Justicia.] xcviii. acanthace^e (clarke). 21] 



Buchanan, 20, was an erect plant, 1| ft. hi^b, with penultimate peduncles- 

 Buchanan, 165, appears prostrate or against a rock, with remote axillary divaricited 

 peduncles. 



Imperfectly known species. 



75. J, Hoepfheri, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 66. Under- 

 shrub. Leaves h in. long, linear-lanceolate or linear, glabrous. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary ; bracteoles \ in. long, lanceolate, finely hairy. Calyx 

 \ in. long. Corolla nearly h in. long. Capsule \ in. long, sparsely hairy. 

 Seeds 4, almost smooth. -^Lindau in Engl. <fe Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 

 349. 



Ibower Guinea. Angola : Mossumedes, Hoepfner, 10. 



This would appear to be Monechma Salsola, or nenr it, but Lindau especially says 

 the seeds are 4. The one example cited was not found by me in the Berlin 

 Herbarium. 



76. J, Romanise, Schweinf. <fc Volkens, Liste PI. SomaliSy 17. Shrub ; 

 branchlets glabrous. Leaves f by J in., oblanceolate, glabrous, sub- 

 sessile. Flowers axillary, solitary; bracts minute, ciliate. Sepals J in. 

 long. Corolla J in. long, yellow. Lower anther-cell spurred. — Ghika, 

 Pays des Somalis, 217. 



XSTile 3baad« Somaliland : Salul Torrent, Ghika. 

 No specimen at Kew. 

 Perhaps near J. odora, Vahl. 



77. J. Mannii, T. Anders, in. Joum. Linn. Soc. vii. 44. Shrub. 

 Leaves 3-6 by 1-3 in., ovate, glabrous; petiole 1 in. long. Spikes 

 axillary 2, 1 in. long, loose, glabrous, few-flowered ; bracts i in. long, 

 linear, acute. Sepals shorter than the bracts, ovate-lanceolate. Corolla 

 1 J in. long, purple. Anther-cells muticous. Ovary glabrate, 4-ovuled. 



Upper Guinea* Fernando Po, Mann. 



Justicia Mannii, T. Anders. MS. in Herb. Kew, \s Adhatoda orbicularis (Lindau 

 sub Duvernoid). It is evident that T. Anderson applied the name Justicia Mannii 

 to two widely different plants, and probably cancelled one of them himself. 



78. J. Poggei, Lindau in Engl. Jahrh. xx. 61. Leaves up to 3^ by 

 1;^ in., narrowed at either end, slightly hairy; petiole short. Spikes 

 terminal and axillary, dense; bracts i by J in., ovate, cuspidate, 

 thinly hispid, margin scarious; bracteoles nearly J in. long, oblong. 

 Sepals J-i in. long, hairy. Corolla J in. long, glabrous. One anther- 

 cell lower than the other, with a very small spur. — Lindau in Engl, it 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 350. 



Soutta Central. Lunda : Mussumba, Togge, 304. 

 Fruit not seen, but 1 suspect the genus to be Rungia. 



79. J. guerkeana, Schinzln Verh. Bat. Ver. Brandenh. xxxi. (iss'.i) 

 201. Nearly glabrous. Branchlets woody ; internodes J in. long. Leaves 

 IJ by J in., linear-oblong, tapering at the base, subses.-^ile. Spike ter- 

 minal, 2-3 by j in. ; upper bracts strobilate, lower separate, 1 -flowered 



