Hypoestes.\ xcviii. acanthace.+: (clarke). 247 



outer floral leaves narrow, hardly imbricate. Spikelets I - flowered ; 

 bracts free, '2 outer \-]^ in. long, oblong, with a linear tail /^-] in. 

 long. Corolla |-J in. long, red. Pollen oblong-ellijjsoid, more elongate 

 than in the preceding species. Capsule | in. long, very slender ; seeds 

 4, small, tubercled. — Benth. in Hook. Niger Fi. \X\. II. callicoiaa, 

 8. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 41 ; Lindau in Engl. &l Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. :) B. 3o;5. Justicia cancellata^ Willd. ex Xees in DC. 

 Prod. xi. r)06. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Wallia, Scott -Elliot^ 1265 I Lester Peak, 

 Scott-Elliot, 3843 ! and without precise locality, Afzelius ! 



wrile Xiand. Bongo : AtUlai, Schweinfurth, 2525 ! 



Iioinrer Guinea. Angola : Bembe Mountain, Monteiro ! Malange, Marques, 

 312! 



South Central. Lunda : Alukenge, Po<jge,^0'o\ 1201; Monbuttu, Schtcein 

 flirt h, 3392 ! 



This plant superficially resembles closely Justicia procumhens, Linn. Tlie 

 length of the tail to the 2 outer bracts varies u good deal, and the distribution of 

 the species is unusually scattered. 



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7. H. triflora, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. i. 141. Stems 1-4 ft. Ion 

 more or less hairy. Leaves up to o by 1 J in., ovate, entire or crenulate, 

 obscurely toothed, hispid with scattered white 1-4-celled haii*s ; cysto- 

 liths irregularly scattered, many transverse, conspicuous ; petiole j-l] 

 in. long. Heads of 1-5 (often 3) 1-flowered spikelets, often apparently 

 terminal on lateral branches ^-2 in. long ; floi-al leaves much reduced, 

 often shorter than the spikelets. Outer 2 bracts of spikelet free, \ in. 

 long, narrowly obovate-oblong. Sej^als fi-ee. Corolla J in. in total 

 length, pink or white. Filaments glabrous. Style with a few long 

 hairs. Capsule h in. long, with 4 tubercled seeds.— Nees in DC. 

 Prod. xi. b()'o ; A." Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 162 ; T. Anders, in Jounr. 

 Linn. Soc. vii. 50 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 557 ; 

 Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. Ill, 24;-) ; Engl. Hochge- 

 birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 894 ; Lindau in Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. '6 B. 

 8oo. II. adoensis, A. Rich. Teat. Fl. Abyss, ii. Uii^ ; Engl. Hochge- 

 birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 394 and var. Andersoni, Engl. I.e. -W^') ; Lindau in 

 Engl, k, Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. o B. 333. //. simensis^ Hochst. ex 

 Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. Ill ; Engl. Hocligebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 395. //. incerjualis, Lindau in ICngl. Jahrb. xx. 'tO. II. ciliata, 

 Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 51, and in Engl, i^i' Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 

 3 B. 333. JI. acuminata, Hochst. ex Nees in DC. Prod.xi. 5(>('». Justkin 

 triflora, Forsk. Fl. .-Egypt .-Arab. 4 ; Vahl, Synib. i. 3. 



Upper Guinea. Canieroons : Buea, (i500-800O ft., Prems, 732 ! 745 ! 

 Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 1979 ! Fernando Po. 5000 ft., Ma»n, 580! 



Nile Iiand. Eritrea: iSaganeiti, in Goua Gorge, G800-7100 ft., Schtcfiufurth 

 4' Riva, 1290! Abyssinia, Salt! Pearce ! Schimper. 108! 149! 340! 386! 389! 

 418! 600! 611! 926 I 934! 939! 1104! 1111! 1491! 1985! 2818! Quarfin- 

 Dillon Sc Petit I Petit! Both, 484^1 British East Africa : Huwenzori, 5000-6(.HX> ft., 

 Scott-Elliot, 7856 ! 8000-9000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7560 ! 



Extending eastward to India. 



