Justicia.] xcviii. acanthace^e (clarke). 207 



lobes L in. long, anticous 8-Iobed, posticous erect, curved, subentire, 

 hooded. Anther-cells separated by a broad connective, oblique, one 

 slightly lower and with a short distinct tail ; pollen small, oblong- 

 ellipsoid, banded longitudinally, with 2 large stopples, no tubercles. 

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

 glabrous; stalk J in. long, very thick, solid. — Engl. Hochgebirgstl. 

 Trop. Afr. '6\)3. J. cyruxnchifolia, K. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append. G2. 

 Leptostachya cordata, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 378. Rhaphidospora 

 cordata, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 4D9 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. IGl; 

 Soims-Laub. in Schweinf.' Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 113, 244; Lindau in 

 Engl, ife Prant:, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 320, fig. 110, N a (not 6), and in 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 370. Gendaricssa cordata, Hochst. ex Nees in 

 DC. Prod. xi. 379, and 499. 



TTlle I.and. Eritrea: Bellaka, 5000-6000 ft., Hildebrandt, AQW Habab, 

 Rildehrandt, 632 ! Harasio Valley, 5000 fc, Schweinfurth Sf Siva, 699 ! near Acrur, 

 6200 ft., Schweinfurth ^ Riva, 759 ! 1231 ! and Keren, Steudner, 1518 ! Abvsainia : 

 mountain sides along the river Tacazze, Schimper, 1250! and without precise locality, 

 Schimper, 24^21 1384! Salt! 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa ! Kilimanjaro, 3500 tt., Volkens, 1735 ! 



66. J. piloso-cordata, C. B. Clarke. Branches 3 ft. long, softly 

 hairy. Leaves 2 J by 1 in., subobtuse at either end, hairy, very hairy 

 on the nerves ; petiole scarcely ^^ in. long. Peduncles 1 in. long, 

 axillary, solitary^ hairy, 1 -flowered ; bract J in. long, linear-lanceolate. 

 Sepals 0, ^— i in. long, linear-lanceolate, minutely hispid. Corolla | in. 

 long ; stamens and ovary as of J. cordata. 



Idower Guinea. Angola : Malange, Mechoiv^ 453 ! 



This plant greatly resembles J. cordata, except in its hairiness. The l-flowered 

 peduncles do not make much difference, for the arrangement of the bracts shows that 

 the flower (in J. piloso-cordata) represents a reduced congested cyme. 



67. J, masaiensiSy C. B. Clarke. Shrub; branchlets woody, 

 quadrangular, hairy; internodes \-^ in. long. Leaves up to j oy 

 J in., subsessile, round-elliptic, glabrate, reticulated beneath, tip 

 obtuse, apiculate. Spikes 0-1 in. long, lateral 3-1-flowered; bracts 

 smaller than the calyx; flowers solitary. Calyx J in. long; lobes 5, 

 somewhat united at the base, Unear, triangular, sub-3-nerved, minutely 

 scabrous. Corolla f in. long, very hairy without ; tube \ in. long, 

 lips broad. One anther-cell below the other, rather strongly tailed ; 

 pollen ellipsoid, stopples 2 ; a row of spots ou each side of each 

 stopple. 



Nile Xiand. British East Africa : Scott-Elliot, 6634 I 



68. J. intemipta, C. B. Clarke. Shrub. Leaves up to 7 by 3 in., 

 ovate, acute at either end, glabrous; petiole up to 1 in. long. Panicle 

 8 in. in diam., open, nearly leafless; flowers in sessile distant clusteis 

 on the branches; bracts I in. long, linear. Sepals J in. long, lanceolate, 

 minutely hairy. Corolla § in. long ; tube } in. long. Lower anther- 



