without 

 precise locality, Rowland ! Millen, 169 ! Niger Territory : Nupe, Barter, 1038 ! 

 Cameroons, 700 ft., Passarge, 19a ! 21a 1 27a ! 38a ! 71a ! 



JTlle Xiand. Jur, Schweinfurth, 1744! 



This species differs from J. insularis, T. Anders., in the long subulate tips to the 

 sepals. Millen, 169, has very thick stems, } in. in diam., and glabrous succulent leaves, 

 and may be specifically separable. Millen, 61, excellently dried, has full purple-red 

 flowers, while there is on it the collection note of Millen (doubtless correct), "yellow." 



