Monechnia.'] xcviii. acanthacetE (clarke). 219 



white-hairy on the margins, yellow-green. Spikes J-| in. long, dense, 

 forming a close panicle; bracts J by | in., lanceolate, acute, mucronate, 

 long-white-hairy on the margins. Sepals 5, ^ in. long, linear, puberu- 

 lous. Corolla \-^ in. long. Lower anther-cell with a long acute tail; 

 pollen ellipsoid, banded, with 2 stopples and single rows of tubercles. 

 Ovary minutely pubescent in the upper half. Capsule scarcely f, in. 

 long, 2-seeded, sparsely hairy in the upper part ; the solid thick stalk 

 scarcely ^V in. long ; seeds smooth with acute margins. — Justicia 

 Deserto')'um, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. x. 2G3 ; Lindau in Engl, k Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 349. 



Iiower Guinea. Hereroland : Husab, 1000 ft., Marloth, 1462 ! 



15. M. Nepeta, C. B. Clarke. Stem G-24 in. long, much branched, 

 with many long soft white spreading hairs; internodes up to 1-2 in. 

 long. Leaves up to 2 by \-\ in., with long hairs, some gland-tipped ; 

 petiole 0-J in. long. Flowers solitary, axillary, remote. Sepals 5, 

 \ in. long, linear-oblong, green, glandular-hairy. Corolla J- J in. long, 

 violet-purple. Lower anther-cell with a long oblique simple tail ; 

 pollen ellipsoid, with 2 stopples and one row of tubercles on each side 

 of each stopple. Ovary thinly hairy in the upper part. Capsule 4 in. 

 long, 2-seeded, thinly hairy in the upper part ; the solid stalk less than 

 -^^^ in. long; seeds smooth. — Justicia Nepeta, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 

 1880, 312. J. mossamedea, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 312. 



lower Guinea. Angola: Welwitsch, 5003! 5004! 5136! 5137! 5185! 

 Lorenzo Marques, Qtiintas, 123! 



XMEozamb' Sist. British Central Africa : Ngamiland ; Kwebe, Lugard, 172 ! 



1(5. M. floridum, C. B. Clarke. Branches 12-15 in. long, with 

 spreading long soft white hairs and some viscid glandular hairs ; inter- 

 nodes up to 1-lJ in. long, those of branchlets scarcely \ in. in length. 

 Leaves J by^ in., with long white hair and gland-tipped hairs. Flowers 

 solitary, in nearly all the axils. Capsule \ in. long, 2-seeded, somewhat 

 hairy in the upper part ; the solid thick stalk -^^ in. long ; seeds smooth. — 

 Justicia^ sp. nova atfinis J. Nepetce, S. Moore in Journ, Bot. 1880, 342. 



Iioxirer Guinea. Angola : WehvitscJi, 5120 ! Benguela ; Humbo, Welwitsch, 

 5032 ! 



This is very near M. Nepeta, diftering mainly in the ucU-niaiked stalk to 

 the somewhat larger capsule. Tlie small le;ives and very nuuieruus Howers might be 

 accidental. 



17. M. spissuxn, C.B. Clarke. Branches viscous hairy ; internodes 

 t}jj-^ in. long. Leaves J by |^ in., oblong-elliptic, subacute, nearly 

 sessile, viscous hairy. Flower in the axils of nearly all the leaves. 

 Sepals 0, \ in. long, subulate, scarious, viscous hairy. Capsule l^ in. 

 long, 2-seeded, hairy; placentae not rising elastically ; stalk solid, very 

 short ; seeds discoid, shining, smooth, brown with black blotches. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Loanda, Welwitsch, 5066 I 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



