Jusf-icia.] xcviii. acanthace.e (clarke). 201 



40. J. Lorteae, Rendle inJourn. Hot. 1897, 879. Branches 8-1 G in. 

 long, slender, woody, round, glabrous, with long internodes. Leaves 

 1 by ^^J in., linear, glabrous. Flowers 2 (or oftener 1) sessile in remote 

 axils ; bract and bracteoles less than -f^ in. long. Sepals 5, nearly \ in. 

 long, subequal, linear, minutely pubescent. Corolla i-J in. long ; 

 anticous lip longer than the posticous. One anther-cefl much below 

 the other, strongly tailed. Capsule f in. long, 4-seeded, glabrous ; stalk 

 \-^ in. long, solid, thick; placenta3 not rising elastically ; seeds tuber- 

 cular-scabrous. 



Wile Iiand. Somaliiand'; Upper Sheikh, and Waggar Mountains, Mrs. Lort- 

 PhiUips! 



47. J. Phillipseae, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1897, 378. Root stout. 

 Branches scarcely (5 in. long, slender, divaricate, glabrous ; internodes 

 long. Leaves up to J by \-^ in., ovate, scarcely acute, glabrous ; petiole 

 up to J in. long. Flowers solitary, rarely 2 together, axillary, sessile ; 

 bract 0. Sepals 5, equal, i in. long, linear, with few hairs, very few 

 gland-tipped. Corolla J in. long, purple, glabrous without, very 

 sparingly hairy within. One anther-cell below the other, tailed. Cap- 

 sule f in. long, 4-seeded, smooth ; stalk short, solid, thick. 



srile Iiand. Somaliland : Golis Range, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! Waggar 

 Mountains, Mrs. Lort-Phillips 1 Ujiper Sheikh, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! and between 

 Dobar and Hammer, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! Donaldson Smithy 337 I 



48. J. odora, Vahl, Enum. i. 164. Undershrub, 1-2 ft, high, 

 glabrous (except the calyx and corolla) ; twigs woody, glaucous. Leaves 

 1 by \-\ in. (in Thomas, 81, up to 3 by If in.), obtuse, base narrowed ; 

 petiole 0-y^ in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary or more rarely 2-3 

 together, the cyme being then developed with obovate floral leaves 

 \-\ in. long. Sepals 5, ^ in. long, linear, microscopically pubescent. 

 Corolla h in. long, yellow [Thomas). One anther-cell below^ the other, 

 tailed ; pollen of Justicia, stopples 2. Capsules ^ in. long, rather stout, 

 4-seeded, glabrous ; stalk nearly ^ in. long, thick, solid ; seeds tuber- 

 cular-scabrous. — T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 42 ; Lindau in 

 Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 1896, 82 ; Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 31)8. 

 J. polijmooyha, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Yer. Brandenb. xxxi. (1889) 

 203 ; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349. ./. leuco- 

 der7nis, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. (1889) 202. 

 ? Dianthera odora, Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. 8. Adhatoda odora, Nees 

 in DC. Prod. xi. 399. A. Hypericum, Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. 

 Fl. Aethiop. 102. 



Ifflle Ziand. Nubia : Suakim, Schweiufurth, 042 ! Abyssinia : Mawerr, 30(X» ft., 

 Schimper, 136! Tacazze River, 3000—4000 ft., Schimper, 2135! and witliout precise 

 locality. Schiynper, 1447! Somaliland: Widaba, Miss Edith Cole! Tola ( Tula ?^ 

 River, Kirk ! Habr Aual, Robecchi, 262 ! Donaldson Smith ! Tana River, Thomas., 

 81 ! Habab, 3000 ft., Hildehrandt, 454 ! 



Ziower Guinea. Amboland : Oshando, Schinz, 32 I 



IWozamb. I>lst. Ngamiland : near Kwebe, Luqard, 72 ! 



" When dried smells as Anthoxanthum," Nees. 



