208 XCVIII. ACANTHACE.E (cLARKE). [Justicia. 



cell with a distinct small spur, sometimes altogether muticous ; pollen 

 eUipsoid, banded ; stopples 2, without rows of tubercles. — Duvernoia 

 interrupta, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 123. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Ukami ; Uluguru, Stuhlmann, 8967 ! 



GO. J. glabra, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 4. Pubescent or nearly- 

 glabrous except the flowers, slender, erect or rambling. Leaves 2J 

 by 1 in. (occasionally up to 5 by 3 in.), ovate, acuminate ; petiole 

 0-J in. long, or in the lower leaves 1-2 in. Peduncles slender; 

 cymes loose ; upper peduncles running into large loose panicles ; bracts 

 to the flowers minute, linear ; floral leaves at the base of peduncles often 

 ^-l in. long, ovate. Sepals \-\ in. long, linear, pubescent or nearly 

 glabrous. Corolla J-^ in. long. One anther-cell below the other, 

 tailed. Pollen ellipsoid, with 3 stopples and longitudinal rows of 

 spots. Capsule f in. long, shortly hairy all over, 4-seeded ; stalk ] in. 

 long, slender ; placentae not rising elastically ; seeds covered with long 

 scabrous tubercles. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. i. 132 ; T. Anders, 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 4-i (including var. pubescens). Ehajyhidospoi'a 

 glabra, Nees in Wall. Plant. As. Rar. iii. 115, and in DC. Prod. xi. 499 ; 

 Wight, Ic. t. 1554; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. F\. Aethiop. 244; 

 Lindau in Engl, & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 329, and in Engl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 370. R. abyssiyiica, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 500 ; A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 161. Gendarussa dichotoina, Hochst. ex Nees in 

 DC. Prod. xi. 508. 



Wile Iiand. Eritrea: Embat Kalla, 4500 ft., Schiveinfurth Sf Riva, 2002! 

 Bogos, Hildehrandt, 697 ! and Keren, Steudner, 1519 ! Abyssinia : Valley of tbe 

 Tacazze, Schimper, 903 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 184 ! B^iti^h East 

 Africa : Taita, Rildehrandt, 2533 ! 



Mozamb* Sist. ZaiiziVwr, Hildehrandt, 1135 ! German East Africa : Kili- 

 manjaro, 2000-4000 ft., Volkens, 1797! 2187! Usambara ; Masheua, Hoist, 

 8797! Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; below Shigogo, Kirk! British 

 Central Africa : Nyasaland ; between Kondowe and Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., 

 Whyte ! between Mpata and the Tanganyika Plateau, Whyte ! Upper Shire Valley, 

 Kirk ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 707 I 



70. J, anselliana, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 44. Stems 

 12-20 in. long, weak, nearly glabrous. Leaves If by J-i in., linear 

 to lanceolate (in Ansell's type example, on which are also ovate leaves § 

 in. long), glabrous, or very nearly so ; petiole 0-^ in. long. Peduncles 

 solitary, axillary, distant, slender, nearly glabrous, h-lh in. long, each 

 terminating in a slender scorpioid 2-8-flowered cyme, J-H in. long; 

 bracts or bracteoles shorter than the calyx. Sepals ^ in. long, linear, 

 glabrous or very nearly so. Corolla \ in. long. One anther-cell below 

 the other, definitely tailed ; pollen very small, ellipsoid, with 2 stopples 

 and 2 rows of tubercles on each side of each stopple. Capsule J in. 

 long, glabrous, very thin-walled ; seeds deeply wrinkled, with a scarious 

 wing on the margin in the West African type plant, becoming 

 gradually obsolete in the Eastern specimens. — Oliv. in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxix. 130 (including var. anyustifolia) ; S. Moore in Journ. 



