202 xcviii. ACANTHACEiE (clarke). [Justicia, 



49. J, sansibarensiSy Lindciu in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 71. Stout 

 shrub ; branches pubescent. Leaves up to 2\ by 1 in., ovate, obtuse, 

 when mature glabrous; petiole J in. long; upper leaves scarcely 1 in. 

 long, subsessile, round elliptic, passing into small round floral leaves. 

 Flowers 3-1 in each axil ; bracts and bracteoles minute or 0. Calyx i in. 

 long. Corolla | in. long. One anther-cell lower than the other, 

 spurred. Capsule J in. long, ^-seeded, glabrous; stalk short; seeds 

 tubercular-scabrous. — Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. o B. 

 840, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 378. 



Mozaxnb. Dlst. Zanzibar, Hildehrandf, 983 ! German East Africa, Hanning- 

 ton! 



50. J. Fischeriy Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xx. G5. Glabrous; branches 

 woody. Leaves |-2 in. long, ovate ; base rounded ; tip triangular- 

 apiculate ; primary nerves prominent beneath ; margins white, thickened 

 and often hispid-ciliate ; petiole hardly any. Flowers 3-1 in the axils 

 of distant leaf-pairs ; bracts J by ^ in., elliptic. Sepals 5, equal, ^ in. 

 long, glabrous, lanceolate with linear tip. Corolla J— § in. long, yellow. 

 One anther-cell below the other, tailed ; pollen ellipsoid, banded, with 

 '2 stopples ; tubercles obsolete. Ovary glabrous ; style-base hairy. 

 Capsule h in. long, glabrous, stalked, 4-seeded. — Lindau in Engl. & 

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

 C. 378. 



Mozamb. Sist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Kwa MsLuza, Hoist, 

 8897 ! and without precise locality, Fischer, 89 ! 490 ! 



Var, ? Iceterirens, C. B, Clarke. Leaves | by i in., oblong or narrow elliptic, 

 narrowed at base, green when dried, primary nerves obscure beneath, margin not 

 thickened but liispid-ciliate ; petiole ^VtV ^"- ^^"?' distinct ; otherwise as 

 J. Fischeri. — J. Icetevirens, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 409. 



Wile I^and. Somaliland : between Lake Stephanie and Lake Kudolph, 

 Donaldson Smith! 



This looks distinct from Fischer's plant ; but in Hoist, 8897, there are on one 

 branch leaves varying from narrow cuneate-oblong apiculate to ovate obtuse, 



51. J. brevicaulis, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 341. Rhizome 

 thick. Branches 2-'^ in. long, hairy. Leaves | by J in., obovate-oblong, 

 subobtuse, hairy, finally more or less glabrate, subsessile. Peduncles 

 up to J in. long, axillary, 1 -flowered, hairy; bracteoles 2 a little below 

 the flower, y\^ in. long, linear, hairy. Sepals i in. long, linear-oblong, 

 hairy. Corolla J in. long or rather more, violet (S. Mooo'e). Lower 

 anther-cell shortly tailed ; pollen ellipsoid with 2 stopples and bands, 

 no tubercles. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 393. 



Ttovrer Guinea. Angola : Huilla, Welvntsch, 5774 ! 



52. J. microphylla, Lindau in Engl, d' Prantl, Pjianzenfam. iv. 

 3 B. 849. Procumbent, woody, IJ ft. long. Leaves up to \ by 

 \ in., ovate-oblong, pubescent. Flowers axillary, solitary ; bracts \ in. 

 long, obovate. Sepals \ in. long. Corolla \ in. long. Anther-cells 

 obliquely opposite. Capsule rather more than \ in. long, 4-seeded, 



